2nd position in the Premier League table for Mamelodi Sundowns so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Golden Arrows visits Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Mamelodi are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Golden Arrows are struggling to avoid relegation.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium as Mamelodi Sundowns have scored 16 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Mamelodi Sundowns fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Mamelodi Sundowns has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Mamelodi manager P. Mosimane and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Maritzburg United (placed 6th) in the Premier League. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cape Town City (2-3).
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 five matches, drawn one and lost zero.
The manager P. Mosimane will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kaizer Chiefs in only three days.
Mamelodi Sundowns has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Defensively Mamelodi have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 12 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Golden Arrows form and stats
There's been little loot from Golden Arrows's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Premier League. Golden Arrows only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.
Golden failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Black Leopards (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Bidvest Wits.
Late heartbreak for Golden in the Black Leopards match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Golden playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, three draws and one home win.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Golden as they have only managed to score 7 times from 13 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Golden Arrows in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Golden Arrows - Mamelodi Sundowns 3-2 played earlier this season. Mamelodi Sundowns-Golden Arrows H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mamelodi seven wins, Golden Arrows two wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  K. Mutizwa 11 goals |  T. Zwane 9 goals | S. Vilakazi 5 goals |
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
Golden Arrows missing players
| Mamelodi Sundowns | Golden Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 35 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 29 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 25% | 77% | 85% |
| 68% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 62% | 58% |
| 44% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 35% |
| 16% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 52% | 33% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 46% |
| 40% | 58% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 31% | 31% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 54% | 38% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 316 | 185 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 85 | 165 |
| 100 | 59 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 28 | 61 |
| 35% | 27% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 36% |
- Golden Arrows has the most conceded goals in the second half (21)
- Golden Arrows has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- Golden Arrows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Golden Arrows have scored away.
| 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 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 47 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 43 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 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 | Stellenbosch | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -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 | Black Leopards | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Baroka | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 24 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 23 |