A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Ajax Cape Town fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and TS Sporting's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for TS Sporting when visiting Ajax Cape Town as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
Ajax Cape Town form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 Gladafrica Championship games here at Cape Town Stadium for Ajax Cape Town, who have the most scored goals (34) in Gladafrica Championship,. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ajax Cape Town has recorded two wins in a row here at Cape Town Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Ajax Cape Town lost their last game at Steenberg United (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Uthongathi with a 3-1 scoreline.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Ajax Cape Town's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ajax Cape Town defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
TS Sporting form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for TS Sporting so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-4 (win-draw-lose). TS Sporting seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for TS Sporting, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Jomo Cosmos in the Gladafrica Championship. A 0-1 loss hosting Royal Eagles before that.
TS Sporting find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as TS Sporting have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; TS Sporting - Ajax Cape Town 2-3. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 2 - 0 - 1 (Ajax Cape Town wins - draws - TS Sporting wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
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D. Chauke
7 goals
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Ajax Cape Town missing players
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| Ajax Cape Town | TS Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 34 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | 82% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | 65% |
| 81% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 35% |
| 56% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 24% |
| 38% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 29% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 41% |
| 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 2.8 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | 77 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 44 | 44 |
| 44 | 31 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 15 | 15 |
| 64% | 58% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 47% | 73% |
- Ajax Cape Town has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Ajax Cape Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Ajax Cape Town has the most matches over the total-line (12)
- Ajax Cape Town has the most scored goals (18) at home
- Ajax Cape Town has the most scored goals (34)
- Ajax Cape Town has the most scored goals in the second half (20)
- Ajax Cape Town has the the best goal difference (+8)
- Ajax Cape Town have created more than twice as many corners as TS Sporting.
- Ajax Cape Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ajax Cape Town have scored more than double the goals of TS Sporting.
- Ajax Cape Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ajax Cape Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Ajax Cape Town's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- TS Sporting has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
- TS Sporting has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- TS Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- TS Sporting have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- TS Sporting have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax Cape Town | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Steenberg United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Real Kings | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Moroka Swallows | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Tshakhuma | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | JDR Stars | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Richards Bay | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 15 | TS Sporting | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 13 |