There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Gladafrica Championship table so far. Here's the University of Pretoria - Richards Bay latest:
It's no vacation for neither Pretoria nor Richards Bay as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Richards are struggling to avoid relegation.
University of Pretoria form and stats
University of Pretoria have collected 22 points from their Gladafrica Championship home games so far after 6-4-3.
Before that, University of Pretoria drew at home versus Real Kings.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Pretoria as they are travelling to their away game against Ajax Cape Town in the Gladafrica Championship. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Pretoria in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. Pretoria have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Richards Bay form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
S. Vilane was the last player to score for the away team. Richards haven't scored a league goal in the last 201 minutes.
Prior to that match, the Richards Bay manager S. Dladla faced defeat when travelling to Ajax Cape Town and losing 0-1.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by Richards in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Richards Bay - Pretoria 2-1, played this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Pretoria victories, zero draws and four Richards Bay wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.University of Pretoria missing players
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| University of Pretoria | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 36 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 36 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 77% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 46% | 62% |
| 46% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 31% | 42% |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 23% | 23% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 50% |
| 19% | 23% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 27% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | 132 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 68 | 78 |
| 79 | 61 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| 37% | 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 36% | 55% |
- University of Pretoria have created more than twice as many corners as Richards Bay.
- University of Pretoria have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Richards Bay have scored away.
- University of Pretoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 51 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| 4 | Uthongathi | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Real Kings | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | Free State Stars | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 8 | University of Pretoria | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Steenberg United | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Richards Bay | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 31 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Cape Umoya United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Mbombela United | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | TS Sporting | 25 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -18 | 19 |