The visiting Tshakhuma side should be favourites in this visit to Cape Umoya United, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
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.
Cape Umoya United form and stats
5 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Cape Umoya United have to build on here at Athlone Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship. Three consecutive losses here at Athlone Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
An away draw last time out for Cape Umoya United, facing Uthongathi in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Jomo Cosmos that was lost 0-1.
The Cape Umoya United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Cape Umoya United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Tshakhuma form and stats
Tshakhuma have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Gladafrica Championship, after 2-2-6 (10 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Tshakhuma's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Tshakhuma had fun at their own home (Athlone Stadium) last time out, beating Steenberg United 1-0. L. Mabotja scored. Prior to that match, the Tshakhuma manager V. Heric faced defeat when travelling to University of Pretoria and losing 0-2.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tshakhuma as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Tshakhuma have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cape Umoya United and Tshakhuma have met before this season: Tshakhuma - Cape Umoya United 2-1. Cape Umoya United-Tshakhuma H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Cape Umoya United zero wins, Tshakhuma two wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
| G. Hammers 7 goals |
Cape Umoya United missing players
Tshakhuma missing players
| Cape Umoya United | Tshakhuma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 28 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 90% | 90% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 71% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 43% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 24% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 48% |
| 19% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 10% | 29% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 172 | 116 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 35 | 188 |
| 61 | 37 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 18 | 85 |
| 36% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 17% | 25% |
- Cape Umoya United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cape Umoya United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 42 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 4 | Steenberg United | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Tshakhuma | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 15 |