Struggling Royal Eagles will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Ajax Cape Town in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Gladafrica Championship. That game, against Real Kings, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ajax Cape Town.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Royal Eagles form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Gladafrica Championship this season. Royal Eagles, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Gladafrica Championship, have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Harry Gwala Stadium. The Royal Eagles manager M. Medic might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Royal Eagles crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Cape Umoya United here at Harry Gwala Stadium in a Gladafrica Championship match. Heartbreak before that as Royal Eagles lost 0-5 at Tshakhuma's place.
The Royal Eagles fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Royal Eagles with 18 goals conceded in these matches.
Ajax Cape Town form and stats
Playing away, Ajax Cape Town, who have the most scored goals (36) in Gladafrica Championship, have won 5 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Gladafrica Championship this season.
Ajax Cape Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Real Kings (placed 7th). A loss against TS Sporting was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The Ajax Cape Town manager A. Ulderink has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. In the opposite end, Ajax Cape Town have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ajax Cape Town - Royal Eagles 2-1 entered in the official records. Royal Eagles-Ajax Cape Town H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Royal Eagles 2 wins, Ajax Cape Town 1 win, 0 draws. 2 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Royal Eagles missing players
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| Royal Eagles | Ajax Cape Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 36 |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 67% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 22% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 89% | 78% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 28% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 11% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 143 | 87 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 118 |
| 63 | 44 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 44 |
| 25% | 25% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 77% | 64% |
- Ajax Cape Town has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
- Ajax Cape Town has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Ajax Cape Town has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Ajax Cape Town has the most scored goals (18) away
- Ajax Cape Town has the most scored goals (36)
- Ajax Cape Town has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
- Ajax Cape Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ajax Cape Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ajax Cape Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (18) at home
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (36)
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (24)
- Royal Eagles has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home
- Royal Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Royal Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 34 |
| 3 | Steenberg United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 4 | Moroka Swallows | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Tshakhuma | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Real Kings | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Cape Umoya United | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -15 | 13 |