Match preview Premier Soccer League: Bulawayo Chiefs - Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium

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Competition: Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Date: Wed 25.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Barbourfields Stadium (32000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier Soccer League, Bulawayo Chiefs holding 17th place and Highlanders lying 13th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Bulawayo Chiefs and Highlanders 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.

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Bulawayo Chiefs form and stats

Bulawayo Chiefs, who have the most conceded goals (35) in Premier Soccer League, have collected 11 points from their Premier Soccer League home games so far after 3-2-5.

A good away victory last time out for Bulawayo Chiefs, who won 2-0 against Yadah (placed 18th). In the match before that, Bulawayo Chiefs hosted CAPS United and drew the game 3-3.

The Bulawayo Chiefs fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bulawayo Chiefs defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Highlanders form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Highlanders, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Premier Soccer League, so far with only 8 Premier Soccer League points returning home. The records show 1-5-5 (win-draw-lose).

Highlanders are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Hwange (placed 11th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Mushowani Stars.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Highlanders as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Highlanders have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Bulawayo Chiefs victory, 0 draws and 1 Highlanders win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

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Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 3 11 22
5 3 0 Won W 1 1 5
6 2 0 Drew D 0 5 10
11 5 2 Lost L 2 5 7
20 12 2 Scored S 2 7 13
35 15 4 Conceded C 4 14 17
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 73%
64% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 41%
41% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 18%
27% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 9% 5%
23% 30% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
36% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 32%
27% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 50%
45% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 45%
 
2.5 2.6 4 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.5
4.2 3.8 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 4 2.4
1.5 2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Bulawayo Chiefs haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Highlanders have created more than twice as many corners as Bulawayo Chiefs.
  • Highlanders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Highlanders have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Bulawayo Chiefs
All Premier Soccer League
All Home Away
13-07-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 1 - 0 Manica
20-07-19 PSL Chicken Inn 2 - 0 Bulawayo Chiefs
03-08-19 PSL Herentals 0 - 0 Bulawayo Chiefs
10-08-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 1 - 1 Chapungu United
17-08-19 PSL TelOne 2 - 2 Bulawayo Chiefs
24-08-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 1 - 0 Black Rhinos
28-08-19 PSL Kariba 3 - 0 Bulawayo Chiefs
31-08-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 3 - 3 CAPS United
18-09-19 PSL Yadah 0 - 2 Bulawayo Chiefs
25-09-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 13:00 Highlanders
Highlanders
All Premier Soccer League
All Home Away
14-07-19 PSL Highlanders 1 - 1 Platinum
21-07-19 PSL Manica 1 - 1 Highlanders
07-08-19 PSL Highlanders 1 - 0 Chapungu United
10-08-19 PSL Highlanders 1 - 0 Black Rhinos
18-08-19 PSL CAPS United 2 - 1 Highlanders
25-08-19 PSL Highlanders 0 - 1 Harare City
29-08-19 PSL Triangle United 2 - 1 Highlanders
01-09-19 PSL Highlanders 0 - 0 Mushowani Stars
15-09-19 PSL Hwange 0 - 0 Highlanders
25-09-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 13:00 Highlanders

  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 23 12 5 6 38 28 11 7 1 3 22 15 12 5 4 3 16 13 10 41
2 Platinum 23 11 7 5 24 12 11 6 3 2 11 4 12 5 4 3 13 8 12 40
3 Kariba 23 11 7 5 23 16 12 8 4 0 17 5 11 3 3 5 6 11 7 40
4 Chicken Inn 22 11 5 6 32 16 11 6 2 3 17 8 11 5 3 3 15 8 16 38
5 Black Rhinos 23 10 6 7 23 21 11 6 3 2 12 9 12 4 3 5 11 12 2 36
6 Dynamos 23 8 10 5 21 18 11 3 6 2 8 6 12 5 4 3 13 12 3 34
7 Triangle United 22 9 6 7 28 24 11 5 3 3 15 12 11 4 3 4 13 12 4 33
8 Ngezi Platinum 23 8 8 7 20 17 11 6 4 1 13 5 12 2 4 6 7 12 3 32
9 Manica 23 8 8 7 26 24 11 5 3 3 15 12 12 3 5 4 11 12 2 32
10 Chapungu United 23 7 8 8 24 23 11 3 5 3 16 13 12 4 3 5 8 10 1 29
11 Hwange 23 6 9 8 21 27 12 5 4 3 13 12 11 1 5 5 8 15 -6 27
12 Mushowani Stars 23 6 8 9 24 28 12 4 6 2 15 13 11 2 2 7 9 15 -4 26
13 Highlanders 22 5 10 7 13 17 11 4 5 2 6 3 11 1 5 5 7 14 -4 25
14 Harare City 23 7 4 12 21 26 12 4 2 6 13 12 11 3 2 6 8 14 -5 25
15 TelOne 23 4 12 7 19 24 12 3 5 4 11 12 11 1 7 3 8 12 -5 24
16 Herentals 22 4 11 7 17 22 12 2 6 4 10 13 10 2 5 3 7 9 -5 23
17 Bulawayo Chiefs 22 5 6 11 20 35 10 3 2 5 12 15 12 2 4 6 8 20 -15 21
18 Yadah 22 3 8 11 14 30 12 1 5 6 3 10 10 2 3 5 11 20 -16 17

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