Gladafrica Championship: Uthongathi - Royal Eagles preview and statistics

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Sun 23.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Princess Magogo Stadium (10000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Uthongathi leading Royal Eagles by 24 points.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Uthongathi and Royal Eagles.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

The season is still full of potential for Uthongathi as they can still win the whole Gladafrica Championship. Royal Eagles are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Uthongathi form and stats

When playing at home in the Gladafrica Championship, Uthongathi have managed 3 wins, 7 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games. Uthongathi haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Free State Stars, 224 days ago. Uthongathi are slowly digging their own grave here at Princess Magogo Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Jomo Cosmos match.

Uthongathi travelled for their previous game, a trip to Mbombela United that ended 1-1. 0-0 away at Jomo Cosmos before that.

Uthongathi are traveling soon after this match as the Gladafrica Championship match at Tshakhuma awaits in three days.

Uthongathi has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Uthongathi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Princess Magogo Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Royal Eagles form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Royal Eagles, who have the most conceded goals (49) in Gladafrica Championship, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-8 (win-draw-lose).

A loss against TS Galaxy was the result prior to that, in a home game.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Eagles manager M. Dlamini as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Mbombela United.

The attacking power of Royal Eagles when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Eagles have conceded 23 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Royal Eagles - Uthongathi 1-2. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Uthongathi victories, zero draws and one Royal Eagles win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UthongathiM. Ndwandwe
M. Ndwandwe
7 goals

Uthongathi missing players

Royal Eagles missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Uthongathi Royal Eagles
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
10 3 2 Won W 0 1 4
13 7 3 Drew D 1 4 7
4 3 0 Lost L 3 8 16
31 13 4 Scored S 4 12 29
23 12 1 Conceded C 11 23 49
78% 69% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
63% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 70%
37% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 63%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 44%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 15%
52% 46% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 63%
44% 46% 80% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 15%
26% 38% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 26%
 
4.1 3.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.7 4.8
4.8 4.3 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.4 5.5
1.5 1.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
206 113 50 Total Shots T S 34 78 183
79 39 19 Shots on Target S O 10 26 77
34% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 27%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • Royal Eagles has the fewest points (7) away
  • Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (23) away
  • Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals (49)
  • Royal Eagles has the most conceded goals in the second half (33)
  • Royal Eagles has the most matches over the total-line (15)
  • Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-11) away
  • Royal Eagles has the the worst goal difference (-20)
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (23)

  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 27 16 3 8 45 35 13 9 1 3 22 16 14 7 2 5 23 19 10 51
2 Moroka Swallows 27 14 6 7 34 26 13 7 3 3 17 13 14 7 3 4 17 13 8 48
3 Tshakhuma 27 13 5 9 34 27 13 9 3 1 21 7 14 4 2 8 13 20 7 44
4 Uthongathi 27 10 13 4 31 23 13 3 7 3 13 12 14 7 6 1 18 11 8 43
5 Real Kings 27 10 10 7 36 28 13 4 4 5 17 15 14 6 6 2 19 13 8 40
6 Free State Stars 27 9 12 6 37 29 14 5 8 1 21 12 13 4 4 5 16 17 8 39
7 JDR Stars 27 10 9 8 40 35 14 7 3 4 22 16 13 3 6 4 18 19 5 39
8 University of Pretoria 27 9 10 8 37 37 14 6 5 3 22 17 13 3 5 5 15 20 0 37
9 Steenberg United 27 9 10 8 33 33 14 6 6 2 21 15 13 3 4 6 12 18 0 37
10 TS Galaxy 27 7 12 8 27 28 14 3 8 3 16 15 13 4 4 5 11 13 -1 33
11 Cape Umoya United 27 9 6 12 30 32 13 7 0 6 15 13 14 2 6 6 15 19 -2 33
12 Richards Bay 27 8 8 11 26 34 13 4 3 6 16 18 14 4 5 5 10 16 -8 32
13 Mbombela United 27 7 8 12 24 26 14 5 5 4 15 10 13 2 3 8 9 16 -2 28
14 TS Sporting 27 5 13 9 23 30 14 3 7 4 11 12 13 2 6 5 12 18 -7 28
15 Jomo Cosmos 27 6 8 13 19 33 13 3 4 6 9 13 14 3 4 7 10 20 -14 26
16 Royal Eagles 27 4 7 16 29 49 14 3 3 8 17 26 13 1 4 8 12 23 -20 19

Table
  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 27 16 3 8 45 35 13 9 1 3 22 16 14 7 2 5 23 19 10 51
2 Moroka Swallows 27 14 6 7 34 26 13 7 3 3 17 13 14 7 3 4 17 13 8 48
3 Tshakhuma 27 13 5 9 34 27 13 9 3 1 21 7 14 4 2 8 13 20 7 44
4 Uthongathi 27 10 13 4 31 23 13 3 7 3 13 12 14 7 6 1 18 11 8 43
5 Real Kings 27 10 10 7 36 28 13 4 4 5 17 15 14 6 6 2 19 13 8 40
6 Free State Stars 27 9 12 6 37 29 14 5 8 1 21 12 13 4 4 5 16 17 8 39
7 JDR Stars 27 10 9 8 40 35 14 7 3 4 22 16 13 3 6 4 18 19 5 39
8 University of Pretoria 27 9 10 8 37 37 14 6 5 3 22 17 13 3 5 5 15 20 0 37
9 Steenberg United 27 9 10 8 33 33 14 6 6 2 21 15 13 3 4 6 12 18 0 37
10 TS Galaxy 27 7 12 8 27 28 14 3 8 3 16 15 13 4 4 5 11 13 -1 33
11 Cape Umoya United 27 9 6 12 30 32 13 7 0 6 15 13 14 2 6 6 15 19 -2 33
12 Richards Bay 27 8 8 11 26 34 13 4 3 6 16 18 14 4 5 5 10 16 -8 32
13 Mbombela United 27 7 8 12 24 26 14 5 5 4 15 10 13 2 3 8 9 16 -2 28
14 TS Sporting 27 5 13 9 23 30 14 3 7 4 11 12 13 2 6 5 12 18 -7 28
15 Jomo Cosmos 27 6 8 13 19 33 13 3 4 6 9 13 14 3 4 7 10 20 -14 26
16 Royal Eagles 27 4 7 16 29 49 14 3 3 8 17 26 13 1 4 8 12 23 -20 19

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