Season ticket holders at Richards Bay Sports Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Richards Bay languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting TS Galaxy will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
TS Galaxy could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Gladafrica Championship game only four sleeps ago.
Richards are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. TS Galaxy are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
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 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Richards Bay shared the glory with University of Pretoria in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Richards as they have a new game in only three days, a Gladafrica Championship match thankfully also at home. Moroka Swallows are visiting.
The Richards fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. Richards have conceded 18 in these home matches.
TS Galaxy form and stats
As the visiting team in Gladafrica Championship matches, TS Galaxy have produced an overall stat of 4-4-5 so far.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Royal Eagles at their stadium, the result 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Free State Stars in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting TS Galaxy as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Galaxy in these games.
Head 2 Head
TS Galaxy - Richards Bay 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Richards won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and TS Galaxy has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / twoTop Goalscorers
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Richards Bay missing players
TS Galaxy missing players
| Richards Bay | TS Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 26 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 34 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 85% | 85% |
| 63% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 38% | 56% |
| 41% | 54% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 37% |
| 22% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 52% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 38% | 56% |
| 26% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 38% | 33% |
| 30% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 38% | 26% |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 78 | 146 |
| 20 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 36 | 68 |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 22% | 22% |
- 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.
- TS Galaxy has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
| 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 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 51 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 48 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 44 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Kings | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | JDR Stars | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Steenberg United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -20 | 19 |