The Premier Division game at Pietersburg Stadium on Saturday will see home side Polokwane City play Chippa United.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Polokwane City v Chippa United match are shown here - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Polokwane City
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Polokwane City will be looking for an improved result here following a 0-1 Premier Division defeat in their last game at the hands of Golden Arrows.
In that match, Polokwane City managed 45% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Golden Arrows had 6 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
A recurring theme in recent Polokwane City games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.
Taking their previous 6 clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on BTTS would have lost.
Chippa United
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Mamelodi Sundowns in Premier Division action, Chippa United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Teboho Mokoena (9') and Tashreeq Matthews (85') scored for Mamelodi Sundowns.
The numbers tell their own story, and Chippa United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 8 goals overall. In defence, Chippa United have been far from perfect. However, time will tell if such a trend shall be replicated in this upcoming match.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head clashes stretching back to 12/05/2018 shows us that Polokwane City have won 2 of these and Chippa United 1, with the number of drawn matches being 3.
A total of 15 goals were produced between them in these games, with 8 from Polokwane and 7 for Chilli Boys. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league clash between these clubs was Premier Division match day 12 on 23/12/2023 when it ended Chippa United 1-2 Polokwane City.
That time, Chippa United managed 63% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 on target.
For their opponents, Polokwane City had 13 shots at goal with 5 on target.
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Team News: Polokwane City
The Polokwane City manager Bernard Molekwa has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash with a fully injury-free squad to choose from.
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Team News: Chippa United
Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there’s only the one fitness problem for the Chippa United boss to contend with. Jemondre Dickens (Knee injury) won’t be in action.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Chippa United will need to put in a solid display to find the net against this Polokwane City side who we think will score at least once to put them ahead.
We’re therefore tipping a good tussle with a 1-0 victory for Polokwane City at the end of the match.
Let’s see.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
06:07 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Polokwane City
Formed: 2012
Stadium: Pietersburg Stadium (15,000)
Chairman: Johnny Mogaladi
Manager: Bernard Molekwa
Competitions: Premier Division position 12