Uthongathi vs TS Galaxy match preview

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Competition: South Africa Gladafrica Championship
Competition: Sun 30.August
Match begins: 11:30 (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 TS Galaxy by 11 points.

It's no vacation for neither Uthongathi nor TS Galaxy 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.

Uthongathi are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Galaxy most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Uthongathi form and stats

3 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Uthongathi have to build on here at Princess Magogo Stadium in the Gladafrica Championship. All in all it has been a very rough period for Uthongathi who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Richards Bay, 223 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 nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Jomo Cosmos match.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 265 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Ngema was the last player to find the net.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Royal Eagles.

Uthongathi have scored 13 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. 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 14 matches.

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TS Galaxy form and stats

Playing away, TS Galaxy have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Gladafrica Championship this season.

The attacking players of Galaxy have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 190 minutes.

Galaxy failed to get anything from their last game, a Gladafrica Championship home match vs Free State Stars (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Richards Bay's place.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Galaxy in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was TS Galaxy - Uthongathi 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Uthongathi, two draws and one win for TS Galaxy. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

UthongathiM. Ndwandwe
M. Ndwandwe
7 goals

Uthongathi missing players

TS Galaxy missing players

Uthongathi TS Galaxy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
10 3 2 Won W 1 4 7
14 8 3 Drew D 1 4 12
5 3 0 Lost L 2 6 10
31 13 3 Scored S 3 11 27
24 12 0 Conceded C 4 14 30
76% 64% 40% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
59% 57% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 36% 52%
34% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 34%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 17%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
48% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 52%
45% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 31%
31% 43% 60% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 31%
 
4.3 4.1 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 3.6
4.8 4.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.6 3.4
1.6 1.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 0.9 0.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
220 127 48 Total Shots T S 34 78 162
84 44 18 Shots on Target S O 15 36 72
32% 27% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 22% 21%
Key stats in Gladafrica Championship this season:
  • TS Galaxy has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • TS Galaxy has the most matches under the total-line (17)
  • Uthongathi has the fewest conceded goals (24)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Moroka Swallows 29 16 6 7 38 27 14 8 3 3 19 14 15 8 3 4 19 13 11 54
2 Ajax Cape Town 29 17 3 9 47 37 14 10 1 3 23 16 15 7 2 6 24 21 10 54
3 Tshakhuma 29 14 6 9 36 28 15 10 4 1 23 8 14 4 2 8 13 20 8 48
4 Real Kings 29 11 11 7 39 30 14 4 5 5 18 16 15 7 6 2 21 14 9 44
5 Uthongathi 29 10 14 5 31 24 14 3 8 3 13 12 15 7 6 2 18 12 7 44
6 JDR Stars 29 11 10 8 45 38 15 8 3 4 25 17 14 3 7 4 20 21 7 43
7 Free State Stars 29 10 12 7 39 31 14 5 8 1 21 12 15 5 4 6 18 19 8 42
8 University of Pretoria 29 9 11 9 37 38 15 6 6 3 22 17 14 3 5 6 15 21 -1 38
9 Steenberg United 29 9 11 9 35 36 15 6 7 2 22 16 14 3 4 7 13 20 -1 38
10 Cape Umoya United 29 9 8 12 32 34 14 7 1 6 17 15 15 2 7 6 15 19 -2 35
11 Richards Bay 29 9 8 12 27 36 15 5 3 7 17 20 14 4 5 5 10 16 -9 35
12 TS Galaxy 29 7 12 10 27 30 15 3 8 4 16 16 14 4 4 6 11 14 -3 33
13 Mbombela United 29 8 9 12 27 27 15 6 5 4 17 10 14 2 4 8 10 17 0 32
14 Jomo Cosmos 29 7 9 13 22 35 14 4 4 6 11 14 15 3 5 7 11 21 -13 30
15 TS Sporting 29 5 14 10 24 33 15 3 7 5 11 14 14 2 7 5 13 19 -9 29
16 Royal Eagles 29 4 8 17 29 51 14 3 3 8 17 26 15 1 5 9 12 25 -22 20