Polokwane City vs AmaZulu match preview: Even contest expected at Peter Mokaba Stadium

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium (45264 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!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Polokwane City and AmaZulu.

It's quite the trip for AmaZulu when visiting Polokwane City as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Polokwane City form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Polokwane City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 3 Lost 2.

Last season, Polokwane City's league statistics were 11 wins, 11 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Polokwane City managed 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 21 conceded.

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AmaZulu form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AmaZulu playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were 1 AmaZulu win, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Let's have a look at how AmaZulu performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 13/31 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Polokwane City - AmaZulu 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Polokwane City victories, 5 draws and 2 AmaZulu wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Anas
8 goals / 5 assists
B. Ntuli
7 goals / 1 assists
W. Musona
5 goals

Polokwane City missing players

AmaZulu missing players

Polokwane City AmaZulu
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
2 1 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 6
8 6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 2
2 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Polokwane City Last season AmaZulu
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   15 30
11 6   Won   3 10
11 4   Drew   1 7
8 5   Lost   11 13
38 23   Scored   13 33
35 21   Conceded   31 41
90% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 90%
73% 87%   Over 1.5   80% 70%
43% 53%   Over 2.5   60% 43%
27% 33%   Over 3.5   33% 23%
7% 13%   Over 4.5   20% 17%
57% 67%   BTTS   53% 43%
33% 27%   Clean Sheets   13% 37%
20% 7%   Failed To Score   33% 30%
 
3.5 4.5   Corners For (avg)   4.6 4.8
6.6 6.9   Corners Against (avg)   4.6 4.2
1.6 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.6 2.2
2 1   Red Cards   0 0
Key stats last season:
  • AmaZulu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • AmaZulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AmaZulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Polokwane City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Polokwane City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Polokwane City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Polokwane City
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
27-04-19 PL Highlands Park 0 - 2 Polokwane City
04-05-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 3 Chippa United
11-05-19 PL Orlando Pirates 3 - 0 Polokwane City
04-08-19 PL Black Leopards 0 - 1 Polokwane City
10-08-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 0 AmaZulu
14-08-19 PL Polokwane City 17:30 Bidvest Wits
17-08-19 M8C Cape Town City 00:00 Polokwane City
28-08-19 PL Chippa United 17:30 Polokwane City
14-09-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 16:00 Polokwane City
21-09-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 SuperSport United
AmaZulu
All League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
28-04-19 PL Baroka 1 - 0 AmaZulu
04-05-19 PL AmaZulu 1 - 1 Black Leopards
11-05-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 3 - 1 AmaZulu
03-08-19 PL AmaZulu 0 - 3 Bidvest Wits
10-08-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 0 AmaZulu
20-08-19 PL AmaZulu 17:30 Orlando Pirates
27-08-19 PL Highlands Park 17:30 AmaZulu
14-09-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 AmaZulu
24-09-19 PL AmaZulu 13:00 Kaizer Chiefs
28-09-19 PL SuperSport United 18:15 AmaZulu

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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