Possible nail-biting contest in Mbombela United - Tshakhuma game

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Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: KaNyamazane Stadium (15000 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the First Division so far, with Mbombela United placed 6th and Tshakhuma sitting in the 5th position.

Mbombela United and Tshakhuma should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Mbombela United form and stats

Only two First Division home games for Mbombela United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Happy days for Mbombela United in their previous game, a First Division match away at TS Sporting (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting JDR Stars (1-3).

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 Mbombela United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 0.

Mbombela United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Tshakhuma form and stats

Tshakhuma have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the First Division were 4 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats from 15 fixtures.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Tshakhuma, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Ajax Cape Town (placed 7th). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Moroka Swallows.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Tshakhuma in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Tshakhuma, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Tshakhuma have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 1 Mbombela United victory, 0 draws and 1 Tshakhuma win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 
P. Bhengu
7 goals
 
O. Ononogbu
5 goals

Mbombela United missing players

Tshakhuma missing players

Mbombela United Tshakhuma
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 1 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
5 2 0 Scored S 2 2 8
4 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 25%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5 4.7
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 6 5.3
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Mbombela United Last season Tshakhuma
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
12 8   Won W   4 14
8 4   Drew D   8 9
10 3   Lost L   3 7
34 21   Scored S   18 39
30 11   Conceded C   14 26
87% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 87%
63% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 63%
33% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 37%
13% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 13%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
40% 33%   BTTS BTTS   47% 40%
37% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 47%
37% 33%   Failed to Score F T   33% 27%
 
3.5 0   Corners For (avg) C F   3.3 4.1
4.5 0   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.2 4.2
1.8 0   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.3
3 0   Red Cards R C   2 3
Key stats last season:
  • Mbombela United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Tshakhuma have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Mbombela United
All First Division Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 FD Mbombela United 0 - 2 Ajax Cape Town
25-08-19 FD Mbombela United 1 - 1 Ajax Cape Town
31-08-19 FD Mbombela United 1 - 0 Free State Stars
14-09-19 FD JDR Stars 3 - 1 Mbombela United
21-09-19 FD TS Sporting 0 - 2 Mbombela United
28-09-19 FD Mbombela United 13:00 Tshakhuma
05-10-19 FD Uthongathi 13:00 Mbombela United
19-10-19 FD University of Pretoria 13:00 Mbombela United
26-10-19 FD Mbombela United 13:00 Steenberg United
02-11-19 FD Mbombela United 14:00 TS Galaxy
Tshakhuma
All First Division Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 FD Tshakhuma 2 - 0 Richards Bay
17-08-19 FD Tshakhuma 2 - 1 Cape Umoya United
25-08-19 FD Tshakhuma 1 - 1 Jomo Cosmos
31-08-19 FD Tshakhuma 3 - 0 Moroka Swallows
15-09-19 FD Ajax Cape Town 3 - 2 Tshakhuma
28-09-19 FD Mbombela United 13:00 Tshakhuma
06-10-19 FD Tshakhuma 13:00 Richards Bay
19-10-19 FD Steenberg United 13:00 Tshakhuma
26-10-19 FD Tshakhuma 13:00 JDR Stars
02-11-19 FD Royal Eagles 14:00 Tshakhuma

  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 5 3 2 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 5 1 3 1 2 0 6 4 6 11
2 Uthongathi 3 3 0 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 8 9
3 Richards Bay 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 8
4 University of Pretoria 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 8
5 Tshakhuma 4 2 1 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 7
6 Mbombela United 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 7
7 Ajax Cape Town 5 2 1 2 7 9 3 2 0 1 6 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 7
8 Steenberg United 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -2 6
9 TS Galaxy 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
10 Real Kings 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 -1 5
11 Cape Umoya United 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 4
12 Moroka Swallows 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 0 3 1 6 -4 4
13 Jomo Cosmos 4 0 3 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 -1 3
14 Royal Eagles 3 0 2 1 6 7 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 2
15 Free State Stars 5 0 2 3 4 8 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 2
16 TS Sporting 5 0 2 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 3 5 -5 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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