The visiting Uthongathi side should be favourites in this visit to Richards Bay, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
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
The story so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Richards Bay at their home stadium (Richards Bay Sports Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The Richards Bay manager S. Dladla might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Richards Bay are returning here after visiting Cape Umoya United in a Gladafrica Championship game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Free State Stars.
A decent goal production from Richards Bay in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Uthongathi form and stats
Uthongathi, who have the most points (19) away in Gladafrica Championship, have an excellent away record in the Gladafrica Championship so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games.
Two away games in a row for Uthongathi, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Free State Stars in the Gladafrica Championship. A loss against Ajax Cape Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Uthongathi are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. Uthongathi are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Uthongathi - Richards Bay 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Richards Bay 1 win, 2 draws and Uthongathi 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| M. Ndwandwe 7 goals | F. Baloyi 4 goals |
Richards Bay missing players
Uthongathi missing players
| Richards Bay | Uthongathi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 23 | 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 65% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 29% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 6% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 35% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 1.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
| 0.4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 62 | 135 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 32 | 58 |
| 73% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | 36% |
- All of Richards Bay's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Richards Bay has the fewest points (8) at home
- Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Richards Bay have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Richards Bay have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Richards Bay haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Richards Bay is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Uthongathi has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Uthongathi has the most points (19) away
- Uthongathi has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Uthongathi have created more than twice as many corners as Richards Bay.
- Uthongathi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Uthongathi have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Uthongathi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Steenberg United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Real Kings | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Moroka Swallows | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Tshakhuma | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | JDR Stars | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Richards Bay | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -12 | 13 |