Can Royal Eagles beat Mbombela United in Chatsworth Stadium clash?

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Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Wed 16.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Chatsworth Stadium (35000 seats)

Mbombela United have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Royal Eagles. Prepare for the match with this First Division preview!

Royal Eagles and Mbombela United 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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Royal Eagles form and stats

Royal Eagles have played three First Division home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. The home fans are hungry for more even though Royal Eagles have been steadily collecting points here at Chatsworth Stadium through three straight draws.

Royal Eagles drew their last game, also a home match. TS Sporting (placed 15th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Heartbreak before that as Royal Eagles lost 1-2 at Ajax Cape Town's place.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Royal Eagles, as the First Division home game vs Uthongathi is only three days away.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Royal Eagles's attacking play is working. Royal Eagles have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Mbombela United form and stats

Mbombela United are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the First Division, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Mbombela United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Uthongathi (placed 3rd). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Tshakhuma.

Mbombela United has another fixture away, a First Division game, against University of Pretoria in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Mbombela United have scored 3 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Mbombela United have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Royal Eagles won 2 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Mbombela United has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 1

Top Goalscorers

 
P. Cele
4 goals

Royal Eagles missing players

Mbombela United missing players

Royal Eagles Mbombela United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
5 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 3 1 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
9 6 2 Scored S 2 3 5
11 6 2 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 17%
80% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 17%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
3 2.3 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 2.3 1.4
4 2.7 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0.7 0.4
1.8 1.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Royal Eagles's home matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Mbombela United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Mbombela United have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Royal Eagles have created more than twice as many corners as Mbombela United.
  • Royal Eagles have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Royal Eagles have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Royal Eagles have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Royal Eagles have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Royal Eagles have yet to win a game.
  • Royal Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Royal Eagles
All First Division Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
01-09-19 FD Royal Eagles 2 - 2 JDR Stars
14-09-19 FD Moroka Swallows 3 - 2 Royal Eagles
21-09-19 FD Royal Eagles 2 - 2 Real Kings
28-09-19 FD Ajax Cape Town 2 - 1 Royal Eagles
05-10-19 FD Royal Eagles 2 - 2 TS Sporting
16-10-19 FD Royal Eagles 13:30 Mbombela United
19-10-19 FD Royal Eagles 13:00 Uthongathi
25-10-19 FD Cape Umoya United 13:00 Royal Eagles
02-11-19 FD Royal Eagles 14:00 Tshakhuma
10-11-19 FD TS Galaxy 14:00 Royal Eagles
Mbombela United
All First Division Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
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 0 - 0 Tshakhuma
05-10-19 FD Uthongathi 1 - 0 Mbombela United
16-10-19 FD Royal Eagles 13:30 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
09-11-19 FD Jomo Cosmos 14:00 Mbombela United

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

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