Royal AM and Richards Bay are both riding high in the Gladafrica Championship with their 5th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Royal AM have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Gladafrica Championship
Richards Bay could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Gladafrica Championship game only four sleeps 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.
Royal AM form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Royal AM have to build on here at Jonsson Kings Park Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Royal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Uthongathi are coming to town in three days.
Royal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. Royal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Jonsson Kings Park Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.
Richards Bay form and stats
As the visiting team in Gladafrica Championship matches, Richards Bay have produced an overall stat of 6-3-2 so far.
We have checked recent matches where Richards have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, two draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Richards are hosting Sekhukhune United in the Gladafrica Championship only four days away.
Richards Bay find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Richards Bay as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Richards Bay - Royal AM 1-1 earlier this season. Last five meetings between the teams: Royal won three, Richards Bay won zero and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 6 goals | L. Mabuya 4 goals |  S. George 3 goals |
Royal AM missing players
Richards Bay missing players
| Royal AM | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| 19 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 74% | 73% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 83% | 78% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 52% |
| 30% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 42% | 43% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 48% |
| 39% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 39% |
| 48% | 45% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Gladafrica Championship
- Royal AM have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Royal AM have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) 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 | Richards Bay | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | JDR Stars | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 36 |
| 4 | TS Sporting | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Royal AM | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Jomo Cosmos | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Cape Umoya United | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | University of Pretoria | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Uthongathi | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Polokwane City | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Cape Town All Stars | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Steenberg United | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -15 | 16 |