Chippa United will arrive at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday for the Premier Division game with hosts SuperSport United.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for SuperSport United v Chippa United can be seen below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
SuperSport United
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SuperSport United will play in this game after a 1-1 Premier Division stalemate vs Polokwane City.
In that match, SuperSport United had 38% possession and 6 shots at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Polokwane City got 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Oswin Appollis (55') was the scorer for Polokwane City.
SuperSport United have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, but they have also managed to score goals themselves. Over their last 6 matches, SuperSport United have been punished defensively in 6 of them in addition to scoring in 5 of those matches. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this game, though.
Chippa United
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Chippa United head into the match following on from a 2-0 Premier Division win in the defeat of Kaizer Chiefs in their most recent fixture.
In that match, Chippa United managed 42% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Kaizer Chiefs got 20 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.
For 5 of the prior 6 clashes involving Chippa United, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game within that period comes to a mere 2, with the average goals for Chilli Boys being 1.33.
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Head to head
Drawn results are a common outcome in games between the two sides. In their head to head clashes stretching back to 05/06/2021, the records show 5 of them. Thatโs a very high 83 per cent of games finishing as draws.
A sum of 9 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 of them from SuperSport and 5 created by Chilli Boys. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 1.5.
The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 7 on 26/09/2023 when it ended Chippa United 1-0 SuperSport United.
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Team News: SuperSport United
The SuperSport United boss Kaitano Tembo will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash owing to a completely healthy squad available to select from.
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Team News: Chippa United
Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, thereโs just the lone fitness worry for the Chippa United gaffer to contend with. Jemondre Dickens (Knee injury) wonโt be playing here.
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Prediction
For this match, we think that Chippa United are capable enough to find the net against this SuperSport United outfit, although it possibly wonโt quite be enough to avoid defeat.
Weโre expecting both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for SuperSport United at the end of the match. Should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
20:06 19/04/2024
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SuperSport United
Formed: 1994
Stadium: Lucas Moripe Stadium (28,900)
Chairman: Gideon Khobane
Manager: Kaitano Tembo
Competitions: Premier Division position 6