Premier Soccer League preview: Can Chapungu United edge out victory against Yadah?

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Competition: Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Date: Sat 15.June
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mandava Stadium (3000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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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Chapungu United form and stats

Chapungu United have collected 8 points from their home games so far after 2-2-3.

The Chapungu United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Yadah here at Mandava Stadium in a Premier Soccer League match. Before that, Chapungu United played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Kariba.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chapungu United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Chapungu United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mandava Stadium with 11 goals in 7 matches. On the other hand, Chapungu United have conceded 10 goals.

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Yadah form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (13) away in Premier Soccer League, on their travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Yadah, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Premier Soccer League win against Chapungu United. Before that, Yadah secured a home win against Highlanders with the score 1-0.

Yadah are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of two matches.

Yadah are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games. In the opposite end, Yadah have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Chapungu United - Yadah 1-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 0 Chapungu United victories, 2 draws and 3 Yadah wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Chapungu United missing players

Yadah missing players

Chapungu United Yadah
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
12 7 3 Played 1 7 12
5 2 2 Won 0 2 3
4 2 1 Drew 0 2 3
3 3 0 Lost 1 3 6
15 11 8 Scored 1 9 10
11 10 2 Conceded 2 13 17
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 92%
58% 86% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 67%
50% 71% 67% Over 2.5 100% 71% 42%
17% 29% 33% Over 3.5 0% 29% 17%
8% 14% 33% Over 4.5 0% 14% 8%
42% 57% 67% BTTS 100% 71% 42%
42% 14% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 17%
33% 29% 0% Failed To Score 0% 29% 50%
 
4.6 3.5 2.5 Corners For (avg) 0 3 4.2
4.1 3.8 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 0 3 3.8
1.4 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.5 2
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Yadah's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Chapungu United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chapungu United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Chapungu United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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.

Chapungu United
21-04-19 PSL Chapungu United 0 - 1 Harare City
28-04-19 PSL Triangle United 0 - 1 Chapungu United
05-05-19 PSL Chapungu United 2 - 1 Mushowani Stars
12-05-19 PSL Hwange 0 - 1 Chapungu United
16-05-19 PSL CAPS United 1 - 2 Chapungu United
19-05-19 PSL Chapungu United 0 - 3 Chicken Inn
25-05-19 PSL Herentals 0 - 0 Chapungu United
02-06-19 PSL Chapungu United 1 - 1 TelOne
08-06-19 PSL Kariba 0 - 0 Chapungu United
15-06-19 PSL Chapungu United 1 - 2 Yadah
Yadah
14-04-19 PSL Herentals 2 - 2 Yadah
19-04-19 PSL Yadah 0 - 0 TelOne
27-04-19 PSL Kariba 2 - 1 Yadah
04-05-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 2 - 3 Yadah
12-05-19 PSL Yadah 0 - 1 Dynamos
18-05-19 PSL Ngezi Platinum 1 - 1 Yadah
25-05-19 PSL Yadah 0 - 1 Platinum
01-06-19 PSL Manica 3 - 0 Yadah
08-06-19 PSL Yadah 1 - 0 Highlanders
15-06-19 PSL Chapungu United 1 - 2 Yadah

  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