The visiting Uthongathi side should be favourites in this visit to Jomo Cosmos, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
Jomo Cosmos 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.
Cosmos are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Uthongathi are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Gladafrica Championship this season. Jomo Cosmos have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Ruimsig Stadium. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Cosmos with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Richards Bay game, 181 days ago, have they avoided a loss. With Jomo Cosmos having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager E. Sono.
The Cosmos crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Tshakhuma here at Ruimsig Stadium in a Gladafrica Championship match. Prior to that, an away loss at Mbombela United.
There will be little rest for Cosmos after this match as they are travelling to Royal Eagles for a Gladafrica Championship game in only three days.
Cosmos have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Cosmos have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Uthongathi form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Gladafrica Championship, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the Gladafrica Championship. Uthongathi has showed their ability to avoid defeat with seven draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 209 days ago, in the Richards Bay fixture. It's three draws from Uthongathi's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Uthongathi aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 217 league minutes without a goal. M. Ndwandwe was the last player to find the net. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Uthongathi goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Uthongathi played 0-0 against JDR Stars in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Moroka Swallows that ended 0-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Uthongathi manager S. Dladla as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Mbombela United.
Uthongathi have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Uthongathi - Cosmos 2-0 earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Cosmos won one, Uthongathi won two and zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ndwandwe 7 goals |
Jomo Cosmos missing players
Uthongathi missing players
| Jomo Cosmos | Uthongathi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 32 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 88% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 80% |
| 48% | 42% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 40% |
| 16% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 16% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 40% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 52% |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 44% |
| 44% | 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 2.2 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 75 | 22 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 79 | 192 |
| 28 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 38 | 77 |
| 32% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 34% |
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (17)
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (9) at home
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Jomo Cosmos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Jomo Cosmos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (10) away
- Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (22)
- Uthongathi has the most clean sheets (10)
- Uthongathi has the most points (25) away
- Uthongathi has the the best goal difference (+7) away
- Uthongathi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | Tshakhuma | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Moroka Swallows | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 7 | Real Kings | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Steenberg United | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 28 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -18 | 19 |