Can Polokwane City beat Chippa United?

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this clash with Chippa United, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Chippa United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Polokwane City form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Polokwane City have to build on here.

Polokwane City are returning here after visiting Highlands Park in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Bloemfontein Celtic that was lost 1-2.

The Polokwane City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 14 matches. Polokwane City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chippa United form and stats

There's been little loot from Chippa United's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games. Chippa United only has 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Chippa United who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. AmaZulu was the last time a defeat was avoided.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Cape Town City with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Mamelodi Sundowns wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chippa United as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games. As opposed to that, Chippa United have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Chippa United - Polokwane City 2-2. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 4 Polokwane City victories, 4 draws and 1 Chippa United win.

Top Goalscorers

M. Anas
7 goals / 3 assists
J. Maluleke
4 goals / 5 assists
A. Mbenyane
4 goals / 2 assists

Polokwane City missing players

Chippa United missing players

Polokwane City Chippa United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played 4 14 28
11 6 5 Won 0 2 5
11 4 0 Drew 1 5 9
6 4 0 Lost 3 7 14
37 22 10 Scored 5 13 23
29 18 3 Conceded 10 20 34
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 79% 89%
71% 86% 60% Over 1.5 100% 71% 57%
39% 50% 40% Over 2.5 50% 36% 25%
25% 29% 40% Over 3.5 50% 21% 18%
7% 14% 20% Over 4.5 50% 21% 11%
57% 64% 40% BTTS 75% 50% 39%
36% 29% 60% Clean Sheets 0% 36% 29%
18% 7% 0% Failed To Score 25% 36% 43%
 
3.6 4.5 4.5 Corners For (avg) 5 5.1 5.8
6.6 7.2 7.5 Corners Against (avg) 7.8 7.1 5.2
1.7 1.8 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.6 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Polokwane City hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Chippa United is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Polokwane City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Polokwane City
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
03-03-19 PL Baroka 1 - 3 Polokwane City
06-03-19 PL Free State Stars 1 - 1 Polokwane City
09-03-19 PL Polokwane City 2 - 0 Golden Arrows
15-03-19 PL Cape Town City 0 - 0 Polokwane City
07-04-19 PL Polokwane City 3 - 1 Black Leopards
13-04-19 PL SuperSport United 0 - 0 Polokwane City
24-04-19 PL Polokwane City 1 - 2 Bloemfontein Celtic
27-04-19 PL Highlands Park 0 - 2 Polokwane City
04-05-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 Chippa United
11-05-19 PL Orlando Pirates 13:00 Polokwane City
Chippa United
All League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-03-19 PL Black Leopards 3 - 2 Chippa United
17-03-19 PL Chippa United 1 - 1 Highlands Park
30-03-19 NC Bidvest Wits 3 - 3 Chippa United
06-04-19 PL AmaZulu 0 - 1 Chippa United
12-04-19 PL Chippa United 0 - 1 Bidvest Wits
20-04-19 NC Chippa United 2 - 4 Kaizer Chiefs
23-04-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 3 - 2 Chippa United
26-04-19 PL Chippa United 0 - 2 Cape Town City
04-05-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 Chippa United
11-05-19 PL Chippa United 13:00 Kaizer Chiefs

  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 Orlando Pirates 28 14 11 3 39 22 14 6 7 1 22 12 14 8 4 2 17 10 17 53
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 27 13 11 3 35 23 14 5 7 2 16 12 13 8 4 1 19 11 12 50
3 Bidvest Wits 28 14 6 8 41 28 14 6 2 6 19 14 14 8 4 2 22 14 13 48
4 Cape Town City 28 13 8 7 45 32 14 7 5 2 26 16 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 47
5 Polokwane City 28 11 11 6 37 29 14 6 4 4 22 18 14 5 7 2 15 11 8 44
6 SuperSport United 28 12 8 8 28 24 14 7 4 3 17 10 14 5 4 5 11 14 4 44
7 Kaizer Chiefs 28 9 11 8 32 27 14 5 4 5 14 14 14 4 7 3 18 13 5 38
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 28 10 7 11 32 35 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 5 4 5 17 19 -3 37
9 Highlands Park 28 7 14 7 32 32 14 6 5 3 19 16 14 1 9 4 13 16 0 35
10 Golden Arrows 27 7 12 8 25 27 13 5 3 5 13 13 14 2 9 3 12 14 -2 33
11 AmaZulu 27 10 6 11 31 36 14 7 5 2 19 9 13 3 1 9 12 27 -5 30
12 Free State Stars 27 6 8 13 29 43 14 4 5 5 19 20 13 2 3 8 10 23 -14 26
13 Black Leopards 27 6 8 13 27 43 13 5 4 4 15 12 14 1 4 9 12 31 -16 26
14 Baroka 27 5 10 12 24 33 13 1 6 6 12 18 14 4 4 6 12 15 -9 25
15 Chippa United 28 5 9 14 23 34 14 3 4 7 10 14 14 2 5 7 13 20 -11 24
16 Maritzburg United 28 5 8 15 18 30 14 3 6 5 12 14 14 2 2 10 6 16 -12 23

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