Premier League preview and statistics: Mamelodi Sundowns - Cape Town City at Loftus Versfeld Stadium

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium (51762 seats)

It's ground zero in Premier League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how the teams did in their pre-season friendlies!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Mamelodi Sundowns's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Mamelodi Sundowns could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Loftus Versfeld Stadium they witnessed 6 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W16 - D11 - L3 from 30 games.

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Cape Town City form and stats

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mamelodi Sundowns won 5 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Cape Town City has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

L. Maboe
8 goals / 4 assists
S. Mthembu
7 goals / 1 assists
L. Sirino
5 goals / 8 assists

Mamelodi Sundowns missing players

Cape Town City missing players

Mamelodi Sundowns Cape Town City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored 0 2 3
1 0 0 Conceded 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 8 6.5
7 6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 4
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Mamelodi Sundowns Last season Cape Town City
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
1 0   Played   15 30
0 0   Won   6 13
0 0   Drew   3 9
1 0   Lost   6 8
1 0   Scored   19 47
2 0   Conceded   17 35
100% 0%   Over 0.5   93% 90%
100% 0%   Over 1.5   60% 73%
100% 0%   Over 2.5   47% 53%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   27% 37%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   13% 20%
100% 0%   BTTS   40% 50%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   33% 33%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   33% 27%
 
0 0   Corners For (avg)   3.8 4.3
0 0   Corners Against (avg)   5.6 4.5
0 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.6 1.8
0 0   Red Cards   1 4

Mamelodi Sundowns
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
07-05-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 2 - 0 Golden Arrows
11-05-19 PL Free State Stars 0 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
03-08-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 2 - 0 SuperSport United
11-08-19 CCL Otoho d'Oyo 2 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
14-08-19 PL Chippa United 1 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
17-08-19 M8C Mamelodi Sundowns 18:15 Bloemfontein Celtic
20-08-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 17:30 Cape Town City
23-08-19 CCL Mamelodi Sundowns - Otoho d'Oyo
28-08-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 17:30 Mamelodi Sundowns
21-09-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 16:00 Maritzburg United
Cape Town City
All Mtn 8 Cup CAF Confederations Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
26-04-19 PL Chippa United 0 - 2 Cape Town City
04-05-19 PL Cape Town City 2 - 2 Orlando Pirates
11-05-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 0 Cape Town City
03-08-19 PL Baroka 2 - 2 Cape Town City
10-08-19 PL Cape Town City 1 - 0 Stellenbosch
17-08-19 M8C Cape Town City 13:00 Polokwane City
20-08-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 17:30 Cape Town City
27-08-19 PL Cape Town City 17:30 Kaizer Chiefs
14-09-19 PL SuperSport United 18:15 Cape Town City
22-09-19 PL Cape Town City 13:00 Golden Arrows

Last season Total Home Away  
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Last season 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 Mamelodi Sundowns 30 16 11 3 40 24 15 6 7 2 18 12 15 10 4 1 22 12 16 59
2 Orlando Pirates 30 15 12 3 44 24 15 7 7 1 25 12 15 8 5 2 19 12 20 57
3 Bidvest Wits 30 16 6 8 45 29 15 7 2 6 22 15 15 9 4 2 23 14 16 54
4 Cape Town City 30 13 9 8 47 35 15 7 6 2 28 18 15 6 3 6 19 17 12 48
5 Polokwane City 30 11 11 8 38 35 15 6 4 5 23 21 15 5 7 3 15 14 3 44
6 SuperSport United 30 12 8 10 29 28 15 7 4 4 17 11 15 5 4 6 12 17 1 44
7 Highlands Park 30 9 14 7 34 32 15 7 5 3 20 16 15 2 9 4 14 16 2 41
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 4 6 17 20 -2 40
9 Kaizer Chiefs 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 5 5 5 15 15 15 4 7 4 18 14 4 39
10 Golden Arrows 30 8 12 10 27 31 15 6 3 6 15 15 15 2 9 4 12 16 -4 36
11 AmaZulu 30 10 7 13 33 41 15 7 6 2 20 10 15 3 1 11 13 31 -8 31
12 Chippa United 30 7 9 14 27 35 15 4 4 7 11 14 15 3 5 7 16 21 -8 30
13 Black Leopards 30 7 9 14 30 46 15 6 4 5 17 14 15 1 5 9 13 32 -16 30
14 Baroka 30 6 11 13 27 37 15 2 7 6 14 19 15 4 4 7 13 18 -10 29
15 Maritzburg United 30 6 9 15 22 32 15 4 6 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 7 17 -10 27
16 Free State Stars 30 6 9 15 31 47 15 4 5 6 19 21 15 2 4 9 12 26 -16 27

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