TS Galaxy vs Uthongathi: Match guide and preview

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kameelrivier Stadium (8000 seats)

Struggling TS Galaxy will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Uthongathi in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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TS Galaxy form and stats

TS Galaxy have collected 7 points from their Gladafrica Championship home games so far after 1-4-1.

The TS Galaxy supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cape Umoya United in Nedbank Cup and win 1-0. Preceding that match was a Gladafrica Championship defeat to University of Pretoria (1-2).

TS Galaxy has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. On the other hand, TS Galaxy have conceded 6 goals.

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Uthongathi form and stats

Playing away, Uthongathi, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Gladafrica Championship, have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Gladafrica Championship this season. A great winning streak in away games for Uthongathi as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Ajax Cape Town have they travelled home without three points.

Uthongathi play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-3 victory visiting Tshakhuma (placed 3rd). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting TS Sporting in the Gladafrica Championship.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Uthongathi, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Uthongathi have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 5 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

TS Galaxy-Uthongathi H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: TS Galaxy 1 win, Uthongathi 0 wins, 1 draw. 1 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

 
M. Ndwandwe
7 goals
 S. Mdlinzo
S. Mdlinzo
4 goals

TS Galaxy missing players

Uthongathi missing players

TS Galaxy Uthongathi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
2 1 0 Won W 1 5 8
6 4 1 Drew D 0 0 3
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
13 6 2 Scored S 2 10 19
15 6 3 Conceded C 1 3 8
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
73% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 67%
45% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 80% 50%
27% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
73% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 42%
18% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 50%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
3 2.3 3 Corners For (avg) C F 8 4.8 4.2
3.2 2.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.4 5.2
0.6 0.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
47 23 15 Total Shots T S 12 33 91
23 10 9 Shots on Target S O 10 20 44
30% 20% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 40% 36%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • TS Galaxy have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (8)
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
  • Uthongathi has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Uthongathi has the most points (15) away
  • Uthongathi has the the best goal difference (+11)
  • Uthongathi has the the best goal difference (+7) away
  • Uthongathi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Uthongathi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Uthongathi have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Uthongathi have won all their away games so far.
  • Uthongathi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Uthongathi is in the best form (3-3-0)

  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 10 5 3 2 18 13 5 3 1 1 9 5 5 2 2 1 9 8 5 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 Cape Umoya United 12 4 3 5 13 14 6 4 0 2 8 5 6 0 3 3 5 9 -1 15
8 Moroka Swallows 12 4 3 5 12 15 6 3 1 2 10 9 6 1 2 3 2 6 -3 15
9 Real Kings 11 3 5 3 15 14 7 1 3 3 9 10 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 14
10 Richards Bay 11 3 5 3 9 11 4 1 2 1 6 5 7 2 3 2 3 6 -2 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