Gladafrica Championship match prediction and preview for Cape Umoya United vs Jomo Cosmos clash

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parow Park Stadium (30000 seats)

Gladafrica Championship: The mid-table positions show the journey Cape Umoya United and Jomo Cosmos have been on so far. Both teams are up for it; let's go!

Insights:
  • Cape Umoya United have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Gladafrica Championship
  • Jomo Cosmos have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Gladafrica Championship

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Cape Umoya United form and stats

The story so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Cape Umoya United, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Gladafrica Championship, at their home stadium (Parow Park Stadium) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Cape Umoya United has recorded two wins in a row here at Parow Park Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

D. Mapfumo was the last player to score a league goal for Umoya and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cape Umoya United haven't scored in 190 minutes.

No payout for Cape Umoya United in their previous match, an away game at Cape Town All Stars that ended in defeat 0-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sekhukhune United (0-1).

Cape Umoya United has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively Umoya have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (7 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jomo Cosmos form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (26) away in Gladafrica Championship, are W8-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Gladafrica Championship. Jomo Cosmos has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Cosmos's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Richards Bay that finished 1-1. The draw against Richards Bay came from a losing position. The Cosmos manager E. Sono brought on S. Gumede as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Prior to that match, the Cosmos manager E. Sono faced defeat when travelling to University of Pretoria and losing 0-1.

The visiting Cosmos have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Cosmos as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Jomo Cosmos - Umoya 1-1 entered in the official records. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero Umoya victories, two draws and three Jomo Cosmos wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jomo CosmosM. Sekola
M. Sekola
9 goals
Cape Umoya UnitedE. Ndondo
E. Ndondo
5 goals
Cape Umoya UnitedS. Sithole
S. Sithole
5 goals

Cape Umoya United missing players

Jomo Cosmos missing players

Cape Umoya United Jomo Cosmos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 3 14 29
10 7 1 Won W 1 8 9
11 5 1 Drew D 1 2 10
8 2 1 Lost L 1 4 10
31 16 1 Scored S 3 15 25
24 7 2 Conceded C 3 11 27
79% 71% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 83%
59% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 52%
28% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 34%
17% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 21% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 41%
45% 64% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 38%
38% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 8
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 17%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • Cape Umoya United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cape Umoya United have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Gladafrica Championship
  • Jomo Cosmos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jomo Cosmos have the most clean sheets (7) away in Gladafrica Championship
  • Jomo Cosmos have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Jomo Cosmos have the most points (26) away in Gladafrica Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Royal AM 29 13 11 5 33 24 14 7 4 3 16 10 15 6 7 2 17 14 9 50
2 Sekhukhune United 29 12 11 6 35 20 15 9 3 3 21 8 14 3 8 3 14 12 15 47
3 TS Sporting 29 12 10 7 39 28 15 7 5 3 21 10 14 5 5 4 18 18 11 46
4 Richards Bay 29 12 10 7 37 27 14 5 6 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 17 13 10 46
5 Free State Stars 29 12 8 9 37 32 15 5 5 5 23 20 14 7 3 4 14 12 5 44
6 JDR Stars 29 11 11 7 32 29 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 5 7 3 16 16 3 44
7 Cape Umoya United 29 10 11 8 31 24 14 7 5 2 16 7 15 3 6 6 15 17 7 41
8 Pretoria Callies 29 11 8 10 24 24 14 5 2 7 12 16 15 6 6 3 12 8 0 41
9 Uthongathi 29 9 10 10 28 30 14 4 6 4 13 15 15 5 4 6 15 15 -2 37
10 Jomo Cosmos 29 9 10 10 25 27 15 1 8 6 10 16 14 8 2 4 15 11 -2 37
11 Cape Town All Stars 29 9 9 11 27 31 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -4 36
12 University of Pretoria 29 9 8 12 26 28 15 5 5 5 11 9 14 4 3 7 15 19 -2 35
13 Polokwane City 29 9 10 10 26 27 14 7 4 3 15 8 15 2 6 7 11 19 -1 34
14 Steenberg United 29 7 9 13 27 37 15 6 5 4 16 14 14 1 4 9 11 23 -10 30
15 Cape Town Spurs 29 6 10 13 20 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 15 4 5 6 7 14 -17 28
16 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 29 4 8 17 21 43 15 3 7 5 15 18 14 1 1 12 6 25 -22 20