Kaizer Chiefs will be visiting Cape Town Stadium on Saturday for the Premier Division tie with home side Cape Town City.
All Cape Town City v Kaizer Chiefs game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Cape Town City
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Cape Town City will be looking for an improved result here after the 2-0 Premier Division defeat in their last game at the hands of Royal AM.
In that match, Cape Town City had 61% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Royal AM had 13 shots on goal with 3 on target.
Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 6 of the past 6 meetings where Cape Town City have been involved. In terms of the goal weighting in that period, opposing sides scored a total of 5 while Cape Town City totted up 4.
Kaizer Chiefs
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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Orlando Pirates in Premier Division competition, Kaizer Chiefs will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Kaizer Chiefs managed 44% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Orlando Pirates got 9 shots at goal with 7 on target.
A succession of resolute performances from the Kaizer Chiefs defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 fixtures in total. Over that same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 5. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.
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Head to head
Delving into their past head to head meetings stretching back to 21/04/2021 tells us that these fixtures have been disappointments for Kaizer Chiefs. They have not managed to register any wins at all whereas Cape Town City have just been stronger than them, beating them in 83 per cent of those matches.
10 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for Blue and Gold Army and 2 being from Amakhosi. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.
The previous league clash between these sides was Premier Division match day 7 on 03/10/2023 which ended up with the score at Kaizer Chiefs 0-1 Cape Town City.
On that day, Kaizer Chiefs had 65% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target.
At the other end, Cape Town City got 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.
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Team News: Cape Town City
The Cape Town City manager Benni McCarthy will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this clash with a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.
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Team News: Kaizer Chiefs
Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there’s just a single fitness worry for the Kaizer Chiefs boss to be concerned about. Siyethemba Sithebe (unknown injury) misses out for this game.
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Prediction
We are of the inclination to think that Kaizer Chiefs and Cape Town City could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.
We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. Therefore, we predict a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 scoreline after 90 minutes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
11:38 29/03/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Cape Town City
Formed: 2016
Stadium: Cape Town Stadium (55,000)
Captain: Thamsanqa Mkhize
Chairman: Michel Comitis & John Comitis
Manager: Benni McCarthy
Competitions: Premier Division position 5