As Bidvest Wits continues to play catchup, they will be meeting with Cape Town City, who are currently sitting on the 13th position on the Absa Premiership log and struggling. The match is set for Friday (20 December 2019) at 20h00. Cape Town City have had 3 coaches (two permanent and one caretaker) managing them so far this season.
We will be doing two match previews for this game, one focusing solo on Cape Town City as a team formed in 2016 and another one focusing on them and Mpumalanga Black Aces as two teams. Cape Town City was formed as a result of a takeover by John Comitis.
Bidvest Wits and Cape Town City have met 6 times since 2016, with Bidvest Wits winning 2 matches. Cape Town City has won 3 matches, while one was drawn, as shown on the head-to-head stats table.
Looking at the head-to-head stats table by coaches, shows that Cape Town City has used 2 coaches against 1 from Bidvest Wits. Gavin Hunt is averaging about 1.17 Points Per Match (PPM) after 6 matches. Gavin’s PPM looks lower compare to the other coaches but he bas being in charge on more matches.
Interestingly, all the wins in these encounters have been won by the visiting team. No team has won any match as a host, meaning Bidvest Wits as a host has lost all the three previous encounters. The team playing at home have in total scored 5 goals and the visiting ones have a tally of 11. Both teams have scored 9 goals against each other. The table below shows the frequency of the final scores in the six games played. The matches with the final score of ‘2-3’ and ‘0-1’ are the matches lost by Bidvest Wits as a host.
By looking at the frequency of the final scores, you realised that these two teams matches are a very close encounter. These formations are set up in such a way that attacking power is emphasised, while still maintaining defensive stability. The most goals have been scored in formations utilising the 4-4-2 (9 goals) and 4-3-3 (8 goals).
This can also be emphasised by the fact that the Midfielders (7) have nearly scored the same number of goals as the Forwards (8). But if you count the non-penalty goals, the Midfielders have a tally of 6 goals, while the Forwards will have 5 goals.
The table below shows the breakdown of how many goals where scored in the first-half and second-half and this includes goals scored during the referee’s addtional time. 9 goals where scored in both halfs, with three goals being scored in referee’s additional time.
Below is the list of the players that have scored the goals in clashes between Bidvest Wits and Cape Town City since 2016-17 season. A total of 14 players have scored goals so far.
Lehlohonolo Majoro, has scored 3 goals in these clashes and has score for both teams. In the first game between Bidvest Wits and Cape Town City in the 2017-18 season, he played for the Cape side and scored the winner in an away match. In the second match between the two sides, he was now a Clever Boys’ player and he scored a brace in a 1-2 away win for them.
The table below shows that goalkeepers that have conceded the goals in the clashes between the two teams, in total 18 goals have been scored since the 2016-17 season between them.
Another match preview including the Mpumalanga Black Aces will come up soon.