SuperSport United vs Highlands Park: Prediction, scores, kick-off time and head-to-head
SuperSport United and Highlands Park each look to get back into winning form as they face off in Atteridgeville on Friday night.
Matsatsantsa have played impressive football this season and sit second in the league, having beaten Highlands Park in the MTN8 final.
Even so, Kaitano Tembo’s charges missed a golden chance to make a statement of intent in the PSL title race in their last game, a 1-1 home draw to embattled Stellenbosch.
Steve Barker’s men were there for the taking, having lost 4-0 to Kaizer Chiefs in midweek and then fallen behind to a marvellous Kudakwashe Mahachi strike on Saturday night.
Waseem Isaacs managed to pull Stellies back on level terms in Tshwane, meaning that Matsatsantsa now sit 10 points behind league leaders Kaizer Chiefs despite having played one more game.
Highlands Park drew 0-0 away to Cape Town City to extend their winless run to six matches in all competitions. Nevertheless, coach Owen da Gama insisted the Lions of the North’s critics have unrealistic expectations of them.
“We are slowly getting to where we want to be in two or three years time but it is a process and we are improving‚ there’s no doubt about that,” he was quoted as saying by SowetanLIVE.
“But a lot of people expect Highlands Park to be winning a lot of games in just our second season (back in the top division)‚ maybe because of the cup final‚ they expect us to be winning‚ winning‚ winning.”
Head-to-head records
These statistics include league and cup matches dating back to the 2016-17 season.
| Records | SuperSport United | Highlands Park |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 3 |
| Goals for | 7 | 4 |
| Goals against | 4 | 7 |
| Points | 10 | 4 |
Kick-off time and prediction
Kick-off time: Friday 6 December at 20:00
Prediction: Home advantage is with SuperSport United in this one and they have gone seven games unbeaten in the league. Kaitano Tembo’s men are expected to edge this game 2-1 against a potentially tricky opponent.
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