We would expect a significant gulf in performance between these teams based on the matches played so far, with Richards Bay leading Jomo Cosmos by 19 points.
- Richards Bay have the most clean sheets (10) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jomo Cosmos have scored away.
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 Richards Bay and Jomo Cosmos.
Richards Bay form and stats
Richards Bay are steadily winning Gladafrica Championship games and points here at King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Richards has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Polokwane City defeat 153 days ago.
Stress levels are on the rise for Richards Bay's attacking players as they have now played 199 minutes without scoring in a league game. Vilane was their last goal scorer. The Richards Bay goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 308 minutes without conceding a goal in the Gladafrica Championship.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Richards, who played 0-0 against JDR Stars. That match was also played at this venue (King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium).
A decent goal production from Richards Bay in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Richards Bay have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jomo Cosmos so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 1-5-3 (win-draw-lose).
Cosmos has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Uthongathi for a 1-1 draw.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Cape Town All Stars.After this away game Jomo Cosmos return home for a Gladafrica Championship game against Hungry Lions. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cosmos as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams encountered each other earlier on this match year: Jomo Cosmos - Richards Bay 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Richards Bay three wins, one draw and Jomo Cosmos four victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hlongwa 5 goals | V. Mngomezulu 5 goals | S. Mthethwa 3 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Jomo Cosmos missing players
| Richards Bay | Jomo Cosmos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 67% | 78% |
| 56% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 44% | 50% |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 17% | 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 17% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 6% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 56% | 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | 33% |
| 39% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2.7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
- Jomo Cosmos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Jomo Cosmos have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Jomo Cosmos have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Richards Bay have created more than twice as many corners as Jomo Cosmos.
- Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jomo Cosmos have scored away.
- Richards Bay have the most clean sheets (10) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have the the best goal difference (+9) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay 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 | Richards Bay | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | Venda FC | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Cape Town All Stars | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | University of Pretoria | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Polokwane City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Uthongathi | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Free State Stars | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Platinum City Rovers | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Hungry Lions | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Cape Town Spurs | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | TTM | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Pretoria Callies | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 16 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 14 |
