Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Loftus Versfeld Stadium clash with AmaZulu, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.
The hosts Mamelodi Sundowns saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League Cup. That game was an away game at Golden Arrows, so at least Mamelodi Sundowns are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
Mamelodi Sundowns have played 5 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Mamelodi Sundowns in their previous game, a League Cup match away at Golden Arrows (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Golden Arrows.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Mamelodi Sundowns home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Petro de Luanda are coming to town in four days.
The Mamelodi Sundowns fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Mamelodi Sundowns are not conceding a lot of goals here at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
AmaZulu form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of AmaZulu playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
AmaZulu failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Chippa United (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-2. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Stellenbosch.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where AmaZulu played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 1 time.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. AmaZulu have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Mamelodi Sundowns won 6, AmaZulu won 2 and 2 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ntuli 7 goals |   T. Zwane 2 goals |  M. Lebusa 1 goals |
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
AmaZulu missing players
| Mamelodi Sundowns | AmaZulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | 64% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 27% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 6.5 | 8.4 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 10 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 1.2 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 134 | 76 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 40 | 91 |
| 42 | 23 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 31% | 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 28% |
- AmaZulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Mamelodi Sundowns 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 |