This match features two teams living in the basement of the Gladafrica Championship, Richards Bay holding 11th place and Royal Eagles lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Richards Bay form and stats
When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, Richards Bay have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
Richards Bay shared the glory with Steenberg United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Jomo Cosmos that was lost 0-1.
Richards Bay are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, Richards Bay have conceded 13 goals.
Royal Eagles form and stats
There's been little loot from Royal Eagles's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 11 away games in the Gladafrica Championship. Royal Eagles, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Gladafrica Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. Visiting Royal Eagles has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Gladafrica Championship home defeat versus Moroka Swallows with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus JDR Stars that ended 2-2.
Royal Eagles have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Royal Eagles have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Royal Eagles - Richards Bay 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Richards Bay, two draws and two wins for Royal Eagles. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
| P. Cele 4 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 21 | 44 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 59% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 64% | 77% |
| 41% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 68% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 45% | 55% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 18% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 55% | 68% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 9% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 23% |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 78 | 178 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 26 | 73 |
| 64% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 27% |
- 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.
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (21) away
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (44)
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (29)
- Royal Eagles has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-10) away
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-18)
- Royal Eagles have created more than twice as many corners as Richards Bay.
- Royal Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Royal Eagles is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 45 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Tshakhuma | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | Steenberg United | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Richards Bay | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -18 | 15 |