JDR Stars vs Jomo Cosmos match preview

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Tue 04.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Giant Stadium (18000 seats)

JDR Stars and Jomo Cosmos have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Gladafrica Championship.

Insights:
  • JDR Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jomo Cosmos have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Gladafrica Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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JDR Stars form and stats

When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, JDR Stars have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 13 games.

S. Baloni was the last player to score a league goal for JDR Stars and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as JDR Stars haven't scored in 424 minutes.

Stars has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Stars have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Jomo Cosmos form and stats

Jomo Cosmos's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Jomo Cosmos, who have the most points (26) away in Gladafrica Championship, collect 26 points from their 12 away matches in the Gladafrica Championship. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Jomo Cosmos has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The schedule is very tough for Jomo Cosmos now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Gladafrica Championship game at University of Pretoria is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Cosmos have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. It's not easy to score on Cosmos as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Jomo Cosmos - Stars 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): JDR Stars two wins, one draw and Jomo Cosmos zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Jomo CosmosM. Sekola
M. Sekola
9 goals
JDR StarsT. Chiwunga
T. Chiwunga
6 goals
StarsV. Mncube
V. Mncube
4 goals

JDR Stars missing players

Jomo Cosmos missing players

JDR Stars Jomo Cosmos
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 12 26
9 5 1 Won W 2 8 9
10 4 2 Drew D 0 2 9
7 4 0 Lost L 1 2 8
27 14 2 Scored S 4 14 23
26 12 1 Conceded C 4 8 23
81% 77% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 81%
62% 54% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 58% 50%
38% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 35%
15% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 38%
35% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 58% 42%
31% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
4.3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 8
1.3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 17%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • JDR Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 (14) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Jomo Cosmos have the most points (26) away in Gladafrica Championship
  • Jomo Cosmos have the the best goal difference (+6) 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 26 11 10 5 28 21 13 6 4 3 14 9 13 5 6 2 14 12 7 43
2 Richards Bay 25 11 9 5 32 21 12 4 6 2 16 10 13 7 3 3 16 11 11 42
3 Sekhukhune United 26 9 11 6 30 19 13 7 3 3 18 8 13 2 8 3 12 11 11 38
4 Cape Umoya United 26 9 11 6 30 22 13 6 5 2 15 7 13 3 6 4 15 15 8 38
5 TS Sporting 25 9 10 6 32 23 13 5 5 3 19 10 12 4 5 3 13 13 9 37
6 Free State Stars 25 10 7 8 29 26 12 4 4 4 16 14 13 6 3 4 13 12 3 37
7 JDR Stars 26 9 10 7 27 26 13 5 4 4 14 12 13 4 6 3 13 14 1 37
8 Jomo Cosmos 26 9 9 8 23 23 14 1 7 6 9 15 12 8 2 2 14 8 0 36
9 Polokwane City 26 8 10 8 24 24 13 6 4 3 13 8 13 2 6 5 11 16 0 34
10 Uthongathi 26 8 10 8 27 28 12 3 6 3 12 14 14 5 4 5 15 14 -1 34
11 Pretoria Callies 25 9 7 9 18 20 12 5 1 6 11 14 13 4 6 3 7 6 -2 34
12 University of Pretoria 25 8 8 9 22 22 13 4 5 4 9 7 12 4 3 5 13 15 0 32
13 Cape Town All Stars 25 7 7 11 23 29 13 4 2 7 13 15 12 3 5 4 10 14 -6 28
14 Steenberg United 26 7 6 13 25 35 14 6 4 4 15 13 12 1 2 9 10 22 -10 27
15 Cape Town Spurs 26 6 9 11 18 32 12 2 4 6 12 21 14 4 5 5 6 11 -14 27
16 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 26 4 8 14 17 34 13 3 7 3 11 11 13 1 1 11 6 23 -17 20