First Division duel: Close contest expected between TS Sporting and Richards Bay

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Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kabokweni Stadium (8000 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second First Division game of the season. TS Sporting look forward to welcoming Richards Bay in front of their home support.

TS Sporting and Richards Bay 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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TS Sporting form and stats

TS Sporting drew their last game, 1-1 away at Moroka Swallows. Before that game, the home loss against Real Kings with the scoreline 0-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with TS Sporting perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with TS Sporting as a small favourite), we find one game. TS Sporting has won 0 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

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Richards Bay form and stats

There were no winners in Richards Bay's previous match, a First Division home game that ended 2-2 vs JDR Stars. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Tshakhuma's place.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 1 - 1 (TS Sporting wins - draws - Richards Bay wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Chauke
10 goals
W. Nkosi
5 goals

TS Sporting missing players

Richards Bay missing players

TS Sporting Richards Bay
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
6 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
TS Sporting Last season Richards Bay
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
1 0   Played   0 1
0 0   Won   0 0
1 0   Drew   0 1
0 0   Lost   0 0
1 0   Scored   0 2
1 0   Conceded   0 2
100% 0%   Over 0.5   0% 100%
100% 0%   Over 1.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 2.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
100% 0%   BTTS   0% 100%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 0%
0% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 0%
 
6 0   Corners For (avg)   0 0
6 0   Corners Against (avg)   0 0
2 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   0 0
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

TS Sporting
All First Division Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
13-04-19 FD TS Sporting 1 - 2 University of Pretoria
20-04-19 FD Tshakhuma 3 - 0 TS Sporting
28-04-19 FD TS Galaxy 0 - 2 TS Sporting
05-05-19 FD TS Sporting 0 - 1 Real Kings
17-08-19 FD Moroka Swallows 1 - 1 TS Sporting
24-08-19 FD TS Sporting 13:00 Richards Bay
31-08-19 FD Steenberg United 13:00 TS Sporting
14-09-19 FD Free State Stars 13:00 TS Sporting
21-09-19 FD TS Sporting 13:00 Mbombela United
28-09-19 FD TS Sporting 13:00 JDR Stars
Richards Bay
All First Division Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
13-04-19 FD Ubuntu Cape Town 5 - 0 Richards Bay
21-04-19 FD Richards Bay 1 - 2 Maccabi
28-04-19 FD Richards Bay 3 - 1 University of Pretoria
05-05-19 FD Tshakhuma 2 - 0 Richards Bay
18-08-19 FD Richards Bay 2 - 2 JDR Stars
24-08-19 FD TS Sporting 13:00 Richards Bay
01-09-19 FD Richards Bay 13:00 Cape Umoya United
15-09-19 FD TS Galaxy 13:00 Richards Bay
22-09-19 FD Richards Bay 13:00 Free State Stars
28-09-19 FD Jomo Cosmos 13:00 Richards Bay

  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 Ajax Cape Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Tshakhuma 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 University of Pretoria 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Cape Umoya United 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
5 JDR Stars 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Richards Bay 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 TS Sporting 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Jomo Cosmos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 TS Galaxy 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Moroka Swallows 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Free State Stars 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
16 Steenberg United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Last season 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 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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