This match features two teams living in the basement of the Gladafrica Championship, Royal Eagles holding 16th place and Jomo Cosmos lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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 Eagles and Jomo Cosmos.
Royal Eagles are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Cosmos are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
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 (47) in Gladafrica Championship, have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Harry Gwala Stadium.
Stress levels are on the rise for Eagles's attacking players as they have now played 223 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Ngema was their last goal scorer.
The Eagles fans got no joy from their last match, a Gladafrica Championship game also here at Harry Gwala Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against TS Galaxy (placed 10th). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Free State Stars the opponent.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Royal Eagles as they are travelling to their away game against Uthongathi in the Gladafrica Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Eagles has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.
Jomo Cosmos form and stats
Jomo Cosmos have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Gladafrica Championship, after 2-4-7 (13 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Cosmos have lost on their last two travels.
Jomo Cosmos played 0-0 against Uthongathi in their previous match. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Tshakhuma.
After this away game Cosmos return home for a Gladafrica Championship game against Free State Stars. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Cosmos when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Jomo Cosmos have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Jomo Cosmos - Royal Eagles 1-0 played earlier this season. Eagles-Jomo Cosmos H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Royal Eagles one win, Jomo Cosmos one win, one draw. zero of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Cele 4 goals |
Royal Eagles missing players
Jomo Cosmos missing players
| Royal Eagles | Jomo Cosmos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 28 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 47 | 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 32 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 69% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 54% | 46% |
| 62% | 69% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 23% | 27% |
| 46% | 54% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| 15% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 62% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 15% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 31% |
| 27% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 46% | 46% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 183 | 105 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 53 | 84 |
| 77 | 51 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| 27% | 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 37% | 32% |
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (17)
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals (8) away
- Jomo Cosmos has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Jomo Cosmos have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Royal Eagles has the fewest points (12) at home
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (24) at home
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (47)
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (32)
- Royal Eagles has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-19)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home
- Royal Eagles have created more than twice as many corners as Jomo Cosmos.
- Royal Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Royal Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 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 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 42 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Real Kings | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 37 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 32 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 23 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -19 | 19 |