Here's what we know about the Highlands Park - Polokwane City match:

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Makhulong Stadium (20000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the Highlands Park - Polokwane City latest:

It's no vacation for neither Highlands Park nor Polokwane City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Highlands Park form and stats

The story so far for Highlands Park at their home stadium (Makhulong Stadium) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

The home team returns to Makhulong Stadium after sharing the points with Cape Town City on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. In the match before that, Highlands Park hosted Free State Stars and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Highlands Park perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Highlands Park as a small favourite), we find two games. Highlands Park has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Highlands Park fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Highlands Park have conceded 14 goals.

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Polokwane City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats. It's three draws from Polokwane City's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Polokwane City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bloemfontein Celtic that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that, Polokwane City travelled to SuperSport United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Polokwane City playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were 1 Polokwane City win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Polokwane City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

Highlands Park and Polokwane City have met before this season: Polokwane City - Highlands Park 2-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 0 - 2 - 1 (Highlands Park wins - draws - Polokwane City wins).

Top Goalscorers

M. Mvala
8 goals
M. Anas
7 goals / 4 assists
P. Shalulile
6 goals / 2 assists

Highlands Park missing players

Polokwane City missing players

Highlands Park Polokwane City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
27 13 2 Played 3 13 27
7 6 1 Won 2 4 10
14 5 1 Drew 1 7 11
6 2 0 Lost 0 2 6
32 19 2 Scored 4 13 35
30 14 1 Conceded 2 11 29
85% 92% 50% Over 0.5 100% 77% 89%
74% 85% 50% Over 1.5 67% 54% 70%
48% 62% 50% Over 2.5 33% 31% 41%
19% 15% 0% Over 3.5 0% 23% 26%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 7%
70% 77% 50% BTTS 67% 54% 59%
22% 23% 50% Clean Sheets 33% 38% 33%
22% 8% 50% Failed To Score 0% 31% 19%
 
4.4 4 5 Corners For (avg) 3 2.9 3.7
5.1 5.5 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 4 5.8 6.5
1.5 1.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 1.5 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 2

Highlands Park
All League Cup First Division Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
24-02-19 PL Black Leopards 0 - 0 Highlands Park
02-03-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 3 - 2 Highlands Park
09-03-19 PL Highlands Park 2 - 1 Baroka
17-03-19 PL Chippa United 1 - 1 Highlands Park
13-04-19 PL Highlands Park 1 - 0 Maritzburg United
17-04-19 PL Highlands Park 1 - 1 Free State Stars
23-04-19 PL Cape Town City 1 - 1 Highlands Park
27-04-19 PL Highlands Park 13:00 Polokwane City
04-05-19 PL Highlands Park 13:00 Bloemfontein Celtic
11-05-19 PL SuperSport United 13:00 Highlands Park
Polokwane City
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
03-03-19 PL Baroka 1 - 3 Polokwane City
06-03-19 PL Free State Stars 1 - 1 Polokwane City
09-03-19 PL Polokwane City 2 - 0 Golden Arrows
15-03-19 PL Cape Town City 0 - 0 Polokwane City
07-04-19 PL Polokwane City 3 - 1 Black Leopards
13-04-19 PL SuperSport United 0 - 0 Polokwane City
24-04-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 2 Bloemfontein Celtic
27-04-19 PL Highlands Park 13:00 Polokwane City
04-05-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 Chippa United
11-05-19 PL Orlando Pirates 13:00 Polokwane 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 Orlando Pirates 28 14 11 3 39 22 14 6 7 1 22 12 14 8 4 2 17 10 17 53
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 27 13 11 3 35 23 14 5 7 2 16 12 13 8 4 1 19 11 12 50
3 Bidvest Wits 27 14 5 8 40 27 14 6 2 6 19 14 13 8 3 2 21 13 13 47
4 SuperSport United 27 12 7 8 27 23 13 7 3 3 16 9 14 5 4 5 11 14 4 43
5 Cape Town City 26 11 8 7 40 32 14 7 5 2 26 16 12 4 3 5 14 16 8 41
6 Polokwane City 27 10 11 6 35 29 14 6 4 4 22 18 13 4 7 2 13 11 6 41
7 Kaizer Chiefs 27 9 11 7 32 26 14 5 4 5 14 14 13 4 7 2 18 12 6 38
8 Highlands Park 27 7 14 6 32 30 13 6 5 2 19 14 14 1 9 4 13 16 2 35
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 26 9 7 10 31 32 12 4 3 5 14 13 14 5 4 5 17 19 -1 34
10 Golden Arrows 27 7 12 8 25 27 13 5 3 5 13 13 14 2 9 3 12 14 -2 33
11 AmaZulu 27 10 6 11 31 36 14 7 5 2 19 9 13 3 1 9 12 27 -5 30
12 Free State Stars 27 6 8 13 29 43 14 4 5 5 19 20 13 2 3 8 10 23 -14 26
13 Black Leopards 26 6 8 12 26 41 12 5 4 3 14 10 14 1 4 9 12 31 -15 26
14 Baroka 27 5 10 12 24 33 13 1 6 6 12 18 14 4 4 6 12 15 -9 25
15 Chippa United 27 5 9 13 23 32 13 3 4 6 10 12 14 2 5 7 13 20 -9 24
16 Maritzburg United 27 4 8 15 16 29 14 3 6 5 12 14 13 1 2 10 4 15 -13 20

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