The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Richards Bay are in the 10th position while the guesting Jomo Cosmos worry at 14th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Richards Bay form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Richards Bay have to build on here at Richards Bay Sports Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tshakhuma in a game that was won 1-0.
Richards Bay are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Richards Bay have conceded 12 goals.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
There's been little loot from Jomo Cosmos's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Gladafrica Championship. Jomo Cosmos only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
It's the second away game in a row for Jomo Cosmos, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Cape Umoya United (placed 11th) in the Gladafrica Championship last time out. A loss against JDR Stars was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jomo Cosmos have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Jomo Cosmos - Richards Bay 0-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Richards Bay won two, Jomo Cosmos won two and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 M. Erasmus 3 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Jomo Cosmos missing players
| Richards Bay | Jomo Cosmos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 60% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 55% |
| 45% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 25% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 1.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.3 | 2.6 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 0.4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 53 | 75 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 19 | 28 |
| 73% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 32% | 29% |
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (15)
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Jomo Cosmos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Richards Bay have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Richards Bay haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Ajax Cape Town | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 39 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 34 |
| 4 | Steenberg United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | University of Pretoria | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Tshakhuma | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -16 | 14 |