Mbombela United are welcoming Royal Eagles for another important game after their 1-1 result against 5th-placed Real Kings.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Relegation threatens Mbombela who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Eagles it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.
Mbombela United form and stats
When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, Mbombela United have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games. Mbombela have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Before that, Mbombela United drew at home versus Uthongathi.
There will be little rest for Mbombela after this match as they are travelling to Ajax Cape Town for a Gladafrica Championship game in only four days.
Mbombela are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. Mbombela are not conceding a lot of goals here at KaNyamazane Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches.
Royal Eagles form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Royal Eagles, who have the most conceded goals (49) in Gladafrica Championship, so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-8 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Royal Eagles, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Uthongathi (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Gladafrica Championship match ended in a draw 0-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Royal Eagles are hosting Steenberg United in the Gladafrica Championship only four days away.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Eagles struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Royal Eagles - Mbombela 1-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Mbombela victory, zero draws and three Royal Eagles wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Sekome 4 goals |
Mbombela United missing players
Royal Eagles missing players
| Mbombela United | Royal Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 25 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 27 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 49 |
| 86% | 79% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 57% | 68% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 61% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 61% |
| 36% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| 43% | 43% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 0.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.6 | 5.6 |
| 0.9 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 | 7 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 84 | 189 |
| 31 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 27 | 78 |
| 48% | 200% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 27% |
- 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.
- Royal Eagles has the fewest points (8) away
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (23) away
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (49)
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
- Royal Eagles has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-11) away
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-20)
| 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 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 54 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 51 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | Real Kings | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 39 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -1 | 37 |
| 9 | Steenberg United | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 37 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 35 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 28 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -20 | 20 |