Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Kaizer Chiefs welcomes Stellenbosch

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Sun 23.August
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: FNB Stadium (94736 seats)

Kaizer Chiefs have performed better than Stellenbosch so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kaizer and Stellenbosch.

These teams have little in common geographically as Stellenbosch have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

The season is still full of potential for Kaizer as they can still win the whole Premier League. Stellenbosch are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Kaizer Chiefs form and stats

Kaizer Chiefs, who have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League, have collected 23 points from their Premier League home games so far after 7-2-3.

In their previous game, the manager E. Middendorp led his Kaizer to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Bloemfontein Celtic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at FNB Stadium. A strong away win before that one, visiting Polokwane City and winning 3-2.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Mamelodi Sundowns are coming to town in four days.

Kaizer have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at FNB Stadium with 21 goals in 12 league matches. Kaizer are not conceding a lot of goals here at FNB Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.

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Stellenbosch form and stats

Stellenbosch have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-3-7 (13 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Stellenbosch are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

261 minutes! That's how long the Stellenbosch goalkeeper Lee Langeveldt and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Stellenbosch go into this game after a win, the home game against Cape Town City that ended 1-0. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Golden Arrows.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stellenbosch have scored 14 goals in 13 league games away. Stellenbosch have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Stellenbosch - Kaizer 0-4. Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Kaizer, zero draws and zero wins for Stellenbosch. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

KaizerS. Nurkovic
S. Nurkovic
13 goals
Kaizer ChiefsD. Castro Cortés
D. Castro Cortés
7 goals
StellenboschW. Isaacs
W. Isaacs
7 goals

Kaizer Chiefs missing players

Stellenbosch missing players

Kaizer Chiefs Stellenbosch
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 13 26
16 7 3 Won W 0 3 9
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 3 1 Lost L 2 7 11
45 21 9 Scored S 3 14 23
23 11 2 Conceded C 6 19 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
76% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 54%
44% 42% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 38%
24% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 19%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
48% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 54% 35%
44% 42% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 42%
8% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 35%
 
5.3 5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.7 4.5
5.6 5.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 5.8 5.2
1.6 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
316 142 58 Total Shots T S 35 98 207
114 58 22 Shots on Target S O 8 38 78
39% 36% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 29%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the most scored goals (45)
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the most scored goals in the second half (26)
  • Kaizer Chiefs has the the best goal difference (+22)
  • Kaizer Chiefs haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stellenbosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stellenbosch have won significantly less corners away then 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 25 16 4 5 45 23 12 7 2 3 21 11 13 9 2 2 24 12 22 52
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 24 13 7 4 33 19 12 8 3 1 16 6 12 5 4 3 17 13 14 46
3 SuperSport United 26 12 8 6 37 22 14 7 6 1 25 12 12 5 2 5 12 10 15 44
4 Orlando Pirates 26 11 10 5 36 27 13 7 5 1 20 11 13 4 5 4 16 16 9 43
5 Bidvest Wits 24 11 8 5 26 18 12 5 4 3 15 12 12 6 4 2 11 6 8 41
6 Maritzburg United 25 10 9 6 25 20 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 4 5 4 11 11 5 39
7 Cape Town City 26 8 9 9 34 35 13 7 3 3 19 12 13 1 6 6 15 23 -1 33
8 Highlands Park 26 8 9 9 27 32 13 7 2 4 18 14 13 1 7 5 9 18 -5 33
9 Golden Arrows 25 8 9 8 21 27 12 6 4 2 14 10 13 2 5 6 7 17 -6 33
10 Stellenbosch 26 9 6 11 23 30 13 6 3 4 9 11 13 3 3 7 14 19 -7 33
11 Bloemfontein Celtic 25 8 8 9 37 35 12 6 4 2 24 13 13 2 4 7 13 22 2 32
12 Chippa United 26 6 9 11 15 24 14 3 7 4 7 7 12 3 2 7 8 17 -9 27
13 Baroka 26 6 7 13 16 22 13 3 4 6 10 13 13 3 3 7 6 9 -6 25
14 AmaZulu 25 6 6 13 14 27 12 3 3 6 6 15 13 3 3 7 8 12 -13 24
15 Black Leopards 25 6 5 14 24 38 13 5 3 5 14 15 12 1 2 9 10 23 -14 23
16 Polokwane City 26 7 2 17 23 37 13 5 1 7 15 18 13 2 1 10 8 19 -14 23