It's still early in the Gladafrica Championship season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Uthongathi - TS Sporting preview!
The visiting TS Sporting played their last game only three days ago, a Nedbank Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Polokwane City. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Uthongathi form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Gladafrica Championship game of the season here at Princess Magogo Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 3 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses from Uthongathi's 15 home games.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Uthongathi as they are travelling to their away game against Jomo Cosmos in the Gladafrica Championship. That match is four days after this one.
At Princess Magogo Stadium, Uthongathi has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
TS Sporting form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Gladafrica Championship ended in defeat. Last season TS Sporting had these away match statistics: Played 15; won 3, drew 7 and lost 5.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Pretoria Callies in just four days.
1 goal so far away for TS Sporting, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Uthongathi won zero, TS Sporting won one and three draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Nkabinde 2 goals |  S. Magawana 1 goals | I. Sarr 1 goals |
Uthongathi missing players
TS Sporting missing players
| Uthongathi | TS Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Uthongathi | Last season | TS Sporting | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 26 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 77% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 37% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 50% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 33% | ||
| 30% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 1 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 92% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cape Umoya United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | University of Pretoria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Cape Town All Stars | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Sekhukhune United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Jomo Cosmos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Polokwane City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Richards Bay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Uthongathi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Ajax Cape Town | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | JDR Stars | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 12 | Pretoria Callies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Free State Stars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Real Kings | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Bizana Pondo Chiefs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 57 |
| 2 | Ajax Cape Town | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 57 |
| 3 | Tshakhuma | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 48 |
| 4 | Real Kings | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | Free State Stars | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Uthongathi | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | JDR Stars | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Steenberg United | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 39 |
| 9 | University of Pretoria | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 38 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Cape Umoya United | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Richards Bay | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 35 |
| 13 | Jomo Cosmos | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -12 | 33 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 15 | TS Sporting | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 32 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | -22 | 21 |