Get ready for the return leg of the CAF Confederations Cup 2nd Preliminary Round between Marumo Gallants FC and Elgeco Plus. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Marumo Gallants FC form and stats
Marumo Gallants FC participated in CAF Confederations Cup the last season, where they reached the play-offs and lost against TP Mazembe.0-4-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Marumo Gallants FC so far this season.
Gallants are returning here after guesting Elgeco Plus in a CAF Confederations Cup game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus TS Galaxy with a 1-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Marumo Gallants FC as they are travelling to their away game against Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Marumo Gallants FC here at Peter Mokaba Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). From these home matches, Marumo Gallants FC have conceded only 3 goals.
Elgeco Plus form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated PWD in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Confederations Cup. Elgeco's mission in CAF Confederations Cup last season failed in the 1st round against Kaizer Chiefs.This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a CAF Confederations Cup home defeat versus Marumo Gallants FC with 1-3 on the scoreboard.
Before that match, the victory at home against PWD in the CAF Confederations Cup (1-0).
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head meeting ended Elgeco Plus - Marumo Gallants FC 1-3, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Junior Dion 2 goals | C. Ngema 1 goals | S. Kumalo 1 goals |
Marumo Gallants FC missing players
Elgeco Plus missing players
| Marumo Gallants FC | Elgeco Plus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 36% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 53% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 37% | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | ||
| 38% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | ||
| 5.1 | 3.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 7.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Golden Arrows | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Royal AM | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Cape Town City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Sekhukhune United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Marumo Gallants FC | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
