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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Richards Bay Sports Stadium (8000 seats)

The league table in Gladafrica Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Richards Bay leading Real Kings by 5 points. Match preview to follow:

The visiting Real Kings played their last game only four days ago, a Gladafrica Championship match.

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Richards Bay form and stats

Richards Bay, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Gladafrica Championship, have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Gladafrica Championship. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Richards Bay manager V. Magagula and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Tshakhuma (placed 6th) in the Gladafrica Championship. Before that match, a win away at Jomo Cosmos.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Richards Bay have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Richards Bay have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Richards Bay Sports Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Richards Bay's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Kings form and stats

Real Kings are still undefeated on their travels in the Gladafrica Championship. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

The manager J. Masutha was unhappy after their last game, a Gladafrica Championship match played at their home ground Richards Bay Sports Stadium. Real Kings suffered a 1-2 loss to Uthongathi (placed 1st). A draw for Real Kings before that, at their own venue hosting Moroka Swallows (0-0).

4 goals so far away for Real Kings, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 1 - 1 (Richards Bay wins - draws - Real Kings wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

 T. Kunene
T. Kunene
4 goals

Richards Bay missing players

Real Kings missing players

Richards Bay Real Kings
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 0 2 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
7 5 0 Scored S 0 4 9
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 11
83% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 86%
17% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 57%
17% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
33% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 71%
67% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
3.5 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 1.5 5.4
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3 4.2
0.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Real Kings's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Richards Bay's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Real Kings have not yet lost a game away.
  • Real Kings have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Real Kings have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Richards Bay have not yet lost a game.
  • Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Richards Bay have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Richards Bay have won significantly less corners at home than away.

Richards Bay
24-08-19 GC TS Sporting 0 - 1 Richards Bay
01-09-19 GC Richards Bay 1 - 1 Cape Umoya United
22-09-19 GC Richards Bay 2 - 0 Free State Stars
29-09-19 GC Jomo Cosmos 0 - 1 Richards Bay
06-10-19 GC Tshakhuma 0 - 0 Richards Bay
20-10-19 GC Richards Bay 15:30 Real Kings
26-10-19 GC Uthongathi 15:00 Richards Bay
03-11-19 GC Moroka Swallows 15:00 Richards Bay
10-11-19 GC Richards Bay 15:00 University of Pretoria
23-11-19 GC Mbombela United 15:00 Richards Bay
Real Kings
15-09-19 GC Jomo Cosmos 1 - 2 Real Kings
21-09-19 GC Royal Eagles 2 - 2 Real Kings
29-09-19 GC Real Kings 3 - 3 University of Pretoria
06-10-19 GC Real Kings 0 - 0 Moroka Swallows
16-10-19 GC Real Kings 1 - 2 Uthongathi
20-10-19 GC Richards Bay 15:30 Real Kings
26-10-19 GC Real Kings 15:00 Free State Stars
01-11-19 GC Steenberg United 15:00 Real Kings
09-11-19 GC Real Kings 15:00 Ajax Cape Town
23-11-19 GC Tshakhuma 15:00 Real Kings

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Uthongathi 7 6 0 1 14 6 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 4 0 0 8 2 8 18
2 JDR Stars 7 4 3 0 14 7 3 3 0 0 8 3 4 1 3 0 6 4 7 15
3 Ajax Cape Town 8 4 1 3 13 14 5 4 0 1 10 9 3 0 1 2 3 5 -1 13
4 Richards Bay 6 3 3 0 7 3 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 4 12
5 University of Pretoria 8 3 3 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 12
6 Tshakhuma 7 2 3 2 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 9
7 Free State Stars 8 2 3 3 8 8 4 1 3 0 3 2 4 1 0 3 5 6 0 9
8 Steenberg United 7 3 0 4 10 12 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 0 0 4 3 10 -2 9
9 TS Galaxy 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 8
10 Cape Umoya United 8 2 2 4 5 8 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 0 2 3 2 6 -3 8
11 Mbombela United 8 2 2 4 5 8 3 1 2 0 2 1 5 1 0 4 3 7 -3 8
12 Moroka Swallows 8 2 2 4 9 13 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 8
13 Real Kings 7 1 4 2 9 11 5 0 3 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 -2 7
14 TS Sporting 8 1 4 3 7 10 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 0 3 1 5 7 -3 7
15 Royal Eagles 7 1 3 3 11 13 5 1 3 1 8 8 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 6
16 Jomo Cosmos 7 1 3 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 0 3 1 3 5 -3 6