Cape Town Stadium: Cape Umoya United vs Uthongathi Gladafrica Championship preview

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Date: Thu 07.November
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Cape Town Stadium (64100 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Cape Umoya United have their presumed home advantage while Uthongathi are ahead 10 points in the Gladafrica Championship table.

Cape Umoya United and Uthongathi 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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Cape Umoya United form and stats

When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, Cape Umoya United have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Cape Town Stadium.

Cape Umoya United drew their last game, 3-3 away at Ajax Cape Town (placed 3rd). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Royal Eagles in a game that was won 1-0.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Ajax Cape Town as G. Roelf's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a point. A goal frenzy last time out for Cape Umoya United, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Ajax Cape Town. Fun stuff to watch!

Cape Umoya United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 attempts. Defensively Cape Umoya United have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Uthongathi form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Uthongathi, who have the the best goal difference (+10) in Gladafrica Championship, playing as the away team in the Gladafrica Championship this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Uthongathi's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Ajax Cape Town game.

Uthongathi are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Gladafrica Championship against Jomo Cosmos (placed 14th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Richards Bay.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Uthongathi are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Uthongathi defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

Cape Umoya United-Uthongathi H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Cape Umoya United 1 win, Uthongathi 0 wins, 1 draw. 0 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

 G. Hammers
G. Hammers
7 goals
 
M. Ndwandwe
7 goals
 
F. Baloyi
4 goals

Cape Umoya United missing players

Uthongathi missing players

Cape Umoya United Uthongathi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
3 3 0 Won W 1 4 7
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
9 4 0 Scored S 2 8 16
11 2 1 Conceded C 1 2 6
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
50% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 67%
30% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 56%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
40% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 33%
30% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 56%
40% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
4 4.2 4 Corners For (avg) C F 7 5.2 4.3
4.4 6 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 7.2 5
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.1
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Cape Umoya United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Uthongathi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Uthongathi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Uthongathi have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Uthongathi have won all their away games so far.
  • Uthongathi have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Uthongathi haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Uthongathi 9 7 1 1 16 6 5 3 1 1 8 4 4 4 0 0 8 2 10 22
2 JDR Stars 10 4 5 1 17 12 4 3 1 0 9 4 6 1 4 1 8 8 5 17
3 Ajax Cape Town 10 5 2 3 19 19 6 4 1 1 13 12 4 1 1 2 6 7 0 17
4 Tshakhuma 9 4 3 2 14 9 5 3 2 0 9 3 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 15
5 University of Pretoria 9 4 3 2 16 12 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 7 7 4 15
6 Real Kings 10 3 5 2 14 12 6 1 3 2 8 8 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 14
7 Steenberg United 10 4 2 4 14 15 5 3 2 0 10 5 5 1 0 4 4 10 -1 14
8 Richards Bay 9 3 4 2 8 6 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 2 2 1 2 1 2 13
9 Cape Umoya United 10 3 3 4 9 11 4 3 0 1 4 2 6 0 3 3 5 9 -2 12
10 Moroka Swallows 10 3 3 4 10 13 5 3 1 1 9 7 5 0 2 3 1 6 -3 12
11 TS Galaxy 7 2 4 1 8 7 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 6 6 1 10
12 Free State Stars 10 2 4 4 9 12 4 1 3 0 3 2 6 1 1 4 6 10 -3 10
13 Mbombela United 9 2 2 5 5 9 4 1 2 1 2 2 5 1 0 4 3 7 -4 8
14 Jomo Cosmos 9 1 4 4 5 10 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 0 3 2 3 7 -5 7
15 TS Sporting 10 1 4 5 11 17 5 1 1 3 4 6 5 0 3 2 7 11 -6 7
16 Royal Eagles 9 1 3 5 12 17 6 1 3 2 9 11 3 0 0 3 3 6 -5 6