Struggling Moroka Swallows are desperate to pull off a small shock when they greet top team Mamelodi Sundowns in the upcoming league game. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate confidence.
- Moroka Swallows have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CAF Champions League.
Moroka Swallows form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 5 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Moroka Swallows are certainly not brimming with confidence. Moroka Swallows are slowly digging their own grave here at Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Royal AM match.
Moroka Swallows's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 0-1 versus Royal AM (in Nedbank Cup).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Royal AM (0-1).Swallows have scored 7 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. 14 goals have been conceded.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The regulars enjoyed Mamelodi Sundowns's previous fixture versus Al Merreikh, a CAF Champions League win (3-0) played at home.
hometeam won
A new game in only three days for Mamelodi, the Nedbank Cup home match versus Summerfield. Busy days.
Mamelodi Sundowns have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Many of these goals have arrived late in the fixtures; more than 50 percent (12 goals) after the 60th minute. Mamelodi Sundowns are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Mamelodi Sundowns - Swallows 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Moroka Swallows two wins, three draws and Mamelodi Sundowns five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Shalulile 15 goals | P. Šafranko 4 goals |
Moroka Swallows missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Moroka Swallows | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 14 | 40 |
| 23 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 82% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 82% | 91% |
| 41% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 55% | 70% |
| 23% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 27% | 39% |
| 9% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 9% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 32% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 27% | 35% |
| 32% | 18% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 64% | 61% |
| 55% | 45% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 13% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 24% | 27% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 51% |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored more than double the goals of Moroka Swallows.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most scored goals (40) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the the best goal difference (+28) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Premier League
- Moroka Swallows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Moroka Swallows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Moroka Swallows have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League
- Moroka Swallows have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Premier League
- Moroka Swallows have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Premier League
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Royal AM | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Kaizer Chiefs | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | SuperSport United | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Sekhukhune United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | AmaZulu | 23 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Marumo Gallants FC | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | TS Galaxy | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Baroka | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 17 |
