2nd position in the Gladafrica Championship table for Richards Bay so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Polokwane City visits Richards Bay Sports Stadium.
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Gladafrica Championship
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 and Polokwane City.
Richards Bay form and stats
The story so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Richards Bay at their home stadium (Richards Bay Sports Stadium) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Gladafrica Championship game versus Free State Stars in only three days. This game is also played here at Richards Bay Sports Stadium.
Richards are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. Richards are not conceding a lot of goals here at Richards Bay Sports Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Polokwane City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Polokwane City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-2 (win-draw-lose).
The schedule is very tough for Polokwane City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Gladafrica Championship game at Royal AM is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Polokwane as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Polokwane City have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Polokwane City - Richards 0-1, played this season.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 5 goals |  P. Tlolane 4 goals | K. Myaba 4 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Polokwane City missing players
| Richards Bay | Polokwane City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 75% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 85% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 40% |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 40% |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 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% |
- Richards Bay have the fewest dropped points from leading position (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 | Sekhukhune United | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | TS Sporting | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Jomo Cosmos | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Royal AM | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Polokwane City | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Uthongathi | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Pretoria Callies | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Cape Town All Stars | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 21 |
| 14 | Steenberg United | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Ajax Cape Town | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 19 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 | -14 | 15 |