Struggling Maccabi will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Royal Eagles in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Maccabi form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Maccabi are 4-1-7 (wins-draw-losses).The home team returns to Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium after sharing the points with Uthongathi on their last time out; the First Division game ended 1-1. Before that, Maccabi had a home game versus TS Galaxy which ended with a victory 1-0.
Maccabi have scored 11 goals here in 12 matches, not a lot. Maccabi have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Royal Eagles form and stats
6-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Royal Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in First Division, in their matches away.Royal Eagles delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Cape Umoya United in their previous match; a First Division game. Before that, Royal Eagles secured a home win against Mbombela United with the score 3-2.
Royal Eagles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Royal Eagles - Maccabi 1-2 entered in the official records. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 1 Maccabi victory, 0 draws and 0 Royal Eagles wins.Maccabi missing players
Royal Eagles missing players
| Maccabi | Royal Eagles | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | Played | 12 | 25 |
| 27 | 11 | Scored | 14 | 34 |
| 31 | 12 | Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 92% |
| 60% | 42% | Over 1.5 | 58% | 60% |
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 32% |
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | 8% | 20% |
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 8% |
| 44% | 17% | Both teams to score | 33% | 40% |
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 48% |
| 36% | 58% | Failed To Score | 17% | 20% |
- Royal Eagles hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | Stellenbosch | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Royal Eagles | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Ajax Cape Town | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| 4 | Mbombela United | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 40 |
| 5 | Richards Bay | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Tshakhuma | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | TS Sporting | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Cape Umoya United | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 31 |
| 11 | University of Pretoria | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Maccabi | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 28 |
| 13 | Jomo Cosmos | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 28 |
| 14 | Ubuntu Cape Town | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Real Kings | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Witbank Spurs | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -16 | 21 |
