The visiting Moroka Swallows side should be favourites in this visit to Royal Eagles, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Royal Eagles form and stats
Royal Eagles's struggle is real here at Harry Gwala Stadium with only 9 points collected from 10 Gladafrica Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5. Game days at Harry Gwala Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Royal Eagles as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Royal Eagles manager P. Mohafe and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus JDR Stars (placed 6th) in the Gladafrica Championship. Prior to that, an away loss at Kaizer Chiefs in the Nedbank Cup.
The Royal Eagles fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Royal Eagles with 20 goals conceded in these matches.
Moroka Swallows form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Gladafrica Championship. Moroka Swallows are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing from P. Bhengu secured the home win 1-0 against Mbombela United in their previous game. Prior to that result Moroka Swallows won their away game at TS Galaxy. The scoreline was 2-1.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Moroka Swallows have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. Moroka Swallows are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Moroka Swallows - Royal Eagles 3-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Royal Eagles won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Moroka Swallows has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneRoyal Eagles missing players
Moroka Swallows missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 41 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 90% |
| 76% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 57% |
| 52% | 60% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 57% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 33% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 19% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 165 | 87 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 27 | 127 |
| 70 | 44 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 46 |
| 27% | 25% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 41% |
- Moroka Swallows has the most points from losing position (16)
- Moroka Swallows have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Moroka Swallows have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Moroka Swallows is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Royal Eagles has the fewest points (9) at home
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (20) at home
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (41)
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (27)
- Royal Eagles has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-16)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-6) 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 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 42 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 37 |
| 4 | Steenberg United | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Tshakhuma | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | JDR Stars | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 7 | University of Pretoria | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 8 | Real Kings | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 22 |
| 15 | Mbombela United | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 15 |