Struggling Stellenbosch will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Highlands Park in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Highlands Park have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1400 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Stellenbosch form and stats
Stellenbosch have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Stellenbosch lost their last game at AmaZulu (placed 12th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Stellenbosch won a home game hosting Orlando Pirates (1-0).
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 Stellenbosch have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 1 Lost 0.
Stellenbosch are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 attempts. Stellenbosch are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parow Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Highlands Park form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Highlands Park have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.
Two away games in a row for Highlands Park, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Bloemfontein Celtic in the Premier League. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Maritzburg United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Highlands Park in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Highlands Park, 6 draws and 1 defeat.
Highlands Park are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Highlands Park in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Stellenbosch 1 win, 0 draws and Highlands Park 1 victory. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Shalulile 6 goals |   W. Isaacs 4 goals |  I. Rayners 3 goals |
Stellenbosch missing players
Highlands Park missing players
| Stellenbosch | Highlands Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
- Highlands Park have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Highlands Park haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stellenbosch have not yet lost a 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 |