Premier League match prediction: Little separates Polokwane City and SuperSport United in quality

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium (45264 seats)

It's early days in the Premier League and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

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.

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Polokwane City form and stats

Only two Premier League home games for Polokwane City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Polokwane City manager Z. Krmpotić and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Highlands Park (placed 11th) in the Mtn 8 Cup. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Kaizer Chiefs.

This is expected to be a close game, with Polokwane City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Polokwane City as a small favourite), we find nine games. Polokwane City has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Polokwane City at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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SuperSport United form and stats

SuperSport United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Two travels in a row for SuperSport United, whose manager K. Tembo could celebrate last time after the Mtn 8 Cup win against Mamelodi Sundowns. Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Cape Town City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by SuperSport United in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for SuperSport United, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

SuperSport United have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. SuperSport United have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Polokwane City 2 wins, 5 draws and SuperSport United 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Anas
8 goals / 5 assists
W. Musona
5 goals
M. Modiba
5 goals / 10 assists

Polokwane City missing players

SuperSport United missing players

Polokwane City SuperSport United
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 2 3 5
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
1 1 1 Lost L 1 1 1
3 1 0 Scored S 1 3 9
1 1 1 Conceded C 3 3 6
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 40%
80% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 40%
40% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 20%
 
2.8 4 7 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 6 5.6
7.2 5 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 3.3 3.6
1.6 2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of SuperSport United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Polokwane City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Polokwane City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Polokwane City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SuperSport United have scored more than double the goals of Polokwane City.
  • SuperSport United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Polokwane City Last season SuperSport United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 6   Won W   5 12
11 4   Drew D   4 8
8 5   Lost L   6 10
38 23   Scored S   12 29
35 21   Conceded C   17 29
90% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 90%
73% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 60%
43% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   20% 27%
27% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 13%
7% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
57% 67%   BTTS BTTS   33% 40%
33% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 40%
20% 7%   Failed to Score F T   40% 30%
 
3.5 4.5   Corners For (avg) C F   3.9 3.9
6.6 6.9   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.4 5
1.6 1.8   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.4
2 1   Red Cards R C   0 1
Key stats last season:
  • 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
17-08-19 M8C Cape Town City 0 - 2 Polokwane City
28-08-19 PL Chippa United 0 - 0 Polokwane City
31-08-19 M8C Polokwane City 0 - 0 Highlands Park
14-09-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 0 - 1 Polokwane City
17-09-19 M8C Highlands Park 0 - 0 Polokwane City
21-09-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 SuperSport United
29-09-19 PL Highlands Park 13:00 Polokwane City
02-10-19 PL Polokwane City 17:30 Stellenbosch
26-10-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Polokwane City
06-11-19 PL Cape Town City 18:30 Polokwane City
SuperSport United
All Mtn 8 Cup CAF Confederations Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 1 - 1 SuperSport United
28-08-19 PL Baroka 0 - 2 SuperSport United
01-09-19 M8C SuperSport United 1 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
14-09-19 PL SuperSport United 3 - 3 Cape Town City
18-09-19 M8C Mamelodi Sundowns 0 - 2 SuperSport United
21-09-19 PL Polokwane City 13:00 SuperSport United
28-09-19 PL SuperSport United 18:15 AmaZulu
02-10-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 17:30 SuperSport United
05-10-19 M8C Highlands Park 16:00 SuperSport United
25-10-19 PL SuperSport United 18:00 Black Leopards

  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 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 3 2 10
2 Polokwane City 5 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 10
3 Bidvest Wits 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 9
4 SuperSport United 5 2 2 1 9 6 2 1 1 0 6 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 8
5 Mamelodi Sundowns 4 2 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
6 Baroka 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 8
7 Orlando Pirates 5 2 2 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 8
8 Golden Arrows 5 2 2 1 4 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 5 -3 8
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 5 2 1 2 9 6 3 2 0 1 8 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 7
10 Cape Town City 5 1 3 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 6 6 0 6
11 Highlands Park 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 5
12 Black Leopards 5 1 1 3 2 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 4
13 Chippa United 5 0 3 2 3 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 3
14 Maritzburg United 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 -2 2
15 Stellenbosch 5 0 2 3 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 5 -3 2
16 AmaZulu 5 0 2 3 2 7 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 -5 2

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