Polokwane City prepare to battle it out with Mamelodi Sundowns in this Premier League game. Everything you need to learn about the match can be found right here!
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most scored goals (11) in Premier League
Polokwane City have less rest than Mamelodi Sundowns in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Golden Arrows, so at least Polokwane City are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Polokwane City form and stats
Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Polokwane City 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Polokwane City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Golden Arrows. Attacking player Mapfumo bettered all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Mapfumo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Polokwane won a home game hosting Cape Town Spurs (3-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Polokwane City as they are travelling to their away game against Sekhukhune United in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
Polokwane City has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
Mamelodi Sundowns, who have the most scored goals (11) in Premier League, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Premier League.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams is eager to challenge this, with his 276 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Mamelodi Sundowns, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Richards Bay (placed 15th) last time out. The attacker Mendieta got a match rating of 8.3 in that game. Mendieta scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 49 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Chippa United with the score of 2-0.The schedule is very tough for Mamelodi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Mtn 8 Cup game at Kaizer Chiefs is waiting in only three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Mamelodi Sundowns's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Mamelodi are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.
Head 2 Head
Mamelodi Sundowns have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when facing Polokwane City.Top Goalscorers
  O. Appollis 2 goals | D. Mapfumo 2 goals |  P. Shalulile 2 goals |
Polokwane City missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Polokwane City | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 6 |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.7 | 14.4 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 38% |
| 13.8 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 7.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most points (9) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most scored goals (11) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most scored goals (5) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the the best goal difference (+9) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns is in the best form (5-0-0) in Premier League
| Polokwane City | Last season | Mamelodi Sundowns | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | ||
| 87% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 70% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 67% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 63% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 10% | ||
| 3.7 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 0.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 80% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Golden Arrows | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 4 | TS Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sekhukhune United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Stellenbosch | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Cape Town City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Chippa United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Moroka Swallows | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Orlando Pirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Kaizer Chiefs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Royal AM | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | AmaZulu | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Richards Bay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Cape Town Spurs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
