Gladafrica Championship: Two sides in fair form get together for this fixture. Richards Bay with a slight upper hand with their 1st position in the league table?
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Richards Bay have the most scored goals (22) in Gladafrica Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Free State Stars and Richards Bay.
Free State Stars form and stats
The complete Gladafrica Championship results at home this season for Free State Stars are 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Free State Stars are confident in defense, having played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for State, who won 2-1 against Black Leopards (placed 14th).
In the game before, an away victory in the Gladafrica Championship match versus TS Sporting with a 2-0 scoreline.State aren't scoring a lot here at Goble Park Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. Free State Stars have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Richards Bay form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Richards Bay playing as the away team in the Gladafrica Championship this season. Things are running smoothly for Richards Bay who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Polokwane City.
Richards delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Polokwane City (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Nedbank Cup game.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at TTM.The attacking power of Richards Bay when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Richards as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head meeting ended Richards Bay - State 0-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): State two wins, one draw and Richards Bay three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sekola 6 goals |  S. Hlongwa 5 goals | V. Mngomezulu 5 goals |
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| Free State Stars | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 88% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 31% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 19% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 6% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 25% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 50% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Richards Bay have created more than twice as many corners as Free State Stars.
- Richards Bay have the most scored goals (22) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the the best goal difference (+9) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | Richards Bay | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 6 | Cape Town All Stars | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Venda FC | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Platinum City Rovers | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Hungry Lions | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | TTM | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Cape Town Spurs | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Pretoria Callies | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 12 |