A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Tshakhuma fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and TS Sporting's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Gladafrica Championship. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Free State Stars.
Tshakhuma are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. TS Sporting are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Tshakhuma form and stats
Tshakhuma, who have the most points (30) at home in Gladafrica Championship, are steadily winning Gladafrica Championship games and points here at Ellis Park Stadium. 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games. After failing to beat Real Kings here at Ellis Park Stadium, Tshakhuma has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
Tshakhuma lost the game against Free State Stars in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Gladafrica Championship game versus Uthongathi in only three days. This game is also played here at Ellis Park Stadium.
A decent goal production from Tshakhuma in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Tshakhuma have conceded only 7 goals.
TS Sporting form and stats
TS Sporting have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Gladafrica Championship, after 2-6-5 (13 played). The TS Sporting manager R. Mathaba is a generous human being, having led his team to five draws in a row during the last 174 days. Two points from the last two away games for TS Sporting, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
TS Sporting delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Steenberg United (placed 9th) in their previous match; a Gladafrica Championship game. Before that, TS Sporting travelled to JDR Stars and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Kings in just three days.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 18 goals have been conceded by TS Sporting in these games.
Head 2 Head
Tshakhuma and TS Sporting have met before this season: TS Sporting - Tshakhuma 1-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Tshakhuma victories, zero draws and one TS Sporting win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
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Tshakhuma missing players
TS Sporting missing players
| Tshakhuma | TS Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 21 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 27 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 30 |
| 93% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 85% | 78% |
| 67% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 41% | 38% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 30% |
| 19% | 15% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 22% |
| 7% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 41% | 38% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 54% | 44% |
| 33% | 54% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 37% |
| 33% | 15% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 41% |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 219 | 167 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 69 | 69 |
| 95 | 74 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 25 | 25 |
| 25% | 26% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 64% |
- TS Sporting has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- TS Sporting has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- TS Sporting has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
- TS Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- TS Sporting have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Tshakhuma has the fewest conceded goals (7) at home
- Tshakhuma has the most points (30) at home
- Tshakhuma has the the best goal difference (+14) at home
- Tshakhuma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tshakhuma is in the best form (4-0-2)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax Cape Town | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 51 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 44 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Kings | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | JDR Stars | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Steenberg United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -20 | 19 |