Highlands Park v AmaZulu betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Tue 27.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Makhulong Stadium (20000 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Premier League table has to be read with caution. So far Highlands Park find themselves in 11th position and AmaZulu are placed 16th.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League.

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Highlands Park form and stats

Highlands Park's first Premier League home game here at Makhulong Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 15 matches.

Highlands Park manager O. Da Gama and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Black Leopards in the Premier League. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Orlando Pirates.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Highlands Park have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 1.

Highlands Park are traveling soon after this match as the Mtn 8 Cup match at Polokwane City awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Highlands Park at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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AmaZulu form and stats

AmaZulu have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 3 victories, 1 draw and 11 defeats from 15 fixtures.

AmaZulu's last game was the home draw against Orlando Pirates (0-0). Prior to that match, the AmaZulu manager C. Johnson faced defeat when travelling to Polokwane City and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by AmaZulu in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for AmaZulu, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

0 goals so far away for AmaZulu, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 2 - 1 (Highlands Park wins - draws - AmaZulu wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Mvala
8 goals
P. Shalulile
7 goals / 2 assists
B. Ntuli
7 goals / 1 assists

Highlands Park missing players

AmaZulu missing players

Highlands Park AmaZulu
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
2 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost 0 1 2
4 2 0 Scored 0 0 0
5 3 0 Conceded 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
5.7 6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 5
4.3 1 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 2.7
2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Highlands Park Last season AmaZulu
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
3 1   Played   1 3
0 0   Won   0 0
2 0   Drew   0 1
1 1   Lost   1 2
4 2   Scored   0 0
5 3   Conceded   1 4
100% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 67%
100% 100%   Over 1.5   0% 33%
33% 100%   Over 2.5   0% 33%
33% 100%   Over 3.5   0% 0%
33% 100%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
100% 100%   BTTS   0% 0%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 33%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   100% 100%
 
5.7 6   Corners For (avg)   6 5
4.3 1   Corners Against (avg)   1 2.7
2 3   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 1.7
1 0   Red Cards   0 0

Highlands Park
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup First Division Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
11-05-19 PL SuperSport United 0 - 2 Highlands Park
04-08-19 PL Highlands Park 2 - 3 Kaizer Chiefs
09-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 1 - 1 Highlands Park
17-08-19 M8C Orlando Pirates 0 - 1 Highlands Park
24-08-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 1 Highlands Park
27-08-19 PL Highlands Park 17:30 AmaZulu
31-08-19 M8C Polokwane City 13:00 Highlands Park
17-09-19 M8C Highlands Park 17:30 Polokwane City
22-09-19 PL Baroka 13:00 Highlands Park
29-09-19 PL Highlands Park 13:00 Polokwane City
AmaZulu
All League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
04-05-19 PL AmaZulu 1 - 1 Black Leopards
11-05-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 3 - 1 AmaZulu
03-08-19 PL AmaZulu 0 - 3 Bidvest Wits
10-08-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 0 AmaZulu
20-08-19 PL AmaZulu 0 - 0 Orlando Pirates
27-08-19 PL Highlands Park 17:30 AmaZulu
14-09-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 AmaZulu
24-09-19 PL AmaZulu 13:00 Kaizer Chiefs
28-09-19 PL SuperSport United 18:15 AmaZulu
01-10-19 PL AmaZulu 17:30 Cape Town City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Kaizer Chiefs 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 7
2 Bidvest Wits 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 6
3 Polokwane City 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
4 Golden Arrows 3 2 0 1 3 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -3 6
5 Mamelodi Sundowns 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
6 Cape Town City 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
7 Baroka 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 4
9 SuperSport United 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 4
10 Orlando Pirates 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -1 4
11 Highlands Park 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 -1 2
12 Chippa United 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
13 Maritzburg United 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 2
14 Stellenbosch 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 2
15 Black Leopards 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
16 AmaZulu 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 30 16 11 3 40 24 15 6 7 2 18 12 15 10 4 1 22 12 16 59
2 Orlando Pirates 30 15 12 3 44 24 15 7 7 1 25 12 15 8 5 2 19 12 20 57
3 Bidvest Wits 30 16 6 8 45 29 15 7 2 6 22 15 15 9 4 2 23 14 16 54
4 Cape Town City 30 13 9 8 47 35 15 7 6 2 28 18 15 6 3 6 19 17 12 48
5 Polokwane City 30 11 11 8 38 35 15 6 4 5 23 21 15 5 7 3 15 14 3 44
6 SuperSport United 30 12 8 10 29 28 15 7 4 4 17 11 15 5 4 6 12 17 1 44
7 Highlands Park 30 9 14 7 34 32 15 7 5 3 20 16 15 2 9 4 14 16 2 41
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 4 6 17 20 -2 40
9 Kaizer Chiefs 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 5 5 5 15 15 15 4 7 4 18 14 4 39
10 Golden Arrows 30 8 12 10 27 31 15 6 3 6 15 15 15 2 9 4 12 16 -4 36
11 AmaZulu 30 10 7 13 33 41 15 7 6 2 20 10 15 3 1 11 13 31 -8 31
12 Chippa United 30 7 9 14 27 35 15 4 4 7 11 14 15 3 5 7 16 21 -8 30
13 Black Leopards 30 7 9 14 30 46 15 6 4 5 17 14 15 1 5 9 13 32 -16 30
14 Baroka 30 6 11 13 27 37 15 2 7 6 14 19 15 4 4 7 13 18 -10 29
15 Maritzburg United 30 6 9 15 22 32 15 4 6 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 7 17 -10 27
16 Free State Stars 30 6 9 15 31 47 15 4 5 6 19 21 15 2 4 9 12 26 -16 27

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