Highlands Park will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 0 points behind Bidvest Wits.
Highlands Park form and stats
Highlands Park have collected 9 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-0-2.
Highlands Park drew their last game, 0-0 away at Stellenbosch (placed 14th). Prior to that, an away loss at Bloemfontein Celtic.
The manager O. Da Gama will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cape Town City in only four days.
Highlands Park have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Makhulong Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Highlands Park's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bidvest Wits form and stats
Bidvest Wits, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Premier League, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Premier League.
The manager G. Hunt was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Makhulong Stadium. Bidvest Wits suffered a 0-1 loss to SuperSport United (placed 3rd). That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus Songo in the CAF Confederations Cup.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Horoya in just four days.
Bidvest Wits are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Bidvest Wits's manager G. Hunt has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 0 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 1 - 2 (Highlands Park wins - draws - Bidvest Wits wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
P. Shalulile
6 goals
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D. Hotto
3 goals
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T. Ndoro
2 goals
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Highlands Park missing players
Bidvest Wits missing players
| Highlands Park | Bidvest Wits | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 36% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 9% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Bidvest Wits have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Bidvest Wits have won all their away games so far.
- Bidvest Wits haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Highlands Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Bidvest Wits | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Highlands Park | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Maritzburg United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Orlando Pirates | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Polokwane City | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | Black Leopards | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Baroka | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Cape Town City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Stellenbosch | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Chippa United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |