The visiting Richards Bay side should be favourites in this visit to Jomo Cosmos, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.
- Jomo Cosmos have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Gladafrica Championship
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
With 1 Gladafrica Championship win, 7 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Jomo Cosmos, who have the fewest points (10) at home in Gladafrica Championship, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Cosmos here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 14 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Jomo Cosmos have conceded 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Richards Bay form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against TS Sporting wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Richards have scored 16 goals in 14 league games away. Richards Bay are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Richards Bay - Cosmos 0-1, played this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Cosmos victories, zero draws and two Richards Bay wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sekola 9 goals |  K. Mayo 6 goals | S. Ledwaba 5 goals |
Jomo Cosmos missing players
Richards Bay missing players
| Jomo Cosmos | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 36 |
| 26 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 82% | 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 82% |
| 50% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 50% | 57% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 50% |
| 11% | 21% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 11% |
| 39% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 54% |
| 39% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | 36% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 67% |
- Jomo Cosmos have the fewest points (10) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Jomo Cosmos have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Jomo Cosmos have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the most points from losing position (15) 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 | Real Kings | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 47 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Sekhukhune United | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 44 |
| 4 | TS Sporting | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 43 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 43 |
| 6 | Cape Umoya United | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 41 |
| 8 | Pretoria Callies | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Polokwane City | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 10 | Uthongathi | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Jomo Cosmos | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | University of Pretoria | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 35 |
| 13 | Cape Town All Stars | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | Steenberg United | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -10 | 29 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 28 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 25 | -20 | 20 |