Herentals will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Kariba.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Herentals form and stats
With 1 win, 6 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Herentals are certainly not brimming with confidence. Herentals are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row. Herentals have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.The home team returns after sharing the points with TelOne on their last time out; the Premier Soccer League game ended 1-1. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Bulawayo Chiefs.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Herentals here, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Herentals are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Kariba form and stats
There's been little loot from Kariba's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games. Kariba only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. It's three draws from Kariba's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.The supporters enjoyed Kariba's previous game versus Chicken Inn, a Premier Soccer League 2-1 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Hwange.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Kariba have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kariba - Herentals 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Herentals victories, 0 draws and 1 Kariba win. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.Herentals missing players
Kariba missing players
| Herentals | Kariba | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 65% | 56% | 50% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 47% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 18% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 41% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 53% | 67% | 50% | Failed To Score | 100% | 56% | 39% |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 2.5 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Herentals have created more than twice as many corners as Kariba.
- Herentals have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kariba have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kariba have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 25-05-19 | | Herentals | 0 - 0 | Chapungu United |
| 01-06-19 | | Black Rhinos | 2 - 1 | Herentals |
| 08-06-19 | | Herentals | 3 - 1 | CAPS United |
| 15-06-19 | | Harare City | 1 - 2 | Herentals |
| 06-07-19 | | Herentals | 0 - 2 | Triangle United |
| 14-07-19 | | Mushowani Stars | 1 - 1 | Herentals |
| 20-07-19 | | Herentals | 2 - 2 | Hwange |
| 03-08-19 | | Herentals | 0 - 0 | Bulawayo Chiefs |
| 10-08-19 | | TelOne | 1 - 1 | Herentals |
| 18-08-19 | | Herentals | 13:00 | Kariba |
| 02-06-19 | | Highlanders | 2 - 0 | Kariba |
| 08-06-19 | | Kariba | 0 - 0 | Chapungu United |
| 15-06-19 | | Black Rhinos | 0 - 0 | Kariba |
| 06-07-19 | | Kariba | 1 - 0 | CAPS United |
| 13-07-19 | | Harare City | 0 - 0 | Kariba |
| 20-07-19 | | Kariba | 0 - 0 | Triangle United |
| 28-07-19 | | Mushowani Stars | 2 - 2 | Kariba |
| 03-08-19 | | Kariba | 2 - 1 | Hwange |
| 10-08-19 | | Kariba | 2 - 1 | Chicken Inn |
| 18-08-19 | | Herentals | 13:00 | 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 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | CAPS United | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Chicken Inn | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Black Rhinos | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Kariba | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Ngezi Platinum | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Dynamos | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Triangle United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Highlanders | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Hwange | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Chapungu United | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Herentals | 17 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 19 |
| 13 | Manica | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Harare City | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | Mushowani Stars | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | TelOne | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | Yadah | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 18 | Bulawayo Chiefs | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -15 | 13 |