Premier Soccer League match preview: Black Rhinos versus Yadah

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Competition: Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Date: Wed 13.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: National Sports Stadium (60000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Black Rhinos leading Yadah by 14 points.

Black Rhinos and Yadah should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

For Yadah most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Black Rhinos form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Black Rhinos have to build on here at National Sports Stadium in the Premier Soccer League.

Black Rhinos lost their last game at Kariba (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Black Rhinos had a home game versus TelOne which ended with a victory 2-1.

The Black Rhinos fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. Black Rhinos have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Yadah form and stats

Yadah, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Premier Soccer League, have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premier Soccer League, after 3-4-7 (14 played). Yadah has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Yadah won their last game, 1-0 versus Chapungu United played at home. A 1-3 defeat away at Highlanders before that.

Yadah find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Yadah have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Yadah - Black Rhinos 0-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 1 Black Rhinos victory, 2 draws and 2 Yadah wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

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Yadah missing players

Black Rhinos Yadah
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 5 14 29
11 7 4 Won W 0 3 6
9 5 1 Drew D 2 4 10
9 2 0 Lost L 3 7 13
26 15 8 Scored S 4 17 25
27 11 4 Conceded C 9 29 42
83% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
62% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 66%
34% 36% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 64% 34%
3% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 43% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 14%
41% 57% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 79% 48%
34% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 21%
41% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 41%
 
3.5 4.2 2.7 Corners For (avg) C F 1 1.8 3.4
2.5 3.5 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 2.8 2.9
1.8 2.1 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Yadah's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Black Rhinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Black Rhinos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Yadah have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Yadah have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yadah have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Yadah haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CAPS United 29 15 6 8 46 35 14 9 2 3 28 18 15 6 4 5 18 17 11 51
2 Platinum 29 13 10 6 29 15 15 8 4 3 16 7 14 5 6 3 13 8 14 49
3 Chicken Inn 28 13 7 8 38 22 14 8 3 3 23 10 14 5 4 5 15 12 16 46
4 Kariba 29 12 9 8 25 21 15 9 6 0 19 6 14 3 3 8 6 15 4 45
5 Ngezi Platinum 29 11 9 9 24 20 15 9 5 1 16 5 14 2 4 8 8 15 4 42
6 Black Rhinos 29 11 9 9 26 27 14 7 5 2 15 11 15 4 4 7 11 16 -1 42
7 Highlanders 29 9 13 7 26 22 14 7 5 2 13 4 15 2 8 5 13 18 4 40
8 Dynamos 29 8 16 5 25 22 15 3 10 2 11 9 14 5 6 3 14 13 3 40
9 Chapungu United 29 9 11 9 29 26 14 5 6 3 20 14 15 4 5 6 9 12 3 38
10 Manica 29 9 11 9 31 30 14 6 5 3 17 13 15 3 6 6 14 17 1 38
11 Triangle United 27 10 6 11 35 35 13 6 3 4 20 16 14 4 3 7 15 19 0 36
12 Harare City 29 10 5 14 28 32 14 6 2 6 18 14 15 4 3 8 10 18 -4 35
13 Bulawayo Chiefs 29 9 7 13 29 41 14 6 2 6 19 19 15 3 5 7 10 22 -12 34
14 TelOne 29 6 14 9 23 28 15 5 6 4 14 12 14 1 8 5 9 16 -5 32
15 Herentals 29 5 16 8 24 29 15 3 8 4 14 14 14 2 8 4 10 15 -5 31
16 Hwange 28 7 10 11 23 32 15 6 5 4 14 13 13 1 5 7 9 19 -9 31
17 Mushowani Stars 29 7 9 13 32 39 14 5 6 3 19 16 15 2 3 10 13 23 -7 30
18 Yadah 29 6 10 13 25 42 15 3 6 6 8 13 14 3 4 7 17 29 -17 28