📏 Form Guide

Polokwane City

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Polokwane City go into this fixture following on from a 1-1 Premier Division drawn match against AmaZulu.

In that match, Polokwane City had 47% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. AmaZulu had 12 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Polokwane City have been involved. Regarding the goal split in that period, opposing sides scored a total of 8 while Polokwane City managed a tally of 5.

Cape Town City

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Mamelodi Sundowns in Premier Division competition, Cape Town City and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Cape Town City had 33% possession and 4 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Mamelodi Sundowns got 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Tashreeq Matthews (34') and Iqraam Rayners (77') scored for Mamelodi Sundowns.

A tendency of at least one team not scoring a goal in games featuring Cape Town City has become noticeable of late. Looking at their last six meetings shows that this has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal aggregate of 6 while Cape Town City have scored 1. We will have to find out if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 15/03/2019 shows us that Polokwane City have won 1 of them & Cape Town City 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

An aggregate of 19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for Polokwane and 11 for Blue and Gold Army. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Premier Division match day 6 on 27/11/2024 and the score finished Cape Town City 1-0 Polokwane City.

On that day, Cape Town City had 63% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Thamsanqa Mkhize (56').

At the other end, Polokwane City got 11 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

📰 Team News: Polokwane City

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Polokwane City manager Bernard Molekwa to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Thabang Matuludi (Knee injury) misses out.

🗞️ Team News: Cape Town City

Due to a mostly healthy group, there is only a single fitness problem for the Cape Town City gaffer Benni McCarthy to be concerned with. Carlinhos (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Cape Town City should have enough to breach the defence of this Polokwane City lineup, but it realistically won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Polokwane City at the end of this one. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Peter Guest, 12:04 17/05/2025