Richards Bay vs Steenberg United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Richards Bay Sports Stadium (8000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Richards Bay leading Steenberg United by 16 points.

Insights:
  • Richards Bay have the most points from losing position (15) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Steenberg United have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Gladafrica Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Richards Bay form and stats

5-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Gladafrica Championship numbers at home for Richards Bay so far this season.

The home team returns to Richards Bay Sports Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Jomo Cosmos (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Gladafrica Championship game ended 1-1. S. Vilane was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Jomo Cosmos after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that game, the home loss against JDR Stars with the scoreline 1-2.

Richards Bay are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Richards have conceded 14 goals.

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Steenberg United form and stats

Steenberg United, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Gladafrica Championship, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Gladafrica Championship, after 1-4-9 (14 played). Steenberg have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Steenberg's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus JDR Stars that finished 1-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Cape Town All Stars.

The attacking power of Steenberg when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Steenberg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Steenberg United - Richards Bay 1-1. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Richards, two draws and one win for Steenberg United. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Steenberg UnitedL. Stoffels
L. Stoffels
10 goals
Richards BayK. Mayo
K. Mayo
7 goals
RichardsA. Dube
A. Dube
5 goals

Richards Bay missing players

Steenberg United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Richards Bay Steenberg United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
12 5 3 Won W 0 1 7
10 6 2 Drew D 2 4 9
7 3 0 Lost L 2 9 13
37 20 12 Scored S 5 11 27
27 14 5 Conceded C 9 23 37
83% 79% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
59% 64% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 76%
48% 57% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 38%
21% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 21% 10%
10% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 57% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 62%
34% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
28% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Richards Bay have the most points from losing position (15) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Richards Bay have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Gladafrica Championship
  • Steenberg United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Steenberg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Steenberg United have the fewest clean sheets (4) 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 Royal AM 29 13 11 5 33 24 14 7 4 3 16 10 15 6 7 2 17 14 9 50
2 Sekhukhune United 29 12 11 6 35 20 15 9 3 3 21 8 14 3 8 3 14 12 15 47
3 TS Sporting 29 12 10 7 39 28 15 7 5 3 21 10 14 5 5 4 18 18 11 46
4 Richards Bay 29 12 10 7 37 27 14 5 6 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 17 13 10 46
5 Free State Stars 29 12 8 9 37 32 15 5 5 5 23 20 14 7 3 4 14 12 5 44
6 JDR Stars 29 11 11 7 32 29 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 5 7 3 16 16 3 44
7 Cape Umoya United 29 10 11 8 31 24 14 7 5 2 16 7 15 3 6 6 15 17 7 41
8 Pretoria Callies 29 11 8 10 24 24 14 5 2 7 12 16 15 6 6 3 12 8 0 41
9 Uthongathi 29 9 10 10 28 30 14 4 6 4 13 15 15 5 4 6 15 15 -2 37
10 Jomo Cosmos 29 9 10 10 25 27 15 1 8 6 10 16 14 8 2 4 15 11 -2 37
11 Cape Town All Stars 29 9 9 11 27 31 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -4 36
12 University of Pretoria 29 9 8 12 26 28 15 5 5 5 11 9 14 4 3 7 15 19 -2 35
13 Polokwane City 29 9 10 10 26 27 14 7 4 3 15 8 15 2 6 7 11 19 -1 34
14 Steenberg United 29 7 9 13 27 37 15 6 5 4 16 14 14 1 4 9 11 23 -10 30
15 Cape Town Spurs 29 6 10 13 20 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 15 4 5 6 7 14 -17 28
16 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 29 4 8 17 21 43 15 3 7 5 15 18 14 1 1 12 6 25 -22 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Royal AM 29 13 11 5 33 24 14 7 4 3 16 10 15 6 7 2 17 14 9 50
2 Sekhukhune United 29 12 11 6 35 20 15 9 3 3 21 8 14 3 8 3 14 12 15 47
3 TS Sporting 29 12 10 7 39 28 15 7 5 3 21 10 14 5 5 4 18 18 11 46
4 Richards Bay 29 12 10 7 37 27 14 5 6 3 20 14 15 7 4 4 17 13 10 46
5 Free State Stars 29 12 8 9 37 32 15 5 5 5 23 20 14 7 3 4 14 12 5 44
6 JDR Stars 29 11 11 7 32 29 14 6 4 4 16 13 15 5 7 3 16 16 3 44
7 Cape Umoya United 29 10 11 8 31 24 14 7 5 2 16 7 15 3 6 6 15 17 7 41
8 Pretoria Callies 29 11 8 10 24 24 14 5 2 7 12 16 15 6 6 3 12 8 0 41
9 Uthongathi 29 9 10 10 28 30 14 4 6 4 13 15 15 5 4 6 15 15 -2 37
10 Jomo Cosmos 29 9 10 10 25 27 15 1 8 6 10 16 14 8 2 4 15 11 -2 37
11 Cape Town All Stars 29 9 9 11 27 31 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -4 36
12 University of Pretoria 29 9 8 12 26 28 15 5 5 5 11 9 14 4 3 7 15 19 -2 35
13 Polokwane City 29 9 10 10 26 27 14 7 4 3 15 8 15 2 6 7 11 19 -1 34
14 Steenberg United 29 7 9 13 27 37 15 6 5 4 16 14 14 1 4 9 11 23 -10 30
15 Cape Town Spurs 29 6 10 13 20 37 14 2 5 7 13 23 15 4 5 6 7 14 -17 28
16 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 29 4 8 17 21 43 15 3 7 5 15 18 14 1 1 12 6 25 -22 20

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