A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Jomo Cosmos fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Cape Town Spurs's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.
The visiting Cape Town Spurs played their last game only three days ago, a Gladafrica Championship match. That game was also an away game, at Sekhukhune United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It's quite the trip for Cape Town Spurs when visiting Cosmos as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
Jomo Cosmos's results here in the Gladafrica Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
Jomo Cosmos are traveling soon after this match as the Gladafrica Championship match at Sekhukhune United awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cosmos here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). Cosmos's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cape Town Spurs form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cape Town Spurs playing as the away team in the Gladafrica Championship this season.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cape Town Spurs are hosting Bizana Pondo Chiefs in the Gladafrica Championship only three days away.
Goals are few and far between in Spurs's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. As opposed to that, Spurs have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cape Town Spurs - Jomo Cosmos 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Jomo Cosmos one win, two draws and Cape Town Spurs seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sekola 9 goals | S. Ledwaba 3 goals |  A. Cupido 3 goals |
Jomo Cosmos missing players
Cape Town Spurs missing players
| Jomo Cosmos | Cape Town Spurs | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| 82% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 90% |
| 59% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 70% |
| 41% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 35% |
| 14% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 45% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 20% | 55% |
| 41% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 25% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 3 | JDR Stars | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 4 | TS Sporting | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Jomo Cosmos | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Real Kings | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Free State Stars | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 30 |
| 9 | Cape Umoya United | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Uthongathi | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Polokwane City | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Cape Town All Stars | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 24 |
| 14 | Steenberg United | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 15 | Cape Town Spurs | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 22 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 | -15 | 15 |