With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Tshakhuma fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Royal Eagles.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Tshakhuma form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Tshakhuma have scored 11 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Gladafrica Championship are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Tshakhuma drew their last game, 1-1 away at Real Kings (placed 6th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against University of Pretoria.
Tshakhuma have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Tshakhuma have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Royal Eagles form and stats
There's been little loot from Royal Eagles's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 8 away games in the Gladafrica Championship. Royal Eagles, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Gladafrica Championship, only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Two travels in a row for Royal Eagles, whose manager M. Sibiya could celebrate last time after the Gladafrica Championship win against TS Sporting. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Free State Stars.
Royal Eagles are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Royal Eagles have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Royal Eagles - Tshakhuma 1-3. Tshakhuma-Royal Eagles H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Tshakhuma 1 win, Royal Eagles 1 win, 1 draw. 2 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 P. Bhengu 7 goals | O. Ononogbu 5 goals |
Tshakhuma missing players
Royal Eagles missing players
| Tshakhuma | Royal Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 88% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 69% |
| 50% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 50% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 12% |
| 62% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 19% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | 90 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 2 | 48 | 113 |
| 47 | 36 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 18 | 50 |
| 30% | 28% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 28% | 30% |
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (27)
- Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (18)
- Royal Eagles has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Royal Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tshakhuma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Ajax Cape Town | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Uthongathi | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | University of Pretoria | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 4 | Steenberg United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Real Kings | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Moroka Swallows | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Tshakhuma | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Royal Eagles | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Jomo Cosmos | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 12 |