Richards Bay vs Pretoria Callies: Match guide and preview

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Tue 26.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Princess Magogo Stadium (10000 seats)

Classic home win, the away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Richards Bay and Pretoria Callies duel at Princess Magogo Stadium.

Insights:
  • Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pretoria Callies have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Gladafrica Championship game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Uthongathi. 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.

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Richards Bay form and stats

1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Gladafrica Championship numbers at home for Richards Bay so far this season.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Richards, as their goalkeeper Malcolm Jacobs has completely shut out the opponents for 324 minutes in the Gladafrica Championship.

Richards are returning here after visiting Hungry Lions in a Gladafrica Championship game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. S. Hlongwa and S. Mcineka scored the goal(s).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Cape Town All Stars the opponent.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as TS Sporting are coming to town in four days.

Richards Bay has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Richards Bay have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pretoria Callies form and stats

Playing away, Pretoria Callies have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Gladafrica Championship this season.

Pretoria Callies lost away at Uthongathi (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Prior to that match, a home win 6-1 against Ajax Cape Town.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting TTM in just four days.

Pretoria find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Pretoria Callies have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Richards Bay-Pretoria Callies H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Richards Bay two wins, Pretoria Callies zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Pretoria CalliesE. Chirambadare
E. Chirambadare
5 goals
RichardsS. Hlongwa
S. Hlongwa
3 goals
Pretoria CalliesP. Cele
P. Cele
2 goals

Richards Bay missing players

Pretoria Callies missing players

Richards Bay Pretoria Callies
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 5 9
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 3
3 2 2 Drew D 1 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
8 5 1 Scored S 2 5 13
8 3 1 Conceded C 0 5 11
78% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 89%
56% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 67%
22% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 56%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 56%
56% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 22%
56% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 33%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 1
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 5
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • Pretoria Callies have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Richards Bay have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 JDR Stars 9 6 0 3 13 8 5 3 0 2 7 4 4 3 0 1 6 4 5 18
2 University of Pretoria 8 4 3 1 11 6 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 15
3 Uthongathi 9 4 3 2 10 6 5 3 1 1 8 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 15
4 Polokwane City 9 4 2 3 14 9 3 2 0 1 6 1 6 2 2 2 8 8 5 14
5 Hungry Lions 9 3 5 1 8 7 5 2 2 1 4 4 4 1 3 0 4 3 1 14
6 Platinum City Rovers 8 4 2 2 8 9 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 1 1 3 4 -1 14
7 Cape Town All Stars 9 3 4 2 10 10 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 2 1 2 6 7 0 13
8 Venda FC 9 2 6 1 5 4 5 2 3 0 3 1 4 0 3 1 2 3 1 12
9 Richards Bay 9 3 3 3 8 8 4 1 2 1 5 3 5 2 1 2 3 5 0 12
10 Free State Stars 8 3 2 3 5 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 11
11 Pretoria Callies 9 3 1 5 13 11 4 1 0 3 8 6 5 2 1 2 5 5 2 10
12 Real Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 TS Sporting 9 2 3 4 7 11 5 1 3 1 3 4 4 1 0 3 4 7 -4 9
13 TTM 8 2 3 3 5 9 4 1 3 0 4 2 4 1 0 3 1 7 -4 9
14 Black Leopards 8 1 4 3 5 7 4 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 -2 7
15 Ajax Cape Town 8 1 4 3 4 10 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 0 2 2 1 8 -6 7
16 Jomo Cosmos 9 0 3 6 2 8 5 0 1 4 1 5 4 0 2 2 1 3 -6 3