📏 Form Guide

Cape Town City

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Cape Town City will be wanting a better result here after the 1-0 Premier Division loss in their previous game against Richards Bay.

Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Cape Town City have been involved. With regard to the goal split from that period, opposition teams scored a total of 5 while Cape Town City got themselves 2.

Mamelodi Sundowns

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Mamelodi Sundowns will come into the encounter following on from a 3-0 Premier Division win over Richards Bay in their previous game.

In that game, Mamelodi Sundowns had 78% possession and 10 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Mamelodi Sundowns, goals were scored by Arthur Sales (8'), Iqraam Rayners (28') and Marcelo Allende (48'). For their opponents, Richards Bay had 2 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

Over the course of their last six clashes, Mamelodi Sundowns have helped themselves to the sum of 13 goals. Mamelodi Sundowns have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they have had 6 goals go against them. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 27/04/2022 tells us that Cape Town City have won 1 of them and Mamelodi Sundowns 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.

An aggregate of 6 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 1 for Blue and Gold Army and 5 created by Sundowns. That’s an average goals per game of 1.

The previous league match featuring the two was Premier Division match day 4 on 30/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Mamelodi Sundowns 3-0 Cape Town City.

On that day, Mamelodi Sundowns managed 56% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Peter Shalulile (16', 52') and Lucas Ribeiro (37').

At the other end, Cape Town City got 4 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

📰 Team News: Cape Town City

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just a single fitness concern for the Cape Town City manager Benni McCarthy to be concerned about from an otherwise complete group of players. Carlinhos (Knee injury) won’t play.

🗞️ Team News: Mamelodi Sundowns

From a largely full-strength squad, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Mamelodi Sundowns manager Miguel Cardoso to be concerned with. Siyanda Nyanga (Shoulder injury) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that Cape Town City should be able to find the back of the net against this Mamelodi Sundowns side, but a single goal probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our tip is for a close game with a 1-2 win for Mamelodi Sundowns after 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Lucas Pereira, 17:04 03/05/2025