Soccer betting preview: Jomo Cosmos welcomes Richards Bay in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Sun 29.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vosloorus Stadium (25000 seats)

The First Division league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 14th and 5th respectively.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Jomo Cosmos form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first First Division game of the season here at Vosloorus Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses from Jomo Cosmos's 15 home games.

The Jomo Cosmos fans got no joy from their last match, a First Division game also here at Vosloorus Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Real Kings (placed 12th). Preceding that game was the away draw at University of Pretoria that finished 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Jomo Cosmos have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 1.

Early season league goal statistics from Jomo Cosmos's 1 home game: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Richards Bay form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the First Division, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 15 matches.

Richards Bay are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the First Division against Free State Stars (placed 11th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Cape Umoya United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Richards Bay playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were 1 Richards Bay win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

1 goal so far away for Richards Bay, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Jomo Cosmos-Richards Bay H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Jomo Cosmos 2 wins, Richards Bay 1 win, 0 draws. 1 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

 
M. Erasmus
3 goals
D. Lebahi
2 goals

Jomo Cosmos missing players

Richards Bay missing players

Jomo Cosmos Richards Bay
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 1 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 0 Scored S 1 1 6
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 75%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 6 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
3.3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Jomo Cosmos Last season Richards Bay
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
8 6   Won W   3 11
11 6   Drew D   5 9
11 3   Lost L   7 10
27 13   Scored S   10 28
29 9   Conceded C   21 34
87% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
57% 47%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 63%
27% 13%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 33%
13% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 13%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
40% 40%   BTTS BTTS   33% 43%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 27%
37% 27%   Failed to Score F T   53% 37%
 
3.9 4.1   Corners For (avg) C F   3.5 2.8
5 4.5   Corners Against (avg) C A   5 5.1
2 2.2   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.5 1.9
1 0   Red Cards R C   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • Richards Bay have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Richards Bay have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Jomo Cosmos
All First Division Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 FD Witbank Spurs 0 - 4 Jomo Cosmos
18-08-19 FD TS Galaxy 0 - 0 Jomo Cosmos
25-08-19 FD Tshakhuma 1 - 1 Jomo Cosmos
01-09-19 FD University of Pretoria 2 - 2 Jomo Cosmos
15-09-19 FD Jomo Cosmos 1 - 2 Real Kings
29-09-19 FD Jomo Cosmos 13:00 Richards Bay
06-10-19 FD Jomo Cosmos 13:30 Cape Umoya United
19-10-19 FD TS Sporting 13:00 Jomo Cosmos
26-10-19 FD Jomo Cosmos 13:00 Moroka Swallows
02-11-19 FD Uthongathi 14:00 Jomo Cosmos
Richards Bay
All First Division Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 FD Tshakhuma 2 - 0 Richards Bay
18-08-19 FD Richards Bay 2 - 2 JDR Stars
24-08-19 FD TS Sporting 0 - 1 Richards Bay
01-09-19 FD Richards Bay 1 - 1 Cape Umoya United
22-09-19 FD Richards Bay 2 - 0 Free State Stars
29-09-19 FD Jomo Cosmos 13:00 Richards Bay
06-10-19 FD Tshakhuma 13:30 Richards Bay
20-10-19 FD Richards Bay 13:00 Real Kings
26-10-19 FD Uthongathi 13:00 Richards Bay
03-11-19 FD Moroka Swallows 14:00 Richards Bay

  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 6 3 3 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 1 3 0 6 4 6 12
2 Ajax Cape Town 6 3 1 2 9 10 4 3 0 1 8 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 10
3 Uthongathi 4 3 0 1 9 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 5 9
4 Tshakhuma 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 8
5 Richards Bay 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 8
6 Mbombela United 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 8
7 University of Pretoria 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 8
8 Cape Umoya United 6 2 1 3 5 7 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -2 7
9 Steenberg United 5 2 0 3 7 10 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 3 2 8 -3 6
10 TS Galaxy 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
11 Free State Stars 6 1 2 3 7 8 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 1 0 3 5 6 -1 5
12 Real Kings 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 -1 5
13 Moroka Swallows 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 4
14 Jomo Cosmos 4 0 3 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 -1 3
15 TS Sporting 6 0 3 3 3 8 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 5 -5 3
16 Royal Eagles 4 0 2 2 7 9 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 2
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stellenbosch 30 16 8 6 45 21 15 8 5 2 23 10 15 8 3 4 22 11 24 56
2 Royal Eagles 30 15 8 7 42 22 15 8 5 2 26 11 15 7 3 5 16 11 20 53
3 Tshakhuma 30 14 9 7 39 26 15 10 1 4 21 12 15 4 8 3 18 14 13 51
4 Ajax Cape Town 30 15 6 9 41 29 15 9 4 2 27 12 15 6 2 7 14 17 12 51
5 Uthongathi 30 11 11 8 30 24 15 7 4 4 15 8 15 4 7 4 15 16 6 44
6 Mbombela United 30 12 8 10 34 30 15 8 4 3 21 11 15 4 4 7 13 19 4 44
7 Richards Bay 30 11 9 10 28 34 15 8 4 3 18 13 15 3 5 7 10 21 -6 42
8 TS Galaxy 30 9 11 10 31 28 15 5 7 3 19 15 15 4 4 7 12 13 3 38
9 TS Sporting 30 10 8 12 26 32 15 6 3 6 16 15 15 4 5 6 10 17 -6 38
10 Cape Umoya United 30 9 10 11 26 28 15 5 5 5 12 16 15 4 5 6 14 12 -2 37
11 Maccabi 30 9 9 12 33 36 15 5 2 8 15 16 15 4 7 4 18 20 -3 36
12 Real Kings 30 9 9 12 31 34 15 5 6 4 14 11 15 4 3 8 17 23 -3 36
13 Jomo Cosmos 30 8 11 11 27 29 15 6 6 3 13 9 15 2 5 8 14 20 -2 35
14 University of Pretoria 30 9 8 13 28 49 15 4 5 6 16 22 15 5 3 7 12 27 -21 35
15 Ubuntu Cape Town 30 9 7 14 31 38 15 7 4 4 23 14 15 2 3 10 8 24 -7 34
16 Witbank Spurs 30 5 6 19 23 55 15 2 4 9 13 28 15 3 2 10 10 27 -32 21

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