Triangle United vs Platinum Premier Soccer League preview

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Competition: Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Date: Sun 18.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Triangle United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Platinum.

It's no vacation for neither Triangle United nor Platinum as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Triangle United form and stats

The story so far for Triangle United at their home stadium is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Triangle United haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Harare City. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.

Happy days for Triangle United in their previous game, a Premier Soccer League match away at Ngezi Platinum that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Rukinzo.

Triangle United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 10 goals in 8 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Platinum form and stats

4-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Platinum, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier Soccer League, in their matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Platinum's previous game versus Harare City, a Premier Soccer League 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Big Bullets.

Platinum have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, 9 away games. It's not easy to score on Platinum as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Platinum - Triangle United 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 1 - 2 - 4 (Triangle United wins - draws - Platinum wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Triangle United missing players

Platinum missing players

Triangle United Platinum
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played 1 9 18
7 3 1 Won 0 4 10
5 3 1 Drew 1 3 5
5 2 1 Lost 0 2 3
20 10 3 Scored 1 10 20
17 9 3 Conceded 1 5 7
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 100% 89% 83%
71% 75% 67% Over 1.5 100% 44% 44%
53% 62% 67% Over 2.5 0% 22% 17%
6% 12% 0% Over 3.5 0% 11% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
65% 75% 67% BTTS 100% 22% 17%
29% 12% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 56% 67%
18% 25% 33% Failed To Score 0% 33% 33%
 
1.5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 3 3 3.1
3.2 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 5 3.4 2.3
1.2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Platinum have created more than twice as many corners as Triangle United.
  • Platinum have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Platinum have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Triangle United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Triangle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Triangle United have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Triangle United
All CAF Confederations Cup Premier Soccer League
All Home Away
09-06-19 PSL Hwange 1 - 2 Triangle United
16-06-19 PSL Triangle United 0 - 0 Chicken Inn
06-07-19 PSL Herentals 0 - 2 Triangle United
14-07-19 PSL Triangle United 2 - 1 TelOne
20-07-19 PSL Kariba 0 - 0 Triangle United
03-08-19 PSL Dynamos 1 - 1 Triangle United
11-08-19 CCC Triangle United 5 - 0 Rukinzo
14-08-19 PSL Ngezi Platinum 0 - 1 Triangle United
18-08-19 PSL Triangle United 13:00 Platinum
24-08-19 CCC Rukinzo - Triangle United
Platinum
All Premier Soccer League CAF Champions League
All Home Away
15-06-19 PSL Bulawayo Chiefs 0 - 3 Platinum
06-07-19 PSL Platinum 1 - 0 Manica
14-07-19 PSL Highlanders 1 - 1 Platinum
20-07-19 PSL Platinum 1 - 0 Chapungu United
27-07-19 PSL Black Rhinos 1 - 0 Platinum
03-08-19 PSL Platinum 0 - 0 CAPS United
10-08-19 CCL Big Bullets 0 - 0 Platinum
14-08-19 PSL Platinum 2 - 0 Harare City
18-08-19 PSL Triangle United 13:00 Platinum
23-08-19 CCL Platinum - Big Bullets

  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

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