This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League, Highlands Park holding 11th place and Baroka lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Highlands Park form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Highlands Park have to build on here at Makhulong Stadium in the Premier League. Highlands Park has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager O. Da Gama and the players.
The fans are hoping that Highlands Park will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Orlando Pirates (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Stellenbosch (1-4).
The Highlands Park fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Baroka form and stats
Playing away, Baroka have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premier League this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Baroka's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Baroka won their last game, 2-1 versus Maritzburg United played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Stellenbosch before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of D. Kerr when T. Patjie scored the winning goal, after being substituted in the 80th minute.
Baroka are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 9 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Baroka - Highlands Park 1-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 3 - 2 - 0 (Highlands Park wins - draws - Baroka wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Shalulile 8 goals |  T. Ndoro 2 goals | M. Mogaila 2 goals |
Highlands Park missing players
Baroka missing players
| Highlands Park | Baroka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 20 | 14 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 85% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 11% | 30% |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 44% | 35% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 67% | 60% |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 6 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 216 | 116 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 115 | 234 |
| 72 | 39 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 31 | 68 |
| 28% | 36% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 13% | 18% |
- Baroka has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Baroka has the most matches under the total-line (14)
- Highlands Park has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Highlands Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Highlands Park have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Baroka have scored away.
- Highlands Park haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Bidvest Wits | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Stellenbosch | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Cape Town City | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Highlands Park | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Baroka | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Polokwane City | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | AmaZulu | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 17 |