5th position in the Gladafrica Championship table for Real Kings so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Tshakhuma visits Thohoyandou Stadium.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Real Kings form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Gladafrica Championship numbers at home for Real Kings so far this season.
Happy days for Real Kings in their previous game, a Gladafrica Championship match away at Cape Umoya United (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Real Kings had a home game versus TS Sporting which ended with a victory 2-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Real Kings have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 3 Lost 0.
Real Kings are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Real Kings have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Tshakhuma form and stats
Tshakhuma have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Gladafrica Championship, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
Tshakhuma won their last game, 2-1 versus University of Pretoria played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting TS Galaxy's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Tshakhuma in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Tshakhuma, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Tshakhuma are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Tshakhuma have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Real Kings - Tshakhuma 1-2. Real Kings-Tshakhuma H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Real Kings 0 wins, Tshakhuma 2 wins, 2 draws. 2 of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 P. Bhengu 7 goals | O. Ononogbu 5 goals |
Real Kings missing players
Tshakhuma missing players
| Real Kings | Tshakhuma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 16 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 86% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 87% |
| 86% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 64% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 14% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 38% | 27% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 7% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 60% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 21% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 4.3 | 6 | 9.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 0.6 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 56 | 29 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 22 | 112 |
| 22 | 13 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 11 | 47 |
| 68% | 54% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 27% | 28% |
- Real Kings have won significantly more 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 | Uthongathi | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Ajax Cape Town | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Real Kings | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Tshakhuma | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Steenberg United | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Moroka Swallows | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Cape Umoya United | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Richards Bay | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 10 |