This match features two teams living in the basement of the Gladafrica Championship, Mbombela United holding 15th place and Jomo Cosmos lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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.
Mbombela United form and stats
Mbombela United have played 11 Gladafrica Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Mbombela United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Free State Stars.
The Mbombela United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Mbombela United have conceded only 9 goals.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
Jomo Cosmos have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Gladafrica Championship, after 2-4-6 (12 played).
The attacking players of Jomo Cosmos have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
A loss against Ajax Cape Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Jomo Cosmos as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, Jomo Cosmos rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Jomo Cosmos - Mbombela United 0-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Mbombela United won one game, one match ended with a draw and Jomo Cosmos has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / threeMbombela United missing players
Jomo Cosmos missing players
| Mbombela United | Jomo Cosmos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 20 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 25 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 29 |
| 87% | 82% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 87% |
| 57% | 55% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 58% | 48% |
| 35% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 26% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 9% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 39% |
| 30% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 30% |
| 48% | 45% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 42% | 43% |
| 2.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 2.1 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0.9 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 53 | 75 |
| 27 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 48% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 32% |
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (16)
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Jomo Cosmos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Mbombela United has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Mbombela United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mbombela United have won significantly less 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 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 45 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | Tshakhuma | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Steenberg United | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 32 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -19 | 15 |