Black Rhinos and Kariba are both riding high in the Premier Soccer League with their 4th and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
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.
Black Rhinos form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at National Sports Stadium as Black Rhinos, who have the most points (14) at home in Premier Soccer League, have scored 8 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).The points were shared in Black Rhinos's previous game, also at home. Visiting Kariba travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting TelOne and winning 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Black Rhinos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Black Rhinos as a small favourite), we find three games. Black Rhinos has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Black Rhinos are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 8 goals in 7 matches. Black Rhinos are not conceding a lot of goals here at National Sports Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Kariba form and stats
There's been little loot from Kariba's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games. Kariba only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.Kariba are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Black Rhinos. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Chapungu United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Kariba in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Kariba, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Kariba's away games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. As opposed to that, Kariba have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Black Rhinos - Kariba 0-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Black Rhinos won 1 game, 4 matches ended with a draw and Kariba has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 5Black Rhinos missing players
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| Black Rhinos | Kariba | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Played | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 75% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 42% |
| 42% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 14% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | 50% | 14% | 25% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 33% | 29% | 100% | Failed To Score | 50% | 57% | 42% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 2.6 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Black Rhinos have created more than twice as many corners as Kariba.
- Black Rhinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Black Rhinos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kariba have scored away.
- Kariba have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kariba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| 20-04-19 | | Black Rhinos | 0 - 2 | CAPS United |
| 27-04-19 | | Harare City | 1 - 2 | Black Rhinos |
| 04-05-19 | | Black Rhinos | 2 - 1 | Triangle United |
| 11-05-19 | | Mushowani Stars | 2 - 0 | Black Rhinos |
| 15-05-19 | | Black Rhinos | 1 - 0 | Bulawayo Chiefs |
| 18-05-19 | | Black Rhinos | 2 - 1 | Hwange |
| 25-05-19 | | Chicken Inn | 0 - 0 | Black Rhinos |
| 01-06-19 | | Black Rhinos | 2 - 1 | Herentals |
| 09-06-19 | | TelOne | 0 - 2 | Black Rhinos |
| 15-06-19 | | Black Rhinos | 0 - 0 | Kariba |
| 13-04-19 | | TelOne | 0 - 1 | Kariba |
| 19-04-19 | | Bulawayo Chiefs | 0 - 1 | Kariba |
| 27-04-19 | | Kariba | 2 - 1 | Yadah |
| 05-05-19 | | Dynamos | 1 - 0 | Kariba |
| 11-05-19 | | Kariba | 1 - 0 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 18-05-19 | | Platinum | 2 - 0 | Kariba |
| 25-05-19 | | Kariba | 1 - 1 | Manica |
| 02-06-19 | | Highlanders | 2 - 0 | Kariba |
| 08-06-19 | | Kariba | 0 - 0 | Chapungu United |
| 15-06-19 | | Black Rhinos | 0 - 0 | Kariba |
| 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 | Platinum | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Chicken Inn | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | CAPS United | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Black Rhinos | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Chapungu United | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Kariba | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Manica | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Ngezi Platinum | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Harare City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Herentals | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Dynamos | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Triangle United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hwange | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Yadah | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 15 | TelOne | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 11 |
| 16 | Highlanders | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Mushowani Stars | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Bulawayo Chiefs | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 8 |
