There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier Soccer League table so far. Here's the Manica - Ngezi Platinum latest:
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.
Manica form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Manica are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).Manica drew their last game, also a home match. Ngezi Platinum was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that, Manica played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Dynamos.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Manica have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won 0 Drawn 1 Lost 0.
Manica are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 8 goals in 6 matches. Manica are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vengere Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
Ngezi Platinum form and stats
There's been little loot from Ngezi Platinum's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games. Ngezi Platinum only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Manica in their previous outing. The Premier Soccer League match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Platinum.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Ngezi Platinum in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Ngezi Platinum, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Ngezi Platinum have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Manica - Ngezi Platinum 0-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Manica won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Ngezi Platinum has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 0 / 1Manica missing players
Ngezi Platinum missing players
| Manica | Ngezi Platinum | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 8 | 3 | Scored | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 33% | 57% | 67% |
| 58% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 33% | 43% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 33% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 42% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed To Score | 67% | 57% | 42% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 4.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 0.7 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Manica have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Manica have created more than twice as many corners as Ngezi Platinum.
- Manica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manica have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Ngezi Platinum have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Ngezi Platinum have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 14-04-19 | | Triangle United | 2 - 2 | Manica |
| 22-04-19 | | Manica | 1 - 0 | Mushowani Stars |
| 28-04-19 | | Hwange | 1 - 0 | Manica |
| 05-05-19 | | Manica | 0 - 2 | Chicken Inn |
| 12-05-19 | | Herentals | 0 - 1 | Manica |
| 19-05-19 | | Manica | 1 - 1 | TelOne |
| 25-05-19 | | Kariba | 1 - 1 | Manica |
| 01-06-19 | | Manica | 3 - 0 | Yadah |
| 09-06-19 | | Dynamos | 0 - 0 | Manica |
| 16-06-19 | | Manica | 0 - 0 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 14-04-19 | | Hwange | 2 - 1 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 19-04-19 | | Ngezi Platinum | 1 - 0 | Chicken Inn |
| 28-04-19 | | Herentals | 0 - 0 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 04-05-19 | | Ngezi Platinum | 1 - 0 | TelOne |
| 11-05-19 | | Kariba | 1 - 0 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 18-05-19 | | Ngezi Platinum | 1 - 1 | Yadah |
| 26-05-19 | | Dynamos | 0 - 0 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 01-06-19 | | Bulawayo Chiefs | 2 - 3 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 08-06-19 | | Ngezi Platinum | 0 - 0 | Platinum |
| 16-06-19 | | Manica | 0 - 0 | Ngezi Platinum |
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 23 |
| 3 | CAPS United | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| 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 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Ngezi Platinum | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 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 | Triangle United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Dynamos | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Highlanders | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Hwange | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | TelOne | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Yadah | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 17 | Mushowani Stars | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Bulawayo Chiefs | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 8 |