Royal Eagles vs Ajax Cape Town match preview

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Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Chatsworth Stadium

The managers S. Ngubane and A. Ulderink are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the First Division league table.

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Royal Eagles form and stats

Royal Eagles have played 13 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Royal Eagles are returning here after visiting TS Galaxy in a First Division game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Maccabi that finished 1-1.

Royal Eagles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Chatsworth Stadium with 20 goals in 13 matches. From these home matches, Royal Eagles have conceded only 10 goals.

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Ajax Cape Town form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Ajax Cape Town playing as the away team this season.

Ajax Cape Town won their last game, 1-0 versus Cape Umoya United played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Witbank Spurs.

The attacking power of Ajax Cape Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored in 13 matches. As opposed to that, Ajax Cape Town have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ajax Cape Town - Royal Eagles 0-1. Head-2-head stats last one meeting: 1 - 0 - 0 (Royal Eagles wins - draws - Ajax Cape Town wins).

Royal Eagles missing players

Ajax Cape Town missing players

Royal Eagles Ajax Cape Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 13 Played 13 27
36 20 Scored 11 37
20 10 Conceded 14 24
93% 85% Over 0.5 85% 85%
59% 62% Over 1.5 46% 56%
30% 38% Over 2.5 46% 44%
19% 31% Over 3.5 8% 19%
7% 15% Over 4.5 8% 11%
41% 46% Both teams to score 38% 37%
48% 46% Clean Sheet 31% 44%
19% 23% Failed To Score 46% 33%
 
3.8 4.6 Corners For (avg) 2.2 3.3
3.8 5 Corners Against (avg) 3.2 3.1
1.6 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.6 0.9
0 0 Red Cards (total) 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Ajax Cape Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Royal Eagles is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than 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 27 14 7 6 40 20 13 7 4 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 19 11 20 49
2 Ajax Cape Town 27 14 6 7 37 24 14 9 4 1 26 10 13 5 2 6 11 14 13 48
3 Royal Eagles 27 13 8 6 36 20 13 6 5 2 20 10 14 7 3 4 16 10 16 47
4 Mbombela United 27 12 8 7 33 22 13 8 4 1 20 6 14 4 4 6 13 16 11 44
5 Tshakhuma 27 12 8 7 34 26 13 8 1 4 16 12 14 4 7 3 18 14 8 44
6 Uthongathi 27 10 10 7 28 22 13 7 3 3 15 7 14 3 7 4 13 15 6 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 27 9 8 10 24 28 14 6 3 5 16 14 13 3 5 5 8 14 -4 35
10 University of Pretoria 27 9 7 11 25 38 13 4 4 5 14 14 14 5 3 6 11 24 -13 34
11 Cape Umoya United 27 7 10 10 19 25 14 5 5 4 12 13 13 2 5 6 7 12 -6 31
12 Jomo Cosmos 27 7 9 11 21 27 14 6 5 3 13 9 13 1 4 8 8 18 -6 30
13 Maccabi 27 7 8 12 28 35 14 4 2 8 12 16 13 3 6 4 16 19 -7 29
14 Ubuntu Cape Town 27 7 7 13 27 35 13 5 4 4 19 14 14 2 3 9 8 21 -8 28
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 27 5 6 16 23 45 14 2 4 8 13 24 13 3 2 8 10 21 -22 21

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