Match preview First Division: Jomo Cosmos - Tshakhuma at Vosloorus Stadium

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Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Sun 28.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vosloorus Stadium (25000 seats)

Struggling Jomo Cosmos will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Tshakhuma in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

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Jomo Cosmos form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Jomo Cosmos are 6-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Jomo Cosmos.

Jomo Cosmos manager Jomo Sono and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus University of Pretoria in the First Division. Before that, Jomo Cosmos played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Real Kings.

Jomo Cosmos aren't scoring a lot here at Vosloorus Stadium with only 13 goals from 14 games. Jomo Cosmos have only conceded 9 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Tshakhuma form and stats

Playing away, Tshakhuma have won 4 games, drawn 7 and suffered 3 defeats so far this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Jomo Cosmos. Tshakhuma love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Tshakhuma are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the First Division against TS Sporting. Preceding that game was the away victory against Maccabi with the score of 3-0.

Tshakhuma are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Tshakhuma have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Tshakhuma - Jomo Cosmos 0-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 1 - 0 (Jomo Cosmos wins - draws - Tshakhuma wins).

Jomo Cosmos missing players

Tshakhuma missing players

Jomo Cosmos Tshakhuma
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 14 28
23 13 Scored 18 37
29 9 Conceded 14 26
89% 93% Over 0.5 86% 89%
57% 50% Over 1.5 64% 64%
25% 14% Over 2.5 36% 39%
11% 0% Over 3.5 14% 14%
4% 0% Over 4.5 7% 7%
43% 43% Both teams to score 50% 43%
32% 43% Clean Sheet 36% 43%
36% 21% Failed To Score 29% 25%
 
2.5 3 Corners For (avg) 3.1 3.4
3.6 3.6 Corners Against (avg) 3.6 3.6
1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.1 1.1
1 0 Red Cards (total) 2 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Royal Eagles 28 14 8 6 39 21 14 7 5 2 23 11 14 7 3 4 16 10 18 50
2 Stellenbosch 27 14 7 6 40 20 13 7 4 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 11 20 49
3 Ajax Cape Town 28 14 6 8 38 27 14 9 4 1 26 10 14 5 2 7 12 17 11 48
4 Tshakhuma 28 13 8 7 37 26 14 9 1 4 19 12 14 4 7 3 18 14 11 47
5 Mbombela United 27 12 8 7 33 22 13 8 4 1 20 6 14 4 4 6 13 16 11 44
6 Uthongathi 28 10 10 8 28 23 14 7 3 4 15 8 14 3 7 4 13 15 5 40
7 Richards Bay 27 10 9 8 24 29 13 7 4 2 14 10 14 3 5 6 10 19 -5 39
8 TS Galaxy 27 9 10 8 30 24 14 5 7 2 19 13 13 4 3 6 11 11 6 37
9 TS Sporting 28 9 8 11 24 31 14 6 3 5 16 14 14 3 5 6 8 17 -7 35
10 University of Pretoria 28 9 8 11 27 40 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 5 3 6 11 24 -13 35
11 Cape Umoya United 28 8 10 10 20 25 14 5 5 4 12 13 14 3 5 6 8 12 -5 34
12 Ubuntu Cape Town 28 8 7 13 30 35 14 6 4 4 22 14 14 2 3 9 8 21 -5 31
13 Jomo Cosmos 28 7 10 11 23 29 14 6 5 3 13 9 14 1 5 8 10 20 -6 31
14 Maccabi 27 7 8 12 28 35 14 4 2 8 12 16 13 3 6 4 16 19 -7 29
15 Real Kings 27 6 9 12 24 33 14 4 6 4 11 11 13 2 3 8 13 22 -9 27
16 Witbank Spurs 28 5 6 17 23 48 14 2 4 8 13 24 14 3 2 9 10 24 -25 21

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