Struggling Highlanders will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kariba in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Highlanders and Kariba 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.
Highlanders form and stats
Highlanders have played 4 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.Highlanders are returning here after visiting TelOne in a Premier Soccer League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Herentals that ended 0-0.
Highlanders has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches: 0 goals from 4 games. Highlanders have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Kariba form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L3 on the road this term. Kariba seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?Kariba's last game was the home draw against Manica (1-1). Prior to that match, the Kariba manager faced defeat when travelling to Platinum and losing 0-2.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games, an average of less than one per game. 6 goals have been conceded by Kariba in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Highlanders 2 wins, 0 draws and Kariba 4 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Highlanders missing players
Kariba missing players
| Highlanders | Kariba | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Failed To Score | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 6.8 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 3 | 0.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Highlanders have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Highlanders have created more than twice as many corners as Kariba.
- Highlanders have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Highlanders have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Highlanders have yet to win a game at home.
- Kariba have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kariba have scored more than double the goals of Highlanders.
- Kariba have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Kariba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Highlanders
| 30-03-19 | | Black Rhinos | 1 - 1 | Highlanders |
| 07-04-19 | | Highlanders | 0 - 0 | CAPS United |
| 13-04-19 | | Harare City | 3 - 1 | Highlanders |
| 22-04-19 | | Highlanders | 0 - 1 | Triangle United |
| 27-04-19 | | Mushowani Stars | 0 - 0 | Highlanders |
| 05-05-19 | | Highlanders | 0 - 0 | Hwange |
| 11-05-19 | | Chicken Inn | 3 - 0 | Highlanders |
| 19-05-19 | | Highlanders | 0 - 0 | Herentals |
| 26-05-19 | | TelOne | 0 - 1 | Highlanders |
| 02-06-19 | | Highlanders | 13:00 | Kariba |
Kariba
| 30-03-19 | | Chicken Inn | 3 - 1 | Kariba |
| 06-04-19 | | Kariba | 1 - 0 | Herentals |
| 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 | 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 | CAPS United | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Platinum | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Chicken Inn | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Chapungu United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Kariba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Black Rhinos | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Hwange | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Ngezi Platinum | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Manica | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Dynamos | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | TelOne | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Harare City | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Herentals | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Mushowani Stars | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Triangle United | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Highlanders | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Yadah | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Bulawayo Chiefs | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
