University of Pretoria vs TS Galaxy betting preview: Even match expected

Competition: South Africa First Division
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: ABSA Tuks Stadium (15000 seats)

Season ticket holders at ABSA Tuks Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with University of Pretoria languishing in the 11th position so far. The guesting TS Galaxy will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

University of Pretoria and TS Galaxy 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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University of Pretoria form and stats

When playing at home, University of Pretoria have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. Two home wins in a row for University of Pretoria bring valid hopes of a third.

University of Pretoria lost their last game at Stellenbosch after a 0-5 scoreline. 1-1 away at Ubuntu Cape Town before that.

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

The University of Pretoria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. On the other hand, University of Pretoria have conceded 12 goals.

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TS Galaxy form and stats

There's been little loot from TS Galaxy's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games. TS Galaxy only has 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

There were no winners in TS Galaxy's previous match, a First Division home game that ended 1-1 vs Mbombela United. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Cape Umoya United.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by TS Galaxy in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for TS Galaxy, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games, an average of less than one per game. TS Galaxy are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

University of Pretoria and TS Galaxy have met before this season: TS Galaxy - University of Pretoria 1-1. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 0 University of Pretoria victories, 1 draw and 0 TS Galaxy wins.

University of Pretoria missing players

TS Galaxy missing players

University of Pretoria TS Galaxy
Total Home Statistic Away Total
25 12 Played 12 25
23 14 Scored 9 28
35 12 Conceded 11 23
96% 92% Over 0.5 83% 92%
72% 75% Over 1.5 33% 56%
40% 42% Over 2.5 25% 24%
16% 8% Over 3.5 17% 16%
8% 0% Over 4.5 8% 8%
44% 50% Both teams to score 33% 48%
28% 33% Clean Sheet 33% 32%
32% 25% Failed To Score 50% 28%
Key stats this season:
  • TS Galaxy is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • University of Pretoria 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 25 14 6 5 38 17 12 7 4 1 20 7 13 7 2 4 18 10 21 48
2 Royal Eagles 25 12 7 6 34 19 13 6 5 2 20 10 12 6 2 4 14 9 15 43
3 Ajax Cape Town 25 12 6 7 31 24 12 7 4 1 20 10 13 5 2 6 11 14 7 42
4 Mbombela United 25 11 7 7 31 21 12 8 3 1 19 5 13 3 4 6 12 16 10 40
5 Richards Bay 25 10 9 6 24 22 12 7 4 1 14 8 13 3 5 5 10 14 2 39
6 Tshakhuma 25 10 8 7 28 25 12 7 1 4 13 11 13 3 7 3 15 14 3 38
7 Uthongathi 25 9 9 7 25 20 13 7 3 3 15 7 12 2 6 4 10 13 5 36
8 TS Galaxy 25 8 10 7 28 23 13 5 7 1 19 12 12 3 3 6 9 11 5 34
9 TS Sporting 25 8 8 9 21 25 13 6 3 4 15 12 12 2 5 5 6 13 -4 32
10 Cape Umoya United 25 7 10 8 18 22 13 5 5 3 11 11 12 2 5 5 7 11 -4 31
11 University of Pretoria 25 8 7 10 23 35 12 4 4 4 14 12 13 4 3 6 9 23 -12 31
12 Maccabi 25 7 7 11 27 31 12 4 1 7 11 12 13 3 6 4 16 19 -4 28
13 Jomo Cosmos 25 7 7 11 20 26 13 6 4 3 12 8 12 1 3 8 8 18 -6 28
14 Ubuntu Cape Town 25 6 7 12 21 32 12 4 4 4 14 14 13 2 3 8 7 18 -11 25
15 Real Kings 25 5 8 12 22 33 13 4 5 4 11 11 12 1 3 8 11 22 -11 23
16 Witbank Spurs 25 5 6 14 23 39 13 2 4 7 13 23 12 3 2 7 10 16 -16 21