Richards Bay have played really well this season, sitting at 4th spot in the table. Platinum City Rovers have a view both up and down from the 6th position.
- Richards Bay is in the best form (4-2-0) in Gladafrica Championship
- Platinum City Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Gladafrica Championship
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Richards Bay form and stats
The total Gladafrica Championship results at home this season for Richards Bay are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Richards here at King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Richards drew their last game, 1-1 away at JDR Stars (placed 1st).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Ajax Cape Town.Richards Bay are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Defensively Richards have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Platinum City Rovers form and stats
As the visiting team in Gladafrica Championship matches, Platinum City Rovers have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far.
Platinum City Rovers might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Venda FC proved too strong as Platinum City Rovers slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at TS Sporting.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hlongwa 5 goals |  T. Nkoana 4 goals | V. Mngomezulu 2 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Platinum City Rovers missing players
| Richards Bay | Platinum City Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 85% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 29% | 46% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 14% | 23% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 54% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 71% | 46% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 5 |
- Platinum City Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Richards Bay have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Gladafrica Championship
- Richards Bay have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Richards Bay is in the best form (4-2-0) in Gladafrica Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | JDR Stars | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | University of Pretoria | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Richards Bay | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Venda FC | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Platinum City Rovers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Polokwane City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Cape Town All Stars | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | TS Sporting | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Hungry Lions | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Real Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Black Leopards | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | TTM | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |