Royal Eagles hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 6 points and a 16th position in the Gladafrica Championship table. Visiting Tshakhuma holds 7th place with 12 pts.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Royal Eagles form and stats
The story so far in the Gladafrica Championship for Royal Eagles at their home stadium (King Zwelithini Stadium) is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The fans are hoping that Royal Eagles will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Gladafrica Championship game against Cape Umoya United (placed 9th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Uthongathi (1-2).
A decent goal production from Royal Eagles in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Royal Eagles have conceded 8 from these games.
Tshakhuma form and stats
The Gladafrica Championship season is young and Tshakhuma have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
The supporters enjoyed Tshakhuma's previous game versus JDR Stars (placed 2nd), a Gladafrica Championship 3-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Steenberg United's place.
The attacking power of Tshakhuma when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Tshakhuma have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Royal Eagles won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Tshakhuma has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 1Top Goalscorers
 P. Bhengu 7 goals | O. Ononogbu 5 goals |
Royal Eagles missing players
Tshakhuma missing players
| Royal Eagles | Tshakhuma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 75% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 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 Tshakhuma have scored away.
- Royal Eagles have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Royal Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tshakhuma have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Ajax Cape Town | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Real Kings | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Steenberg United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 6 | Richards Bay | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Tshakhuma | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Cape Umoya United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Free State Stars | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Moroka Swallows | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Jomo Cosmos | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | TS Sporting | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |