With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Polokwane City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Baroka.
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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Polokwane City form and stats
2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Polokwane City have to build on here at Peter Mokaba Stadium in the Premier League. It's trouble wherever Polokwane City are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Polokwane City lost their last game at Cape Town City (placed 11th) after a 3-5 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Golden Arrows.
A goal frenzy last time out for Polokwane City, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Cape Town City. Fun stuff to watch! Incredibly enough, C. Mashumba scored 3 goals against Cape Town City but the team still lost all the points as their opponents won 3-5.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Polokwane City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Polokwane City has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Baroka form and stats
Playing away, Baroka have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season.
There were no winners in Baroka's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Mamelodi Sundowns (placed 2nd). A 0-1 loss hosting AmaZulu before that.
We have checked recent matches where Baroka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W3-D1-L5.
The attacking power of Baroka when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. The Baroka defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 2 - 4 - 0 (Polokwane City wins - draws - Baroka wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
C. Mashumba
3 goals
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S. Mbonani
1 goals
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N. Motloung
1 goals
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Polokwane City missing players
Baroka missing players
| Polokwane City | Baroka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 3.6 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Baroka have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Baroka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Polokwane City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Polokwane City 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 | Kaizer Chiefs | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Bidvest Wits | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Highlands Park | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Golden Arrows | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Polokwane City | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Maritzburg United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Cape Town City | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | AmaZulu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Stellenbosch | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Baroka | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Chippa United | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 4 |