Match week two of the Premier League season and the participants have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's our Chippa United - Royal AM preview:
These teams have little in common geographically as Royal AM have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 Chippa United and Royal AM.
Chippa United form and stats
The previous season, Chippa United's league statistics were 5 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses, ending with 14th place in the Premier League. During these 30 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 34. Appearing as the host team in the former season Chippa United produced 1-9-5 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 17 conceded.
The Chippa United manager Klate and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus SuperSport United (placed 10th).
Preceding that match was the home game against TS Galaxy that was lost 0-1.Chippa are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Orlando Pirates awaits in four days.
Royal AM form and stats
Let's have a look at how Royal AM performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 5 with 22/19 goals scored/conceded.
The fans enjoyed Royal AM's previous match versus Kaizer Chiefs (placed 2nd), a 1-0 win played at home.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Orlando Pirates.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Royal manager Malesela as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Stellenbosch.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Chippa United wins - draws - Royal AM wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. Macuphu loves to meet Chippa and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
![]() R. Pfumbidzai 1 goals | ![]() R. dos Santos do Nascimento 1 goals |
Chippa United missing players
Royal AM missing players
| Chippa United | Royal AM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Chippa United | Last season | Royal AM | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Scored | S | 22 | 43 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 70% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 50% | 47% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 37% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 43% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 33% | ||
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | ||
| 43% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 33% | ||
| 47% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 23% | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.6 | ||
| 4 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 46% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 56% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Richards Bay | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Royal AM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Moroka Swallows | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Marumo Gallants FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Chippa United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sekhukhune United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | SuperSport United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | AmaZulu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Stellenbosch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Maritzburg United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Golden Arrows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cape Town City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 36 | 65 |
| 2 | Cape Town City | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 49 |
| 3 | Royal AM | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 47 |
| 4 | Stellenbosch | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 47 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 47 |
| 6 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | AmaZulu | 30 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 41 |
| 8 | SuperSport United | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 40 |
| 10 | Marumo Gallants FC | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Sekhukhune United | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 33 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 31 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 30 |
| 14 | Chippa United | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 29 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 16 | Baroka | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 32 | -18 | 25 |