Platinum perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Manica can look both up and down from their 8th position.
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.
Platinum form and stats
Platinum, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier Soccer League, have performed well here at Mandava Stadium so far this season with 4 wins from 6 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.The Platinum supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Manica in Premier Soccer League and win 1-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bulawayo Chiefs and winning 3-0.
The Platinum fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Defensively Platinum have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Manica form and stats
Manica have only collected 6 points from their away games after 1-3-3 (7 played).Manica play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Platinum. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Ngezi Platinum.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Manica as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games. As opposed to that, Manica have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Platinum - Manica 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Platinum 1 win, 0 draws and Manica 0 victories. As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Platinum missing players
Manica missing players
| Platinum | Manica | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Scored | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 85% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 46% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 43% | 54% |
| 23% | 17% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 69% | 67% | 33% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 67% | Failed To Score | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2.1 | 1 | 1.5 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Manica have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Platinum have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Platinum have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Platinum have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 20-04-19 | | Platinum | 2 - 0 | Hwange |
| 27-04-19 | | Chicken Inn | 0 - 1 | Platinum |
| 04-05-19 | | Platinum | 0 - 0 | Herentals |
| 12-05-19 | | TelOne | 1 - 0 | Platinum |
| 18-05-19 | | Platinum | 2 - 0 | Kariba |
| 25-05-19 | | Yadah | 0 - 1 | Platinum |
| 01-06-19 | | Platinum | 0 - 1 | Dynamos |
| 08-06-19 | | Ngezi Platinum | 0 - 0 | Platinum |
| 15-06-19 | | Bulawayo Chiefs | 0 - 3 | Platinum |
| 06-07-19 | | Platinum | 1 - 0 | 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 |
| 06-07-19 | | Platinum | 1 - 0 | Manica |
| 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 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 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 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 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 | Kariba | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Chapungu United | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Ngezi Platinum | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Manica | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 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 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 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 |