Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Uthongathi - Tshakhuma!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Uthongathi form and stats
3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Gladafrica Championship numbers at home for Uthongathi, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Gladafrica Championship, so far this season.
Uthongathi are returning here after visiting Cape Umoya United in a Gladafrica Championship game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Before that, Uthongathi had a home game versus Jomo Cosmos which ended with a victory 2-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Uthongathi, as the Gladafrica Championship home game vs TS Sporting is only three days away.
Uthongathi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at King Zwelithini Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Uthongathi have conceded only 4 goals.
Tshakhuma form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Gladafrica Championship travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Tshakhuma, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus TS Sporting (placed 13th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Royal Eagles at their stadium, the result 3-1.
A quick return to home after this game, as Tshakhuma are hosting Real Kings in the Gladafrica Championship only three days away.
Tshakhuma have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Tshakhuma have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Uthongathi 1 win, 1 draw and Tshakhuma 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| M. Ndwandwe 7 goals |  P. Bhengu 7 goals | O. Ononogbu 5 goals |
Uthongathi missing players
Tshakhuma missing players
| Uthongathi | Tshakhuma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 70% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 10% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 4.8 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Uthongathi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | JDR Stars | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Ajax Cape Town | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | University of Pretoria | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Tshakhuma | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Steenberg United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 15 |
| 7 | Real Kings | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Richards Bay | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Cape Umoya United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Moroka Swallows | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Free State Stars | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | TS Sporting | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Mbombela United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Jomo Cosmos | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Royal Eagles | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |