Match preview Gladafrica Championship: JDR Stars - Uthongathi

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

A key match in Gladafrica Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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.

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JDR Stars form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what JDR Stars, who have the most scored goals (26) in Gladafrica Championship, have to build on here in the Gladafrica Championship.

The fans are hoping that JDR Stars will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Gladafrica Championship game against Steenberg United (placed 5th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ajax Cape Town (0-2).

JDR Stars are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (14 goals in 5 games). JDR Stars have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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Uthongathi form and stats

Uthongathi, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Gladafrica Championship, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 16 points collected from 6 Gladafrica Championship games. 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Gladafrica Championship home defeat versus Moroka Swallows with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Before that, Uthongathi travelled to TS Galaxy and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Uthongathi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Uthongathi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

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JDR Stars missing players

Uthongathi missing players

JDR Stars Uthongathi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 5 1 Played P 2 6 14
6 4 1 Won W 2 5 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
3 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
26 14 3 Scored S 4 11 21
19 5 2 Conceded C 0 4 11
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 83% 71%
57% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 50%
50% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
21% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
71% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
21% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 43%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 21%
 
3.3 3.6 4 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.3 3.7
2.7 3.4 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 6.7 5.1
1.3 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
109 46 12 Total Shots T S 14 42 100
52 24 8 Shots on Target S O 4 25 49
42% 58% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 36% 37%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • All of JDR Stars's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • JDR Stars has the most scored goals (26)
  • JDR Stars has the the best goal difference (+9) at home
  • JDR Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
  • JDR Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • JDR Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • JDR Stars have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • JDR Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • Uthongathi has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Uthongathi has the most points (16) away
  • Uthongathi has the the best goal difference (+11)
  • Uthongathi has the the best goal difference (+7) away
  • Uthongathi have not yet lost a game away.
  • 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 away.
  • Uthongathi have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 13 8 4 1 20 9 7 3 3 1 9 5 6 5 1 0 11 4 11 28
2 University of Pretoria 14 7 3 4 25 21 7 4 1 2 13 10 7 3 2 2 12 11 4 24
3 JDR Stars 14 6 5 3 26 19 5 4 1 0 14 5 9 2 4 3 12 14 7 23
4 Ajax Cape Town 12 7 2 3 24 20 7 5 1 1 15 12 5 2 1 2 9 8 4 23
5 Steenberg United 13 6 3 4 20 19 7 5 2 0 14 7 6 1 1 4 6 12 1 21
6 Real Kings 13 5 5 3 19 15 8 2 3 3 11 10 5 3 2 0 8 5 4 20
7 Tshakhuma 13 5 4 4 17 14 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 8 9 3 19
8 Cape Umoya United 14 5 3 6 16 17 7 5 0 2 10 6 7 0 3 4 6 11 -1 18
9 Richards Bay 13 4 5 4 12 15 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 2 3 3 4 9 -3 17
10 Moroka Swallows 13 4 3 6 13 17 7 3 1 3 11 11 6 1 2 3 2 6 -4 15
11 Free State Stars 13 3 5 5 13 15 6 1 4 1 5 5 7 2 1 4 8 10 -2 14
12 TS Sporting 14 3 5 6 14 20 7 3 1 3 7 7 7 0 4 3 7 13 -6 14
13 TS Galaxy 12 2 7 3 14 16 7 1 5 1 7 7 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2 13
14 Mbombela United 13 3 3 7 11 13 6 2 2 2 7 4 7 1 1 5 4 9 -2 12
15 Jomo Cosmos 12 2 5 5 7 15 6 2 2 2 3 3 6 0 3 3 4 12 -8 11
16 Royal Eagles 14 2 4 8 19 25 7 2 3 2 12 12 7 0 1 6 7 13 -6 10