Richards Bay fights Jomo Cosmos in First Division battle

Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Richards Bay Sports Stadium

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 12th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Richards Bay form and stats

Richards Bay has performed well at Richards Bay Sports Stadium so far this season with 6 wins from 11 matches. Points have also been lost, 4 after draws and 1 from defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Richards Bay, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Richards Bay drew their last game, 0-0 away at Ajax Cape Town (placed 3rd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Uthongathi (0-1).

The Richards Bay fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Richards Bay have only conceded 8 in these games.

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Jomo Cosmos form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Jomo Cosmos as they have only collected 6 points from their 11 away games. Jomo Cosmos only has 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Jomo Cosmos won their last game, 1-0 versus Uthongathi played at home. A draw for Jomo Cosmos before that, at their own venue hosting Royal Eagles (1-1).

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jomo Cosmos have conceded 17 goals on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Jomo Cosmos - Richards Bay 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Richards Bay 0 wins, 0 draws and Jomo Cosmos 2 victories.

Richards Bay missing players

Jomo Cosmos missing players

Richards Bay Jomo Cosmos
Total Home Statistic Away Total
24 11 Played 13 24
92% 91% Over 0.5 92% 92%
58% 55% Over 1.5 46% 58%
29% 36% Over 2.5 15% 25%
8% 9% Over 3.5 0% 8%
0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 4%
46% 55% Both teams to score 38% 42%
29% 36% Clean Sheet 46% 33%
33% 18% Failed To Score 23% 33%

  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 23 13 6 4 33 16 11 6 4 1 15 7 12 7 2 3 18 9 17 45
2 Royal Eagles 24 12 6 6 33 18 12 6 4 2 19 9 12 6 2 4 14 9 15 42
3 Ajax Cape Town 24 12 5 7 31 24 12 7 4 1 20 10 12 5 1 6 11 14 7 41
4 Mbombela United 24 11 6 7 30 20 12 8 3 1 19 5 12 3 3 6 11 15 10 39
5 Richards Bay 24 9 9 6 23 22 11 6 4 1 13 8 13 3 5 5 10 14 1 36
6 Uthongathi 24 9 8 7 24 19 12 7 2 3 14 6 12 2 6 4 10 13 5 35
7 Tshakhuma 24 9 8 7 26 25 12 7 1 4 13 11 12 2 7 3 13 14 1 35
8 TS Galaxy 24 8 9 7 27 22 12 5 6 1 18 11 12 3 3 6 9 11 5 33
9 TS Sporting 24 8 7 9 20 24 13 6 3 4 15 12 11 2 4 5 5 12 -4 31
10 University of Pretoria 24 8 7 9 23 30 12 4 4 4 14 12 12 4 3 5 9 18 -7 31
11 Cape Umoya United 24 7 9 8 17 21 13 5 5 3 11 11 11 2 4 5 6 10 -4 30
12 Jomo Cosmos 24 7 7 10 20 25 13 6 4 3 12 8 11 1 3 7 8 17 -5 28
13 Maccabi 24 7 6 11 26 30 12 4 1 7 11 12 12 3 5 4 15 18 -4 27
14 Ubuntu Cape Town 24 6 6 12 20 31 11 4 3 4 13 13 13 2 3 8 7 18 -11 24
15 Witbank Spurs 24 5 6 13 23 37 12 2 4 6 13 21 12 3 2 7 10 16 -14 21
16 Real Kings 23 4 7 12 21 33 11 3 4 4 10 11 12 1 3 8 11 22 -12 19

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