Both these participants are capable in this league, Richards Bay having a 3 point advantage on AmaZulu in the tables. Bring it on!
- AmaZulu have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- Richards Bay have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
These are busy days for the home side, as they were in action only three days ago in the Mtn 8 Cup. That game was an away game at Kaizer Chiefs, so at least AmaZulu are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
AmaZulu form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for AmaZulu at their home stadium (Moses Mabhida Stadium) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The AmaZulu boss Truter and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Kaizer Chiefs in the Mtn 8 Cup.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Mamelodi Sundowns.This is expected to be a close game, with AmaZulu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with AmaZulu as a small favourite), we find 22 games. AmaZulu has won 9 of these, drawn 9 and lost 4.
AmaZulu has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. On the other hand, AmaZulu have conceded 5 goals.
Richards Bay form and stats
3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Richards Bay playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Richards Bay has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
234 minutes! That's how long the Richards goalkeeper Jamal Omar Salim Magoola and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Richards Bay delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against TS Galaxy (placed 13th) in their previous fixture.
Prior to that result Richards won their away game at Real Kings. The scoreline was 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Richards Bay in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Richards Bay, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Richards Bay manager Manousakis as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Orlando Pirates.
Richards have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Richards Bay as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mhango 3 goals | M. Gumede 1 goals | B. Ntuli 1 goals |
AmaZulu missing players
Richards Bay missing players
| AmaZulu | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 10 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 40% | 38% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 29% |
| 8 | 7.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.2 | 7.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.9 |
- AmaZulu have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- AmaZulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AmaZulu have the most points from losing position (9) in Premier League
- AmaZulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Richards Bay have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Richards Bay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Richards Bay have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Premier League
- Richards Bay have the most points (9) away in Premier League
- Richards Bay have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Premier League
- Richards Bay haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Stellenbosch | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Real Kings | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Golden Arrows | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | AmaZulu | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Chippa United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Kaizer Chiefs | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Sekhukhune United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Cape Town City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Maritzburg United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Moroka Swallows | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
