Struggling Jomo Cosmos will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Tshakhuma in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, Jomo Cosmos have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games. Cosmos has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager E. Sono and the players. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cosmos, their manager E. Sono and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
L. Lebalelo was the last player to score a league goal for Cosmos and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Jomo Cosmos haven't scored in 271 minutes.
Cosmos are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Mbombela United.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Jomo Cosmos here at Ruimsig Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 11 games). 11 goals have been conceded.
Tshakhuma form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tshakhuma so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Tshakhuma lost away at JDR Stars (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus TS Galaxy.
A new game in only four days for Tshakhuma, the Gladafrica Championship home match versus Ajax Cape Town. Busy days.
The attacking power of Tshakhuma when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 16 goals have been conceded by Tshakhuma in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Tshakhuma - Jomo Cosmos 1-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Cosmos won one, Tshakhuma won zero and three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Bhengu 7 goals |  O. Ononogbu 5 goals |
Jomo Cosmos missing players
Tshakhuma missing players
| Jomo Cosmos | Tshakhuma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 88% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 92% |
| 46% | 36% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 67% |
| 25% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 38% |
| 17% | 9% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 25% | 21% |
| 8% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 38% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 42% | 42% |
| 29% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 17% | 33% |
| 46% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 50% | 33% |
| 2.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 75 | 22 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 52 | 219 |
| 28 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 21 | 95 |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 24% | 25% |
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (16)
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Jomo Cosmos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jomo Cosmos have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Tshakhuma | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Real Kings | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -18 | 18 |