The Premier Division match at King Zwelithini Stadium on Saturday sees home side AmaZulu facing Chippa United.
View all of the AmaZulu v Chippa United predictions, poll and stats below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
AmaZulu
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AmaZulu will be hoping to bounce back here following a 1-0 Premier Division defeat last time out to Orlando Pirates.
In that match, AmaZulu had 32% possession and 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Orlando Pirates had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.
AmaZulu haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics of late. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 vs opponents during their previous six matches. In those meetings, AmaZulu have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 5.
Chippa United
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Chippa United will go into the clash following a 0-2 Premier Division win with the downing of SuperSport United in their most recent game.
In that game, Chippa United had 39% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. SuperSport United got 15 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target.
A sequence of resolute showings by the Chippa United defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 clashes in total. Over that same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9. We will just have to see if that trend can be continued on here.
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Head to head
A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 10/03/2021 tells us that AmaZulu have won 2 of them and Chippa United 1, with the number of drawn matches being 3.
A sum of 14 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 from Usuthu and 6 coming from Chilli Boys. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.
The previous league clash between these clubs was Premier Division match day 8 on 28/10/2023 when it finished Chippa United 1-1 AmaZulu.
On that occasion, Chippa United managed 49% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
AmaZulu had 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target.
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Team News: AmaZulu
The AmaZulu boss Jozef Vukušič will be thankful to have no fitness worries at all coming into this game owing to a completely injury-free group available for selection.
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Team News: Chippa United
In an otherwise healthy group, there is only a single fitness issue for the Chippa United manager to be concerned about. Jemondre Dickens (Knee injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Chippa United are capable enough to find the back of the net against this AmaZulu outfit, although it probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re going for a 2-1 advantage for AmaZulu after the 90. Definitely a tough call.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
05:09 24/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
AmaZulu
Formed: 1932
Stadium: King Zwelithini Stadium (10,000)
Captain: Mbongeni Gumede
Chairman: Patrick Sokhela
Manager: Jozef Vukušič
Competitions: Premier Division position 13