Struggling Mbombela United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Uthongathi in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Mbombela nor Uthongathi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mbombela United are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Uthongathi are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Mbombela United form and stats
Mbombela United have played 13 Gladafrica Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Mbombela goalkeeper Wensten van der Linde is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 300 minutes without conceding a goal in the Gladafrica Championship.
The manager D. Francis will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Real Kings in only three days.
Mbombela has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Mbombela United have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Uthongathi form and stats
Uthongathi, who have the most points (26) away in Gladafrica Championship, have an excellent away record in the Gladafrica Championship so far with 7-5-1 from 13 games. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Uthongathi when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Richards Bay match has the points been distributed unevenly. Sharing is caring, but Uthongathi are perhaps overdoing it with their eight draws in a row.
Uthongathi aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 307 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 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Uthongathi are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Jomo Cosmos (placed 15th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting JDR Stars.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Royal Eagles in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Uthongathi have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. It's not easy to score on Uthongathi as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Uthongathi - Mbombela United 1-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Mbombela, two draws and one win for Uthongathi. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ndwandwe 7 goals |
Mbombela United missing players
Uthongathi missing players
| Mbombela United | Uthongathi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 25 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 85% | 77% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 85% | 77% |
| 54% | 46% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 62% |
| 31% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 46% | 38% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 31% | 23% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 54% | 50% |
| 38% | 54% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 46% | 46% |
| 46% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | 27% |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 0.9 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 90 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 85 | 198 |
| 27 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 38 | 77 |
| 52% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 34% |
- 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.
- Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (10) away
- Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (22)
- Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
- Uthongathi has the most points (26) 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 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 51 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Real Kings | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 23 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -19 | 19 |