Richards Bay have performed better than University of Pretoria so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Gladafrica Championship
- University of Pretoria have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) 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.
Richards Bay form and stats
The story so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Richards Bay at their home stadium (Richards Bay Sports Stadium) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Richards are traveling soon after this match as the Gladafrica Championship match at TS Sporting awaits in three days.
Richards are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Richards Bay are not conceding a lot of goals here at Richards Bay Sports Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
University of Pretoria form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The attacking players of Pretoria have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 289 minutes.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Gladafrica Championship trip to Uthongathi.
The visiting Pretoria have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Pretoria have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Richards Bay and University of Pretoria have met before this season: University of Pretoria - Richards 1-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - one - one (Richards wins - draws - University of Pretoria wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 6 goals | L. Mabuya 4 goals |  S. Julies 4 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
University of Pretoria missing players
| Richards Bay | University of Pretoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 80% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 56% | 58% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 52% |
| 48% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 24% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 40% | 42% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 28% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the most points from losing position (11) in Gladafrica Championship
- University of Pretoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- University of Pretoria have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Gladafrica Championship
- University of Pretoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Richards Bay | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| 2 | Real Kings | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Sekhukhune United | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 37 |
| 4 | TS Sporting | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 37 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 37 |
| 7 | Cape Umoya United | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | Uthongathi | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Jomo Cosmos | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | University of Pretoria | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Polokwane City | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 31 |
| 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 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 26 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 20 |