A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Richards Bay fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Bizana Pondo Chiefs's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Richards Bay has the fewest points (3) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs has the fewest points (0) away in Gladafrica Championship
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Gladafrica Championship. That game was also an away game, at Pretoria Callies. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Richards Bay form and stats
Overall Gladafrica Championship stats at home this season for Richards Bay, who have the fewest points (3) at home in Gladafrica Championship, are 0-3-1 (wins-draw-losses). Richards Bay have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Richards are confident in defense, having played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A late climax in the match against Polokwane City as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by S. Vilane.
Richards Bay aren't scoring a lot here at Richards Sports Stadium in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Richards's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bizana Pondo Chiefs form and stats
The manager T. Motsoeneng is not happy with the away performances in the Gladafrica Championship so far, as all 5 matches have been lost. It's all red in the travel logs of Bizana, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
Bizana have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 280 minutes ago. M. Mbandlwa was the goal scorer.
A quick return to home after this game, as Bizana are hosting Cape Town All Stars in the Nedbank Cup only four days away.
Bizana are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 5 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bizana have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 3 goals | L. Mabuya 2 goals | A. Dube 1 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Bizana Pondo Chiefs missing players
| Richards Bay | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 82% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 70% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 27% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 80% | 70% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs has the fewest points (0) away in Gladafrica Championship
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs has the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Gladafrica Championship
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs have lost all their away matches so far.
- Bizana Pondo Chiefs haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Richards Bay has the fewest points (3) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Bizana Pondo Chiefs have scored away.
- Richards Bay have yet to win a game at 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 | Jomo Cosmos | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Richards Bay | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Cape Umoya United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Polokwane City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Pretoria Callies | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | TS Sporting | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | University of Pretoria | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Cape Town All Stars | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Steenberg United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Real Kings | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 9 |