It's still early in the Gladafrica Championship season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Royal AM - Free State Stars preview!
Insights:
- Royal AM has the the worst goal difference (-5) in Gladafrica Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Royal and Free State Stars.
Royal AM form and stats
A Gladafrica Championship draw at home so far for Royal AM. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 15 matches.
Royal AM haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 365 minutes ago. M. Thikazi scored that one.
At Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, Royal AM has the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Free State Stars form and stats
The Gladafrica Championship season is young and Free State Stars have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
After this away game State return home for a Nedbank Cup game against Uthongathi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
1 goal so far away for Free State Stars, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Royal one win, one draw and Free State Stars zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mkhabela 1 goals |
Royal AM missing players
Free State Stars missing players
| Royal AM | Free State Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Royal AM has the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Gladafrica Championship
- Royal AM has the the worst goal difference (-5) in Gladafrica Championship
| Royal AM | Last season | Free State Stars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 83% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 23% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 67% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 27% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 92% | 73% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 71% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cape Umoya United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | University of Pretoria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Jomo Cosmos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Cape Town All Stars | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Steenberg United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sekhukhune United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Polokwane City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Pretoria Callies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | TS Sporting | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | JDR Stars | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Uthongathi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Ajax Cape Town | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Free State Stars | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 15 | Royal AM | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 57 |
| 2 | Ajax Cape Town | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 57 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 48 |
| 4 | Royal AM | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Uthongathi | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | JDR Stars | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 39 |
| 9 | University of Pretoria | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Jomo Cosmos | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 33 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 15 | TS Sporting | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -22 | 21 |