Golden Arrows take on a feisty Cape Town City FC at Ellis Park on Saturday. Arrows, like many teams in action this weekend, will look to bring an end to their winless streak. Kick off is at 18:00 South African time.

Teams: Golden Arrows v Cape Town City

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Date: 29 August 2020

Venue: Emirates Airline Park

Arrows have gone six PSL league fixtures without a win after they were beaten 1-0 at Mamelodi Sundowns on 24 August. Abafana Bes’thende, though, have a solid home record, with 22 points taken from 13 matches as hosts so far this season.

City continued their fine form in the league with a fourth win from their last five matches, defeating Orlando Pirates 1-0 at home on 23 August despite playing two-thirds of the encounter with 10 men.

The Citizens, however, have claimed just nine points from 13 away matches in the 2019/20 campaign.Golden Arrows vs Cape Town City FC: Prediction.Prediction methodology explained

The expected win percentage is based off publicly available odds. For example, if a team’s odds are 2.30, the expected chance of winning is 43%. If the odds are 1.62 the expected chance of winning is 62% and so on. These are accurate at the time of writing but are subject to change. Where there is no value listed, the odds were not available at the time of writing.

In head-to-head stats, City and Arrows have met in seven league matches since 2016/17. Abafana Bes’thende have claimed three wins compared to one for the Citizens, while three games have been drawn. The Durban side has recorded two victories and one draw from their three home matches in the rivalry.

When the teams met earlier this season, at Cape Town Stadium in September 2019, they played out a 1-1 draw: Kermit Erasmus put City ahead early in the second half, but Arrows earned a share of the spoils with a late penalty from Knox Mutizwa.

Cape Town City will be looking to cement a spot in the top-eight spot when they take on struggling Golden Arrows in the Absa Premiership on Saturday evening.

The Citizens are having a good run in the bio-bubble after winning three of their four matches so far, the last of which was a gutsy 1-0 win over Orlando Pirates last Sunday after playing with ten men for more than 60 minutes..

Jan Olde Riekerink’s army moved up to seventh on the log with and are left with three matches to secure qualification into the lucrative MTN8 tournament.

In contrast, Steve Komphela’s charges have lost three out of their four matches in the bio-bubble so far and remain winless after a 1-0 loss to Mamelodi Sundowns on Monday.

Abafana Bes’thende dropped further down to 11th on the log, just two points adrift of eighth-placed Stellenbosch FC who drew 1-1 with Chippa United on Friday night.

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