With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Richards Bay fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against TS Sporting.
Richards Bay form and stats
Richards Bay have played 11 Gladafrica Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).
The Richards supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Royal Eagles in Gladafrica Championship and win 2-1. 1-1 away at Steenberg United before that.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Richards as they are travelling to their away game against Ajax Cape Town in the Gladafrica Championship. That match is three days after this one.
The Richards fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Richards Bay have conceded 14 goals.
TS Sporting form and stats
TS Sporting have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Gladafrica Championship, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
TS Sporting played 1-1 against Bloemfontein Celtic (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) in their previous match. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Uthongathi in the Gladafrica Championship.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Moroka Swallows in just three days.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 16 goals have been conceded by TS Sporting in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: TS Sporting - Richards Bay 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Richards Bay won two games, one match ended with a draw and TS Sporting has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  D. Chauke 7 goals | W. Nkosi 4 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
TS Sporting missing players
| Richards Bay | TS Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | 27 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 83% |
| 61% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 57% |
| 43% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 36% | 30% |
| 22% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 22% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 52% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 43% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 26% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 39% |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.7 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
| 1.9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.9 | 2.8 |
| 0.3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 48 | 48 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 16 | 16 |
| 64% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 133% | 50% | 88% |
- 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 Sporting has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- TS Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- TS Sporting have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 48 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 3 | Uthongathi | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Tshakhuma | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Free State Stars | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Real Kings | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -18 | 18 |