Can Moroka Swallows defeat Chippa United in Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium clash?

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Fri 06.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium (24000 seats)

Moroka Swallows believe to fill the stadium for this game despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 13 points and a 15th place in the Premier League table. Visiting Chippa United hold 6th place with 19 pts.

Insights:
  • Moroka Swallows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chippa United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Chippa United when visiting Moroka Swallows as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

There have been little to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a Premier League fixture only three days back. That game was an away game at Mamelodi Sundowns, so at least Swallows are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Moroka Swallows form and stats

3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Moroka Swallows so far this season.

Mtshali was the last player to score a league goal for Moroka Swallows and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Moroka Swallows haven't scored in 180 minutes.

Moroka Swallows are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Mamelodi Sundowns.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Richards Bay.

This is expected to be a close game, with Moroka Swallows perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Moroka Swallows as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Moroka Swallows has won 3 of these, drawn 7 and lost 3.

Sports bettors who enjoy looking for low-scoring matches might like to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

Swallows have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Moroka Swallows defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Chippa United form and stats

3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Chippa United in their Premier League matches away.

Chippa United has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stellenbosch for a 1-1 draw.

Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Richards Bay.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Chippa in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Chippa United, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Chippa United have another match that requires travelling in just four sleeps, a Premier League match versus Mamelodi Sundowns. A difficult fixture list for the guests!

Chippa have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Chippa United in these games.

Head 2 Head

Swallows have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (0-4-0) against Chippa United.

Top Goalscorers

Chippa UnitedE. Ighodaro
E. Ighodaro
4 goals
Moroka SwallowsM. Musonda
M. Musonda
3 goals
Chippa UnitedR. Pfumbidzai
R. Pfumbidzai
3 goals

Moroka Swallows missing players

Chippa United missing players

Moroka Swallows Chippa United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 3 8 14
3 3 1 Won W 0 3 5
4 0 0 Drew D 1 2 4
7 3 1 Lost L 2 3 5
13 11 4 Scored S 3 11 17
20 10 3 Conceded C 5 11 18
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 64%
43% 83% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 50%
21% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 21%
14% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 14%
50% 83% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 64%
21% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 29%
43% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
3.2 3.3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.5 3.2
6.2 6 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.2 5.1
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 8.3 10 Shots (avg) S ( 2.7 3.2 4.3
2.4 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.5 1.6
38% 61% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 92% 74%
 
9.4 9.3 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 11.4 9.9
3.4 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Moroka Swallows's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chippa United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Chippa United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Chippa United have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Chippa United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Chippa United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Moroka Swallows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Moroka Swallows have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Moroka Swallows 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 Mamelodi Sundowns 14 11 1 2 28 5 8 7 0 1 15 2 6 4 1 1 13 3 23 34
2 SuperSport United 14 8 3 3 19 12 7 4 3 0 11 5 7 4 0 3 8 7 7 27
3 Richards Bay 14 7 5 2 12 6 7 3 3 1 3 1 7 4 2 1 9 5 6 26
4 Kaizer Chiefs 14 7 3 4 18 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 8 4 1 3 9 10 3 24
5 Orlando Pirates 14 5 4 5 9 9 7 3 2 2 5 3 7 2 2 3 4 6 0 19
6 Chippa United 14 5 4 5 17 18 6 2 2 2 6 7 8 3 2 3 11 11 -1 19
7 AmaZulu 14 4 6 4 11 11 7 3 1 3 7 7 7 1 5 1 4 4 0 18
8 TS Galaxy 14 3 8 3 8 8 6 1 3 2 3 3 8 2 5 1 5 5 0 17
9 Real Kings 14 5 2 7 15 20 8 3 2 3 7 8 6 2 0 4 8 12 -5 17
10 Golden Arrows 14 4 4 6 15 17 8 2 3 3 9 10 6 2 1 3 6 7 -2 16
11 Cape Town City 14 4 4 6 13 15 8 3 3 2 7 6 6 1 1 4 6 9 -2 16
12 Sekhukhune United 14 3 6 5 13 15 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 0 3 4 4 9 -2 15
13 Stellenbosch 14 3 6 5 15 18 7 2 2 3 10 10 7 1 4 2 5 8 -3 15
14 Tshakhuma 14 2 7 5 10 13 6 1 5 0 5 4 8 1 2 5 5 9 -3 13
15 Moroka Swallows 14 3 4 7 13 20 6 3 0 3 11 10 8 0 4 4 2 10 -7 13
16 Maritzburg United 14 2 5 7 7 21 8 2 2 4 6 13 6 0 3 3 1 8 -14 11