Gladafrica Championship prediction and preview: Uthongathi modest favorites to beat Richards Bay

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Date: Sat 26.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Princess Magogo Stadium (12000 seats)

A key match in Gladafrica Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 1st position and the visitors placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Uthongathi form and stats

Uthongathi, who have the the best goal difference (+8) in Gladafrica Championship, have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Gladafrica Championship. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

Happy days for Uthongathi in their previous game, a Gladafrica Championship match away at Royal Eagles (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that match, a win away at Real Kings.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Uthongathi handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W0-D0-L2.

Uthongathi can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. On the other hand, Uthongathi have conceded 4 goals.

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Richards Bay form and stats

The seven points Richards Bay have gathered from their first three away trips in the Gladafrica Championship is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.

Richards Bay failed to get anything from their last game, a Gladafrica Championship home match vs Real Kings (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that, Richards Bay travelled to Tshakhuma and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Richards Bay are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of one match.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Richards Bay are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 0 goals away.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: Uthongathi won 1, Richards Bay won 1 and 1 draw. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

 
M. Ndwandwe
7 goals
 
F. Baloyi
4 goals

Uthongathi missing players

Richards Bay missing players

Uthongathi Richards Bay
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
6 2 0 Won W 0 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
14 6 0 Scored S 0 2 8
6 4 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 86%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 57%
71% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
43% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 57%
14% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
4.6 3.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3.5 1.4
6 4.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Richards Bay have not yet lost a game away.
  • Richards Bay have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Richards Bay have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Uthongathi have created more than twice as many corners as Richards Bay.
  • Uthongathi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Uthongathi have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Uthongathi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Uthongathi
All Gladafrica Championship Nedbank Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
22-09-19 GC University of Pretoria 0 - 1 Uthongathi
28-09-19 GC Uthongathi 0 - 3 Free State Stars
05-10-19 GC Uthongathi 1 - 0 Mbombela United
16-10-19 GC Real Kings 1 - 2 Uthongathi
19-10-19 GC Royal Eagles 1 - 2 Uthongathi
26-10-19 GC Uthongathi 15:30 Richards Bay
02-11-19 GC Uthongathi 15:00 Jomo Cosmos
08-11-19 GC Cape Umoya United 15:00 Uthongathi
23-11-19 GC Uthongathi 15:00 TS Sporting
08-12-19 GC TS Galaxy 15:00 Uthongathi
Richards Bay
All Gladafrica Championship Nedbank Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
01-09-19 GC Richards Bay 1 - 1 Cape Umoya United
22-09-19 GC Richards Bay 2 - 0 Free State Stars
29-09-19 GC Jomo Cosmos 0 - 1 Richards Bay
06-10-19 GC Tshakhuma 0 - 0 Richards Bay
20-10-19 GC Richards Bay 1 - 2 Real Kings
26-10-19 GC Uthongathi 15:30 Richards Bay
03-11-19 GC Moroka Swallows 15:00 Richards Bay
10-11-19 GC Richards Bay 15:00 University of Pretoria
23-11-19 GC Mbombela United 15:00 Richards Bay
07-12-19 GC Royal Eagles 15:00 Richards Bay

  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 7 6 0 1 14 6 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 4 0 0 8 2 8 18
2 JDR Stars 8 4 4 0 15 8 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 1 4 0 7 5 7 16
3 Ajax Cape Town 8 4 1 3 13 14 5 4 0 1 10 9 3 0 1 2 3 5 -1 13
4 Richards Bay 7 3 3 1 8 5 4 1 2 1 6 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 12
5 University of Pretoria 8 3 3 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 12
6 Real Kings 8 2 4 2 11 12 5 0 3 2 5 8 3 2 1 0 6 4 -1 10
7 Tshakhuma 7 2 3 2 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 9
8 TS Galaxy 6 2 3 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 9
9 Free State Stars 8 2 3 3 8 8 4 1 3 0 3 2 4 1 0 3 5 6 0 9
10 Steenberg United 7 3 0 4 10 12 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 0 0 4 3 10 -2 9
11 Cape Umoya United 8 2 2 4 5 8 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 0 2 3 2 6 -3 8
12 Mbombela United 8 2 2 4 5 8 3 1 2 0 2 1 5 1 0 4 3 7 -3 8
13 Moroka Swallows 8 2 2 4 9 13 4 2 1 1 8 7 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 8
14 TS Sporting 8 1 4 3 7 10 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 0 3 1 5 7 -3 7
15 Royal Eagles 7 1 3 3 11 13 5 1 3 1 8 8 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 6
16 Jomo Cosmos 7 1 3 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 0 3 1 3 5 -3 6

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