This could be an interesting match as Free State Stars have their presumed home advantage while Richards Bay are ahead 4 points in the Gladafrica Championship table.
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Free State Stars form and stats
Overall Gladafrica Championship stats at home this season for Free State Stars are 1-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The home team returns to Goble Park Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Chippa United (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) on their last time out; the Nedbank Cup game ended 2-2.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how State have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn seven and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for State as they are travelling to their away game against TS Sporting in the Gladafrica Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The State fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Richards Bay form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Gladafrica Championship.
Two travels in a row for Richards, whose manager S. Dladla could celebrate last time after the Nedbank Cup win against Kaizer Chiefs.
The end of the last match, against Kaizer Chiefs, was very satisfying as S. Vilane scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Richards in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Richards Bay, three draws and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cape Umoya United in just three days.
Richards find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Richards as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): State won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Richards Bay has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  M. Saleng 4 goals |  K. Mayo 3 goals | K. Mkhabela 2 goals |
Free State Stars missing players
Richards Bay missing players
| Free State Stars | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 83% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 58% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 33% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Free State Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Free State Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Jomo Cosmos | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Richards Bay | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Uthongathi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Cape Umoya United | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Pretoria Callies | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Free State Stars | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | TS Sporting | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Polokwane City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 11 | Royal AM | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | University of Pretoria | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Steenberg United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Cape Town All Stars | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Cape Town Spurs | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 9 |