Mbombela United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 16 points and a 13th position in the Gladafrica Championship table. Visiting TS Galaxy holds 10th place with 20 pts.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mbombela United and TS Galaxy.
Mbombela United form and stats
Mbombela United have collected 11 points from their Gladafrica Championship home games so far after 3-2-3.
Mbombela United's last game was hosting University of Pretoria (placed 7th) and winning 4-0. Before that, Mbombela United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Steenberg United.
As mentioned above, Mbombela United "killed" University of Pretoria in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
This is expected to be a close game, with Mbombela United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Mbombela United as a small favourite), we find six games. Mbombela United has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
The manager B. Bhembe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tshakhuma in only four days.
Mbombela United has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Mbombela United have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
TS Galaxy form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for TS Galaxy in their Gladafrica Championship matches away.
The manager D. Malesela was unhappy after their last game, a Gladafrica Championship match played at their home ground Kameelrivier Stadium. TS Galaxy suffered a 1-2 loss to Real Kings (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Jomo Cosmos with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by TS Galaxy in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for TS Galaxy, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
The schedule is very tough for TS Galaxy now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Gladafrica Championship game at JDR Stars is waiting in only three days.
TS Galaxy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). TS Galaxy have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Mbombela United, 1 draw and 0 wins for TS Galaxy. Over 2,5 goals: 0 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.Top Goalscorers
 P. Sekome 4 goals |
Mbombela United missing players
TS Galaxy missing players
| Mbombela United | TS Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 88% |
| 62% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 57% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 44% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 29% | 25% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 19% |
| 2.9 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 2.2 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 24 | 78 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 13 | 39 |
| 79% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 28% |
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Steenberg United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Real Kings | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Moroka Swallows | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Tshakhuma | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | JDR Stars | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Richards Bay | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 13 |