Season ticket holders at King Zwelithini Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Royal Eagles languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Richards Bay will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Richards Bay could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Gladafrica Championship game only three sleeps ago.
Royal Eagles form and stats
Royal Eagles's results here at King Zwelithini Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Royal Eagles, their manager M. Sibiya and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Stress levels are on the rise for Royal Eagles's attacking players as they have now played 196 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Khumalo was their last goal scorer.
Royal Eagles drew their last game, 1-1 away at Moroka Swallows (placed 9th). A Gladafrica Championship defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Steenberg United.
A case of two points dropped for Royal Eagles in the Moroka Swallows match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
The Royal Eagles fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Royal Eagles defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Richards Bay form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Gladafrica Championship, are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Gladafrica Championship.
Richards Bay are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Gladafrica Championship against University of Pretoria (placed 4th). A loss against Ajax Cape Town was the result prior to that, in a Nedbank Cup home game.
Goals are few and far between in Richards Bay's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. It's not easy to score on Richards Bay as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 2 - 1 (Royal Eagles wins - draws - Richards Bay wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
P. Cele
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| Royal Eagles | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 83% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 29% | 58% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 14% | 33% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 14% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 14% | 42% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 57% | 42% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 57% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | 32 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 29 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 34% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 62% |
- Richards Bay has the most clean sheets (4) away
- Richards Bay have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (21)
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (15)
- Royal Eagles has the most dropped points from leading position (12)
- Royal Eagles has the most matches over the total-line (8)
- Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-2) at home
- Royal Eagles have created more than twice as many corners as Richards Bay.
- Royal Eagles have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Royal Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Richards Bay have scored away.
- Royal Eagles have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Royal Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Royal Eagles is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Uthongathi | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | University of Pretoria | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Steenberg United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Ajax Cape Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Richards Bay | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 8 | Cape Umoya United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Moroka Swallows | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
| 10 | Real Kings | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Mbombela United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Free State Stars | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 7 |