Premier League fixture preview and numbers: Richards Bay host AmaZulu

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium (10000 seats)

Premier League: Richards Bay host AmaZulu in what should be an action-packed football match. Tipsway gives you everything you need to know!

Insights:
  • Richards Bay have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • AmaZulu have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Richards Bay form and stats

Richards Bay have collected 12 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-3-2.

Richards travelled for their previous game, a trip to SuperSport United that ended 1-1. Mabua felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against SuperSport United as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 88th minute.

Before that match, a win away at Tshakhuma.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Richards Bay have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 3.

It should be noted that a glance at the 17 most recent league games shows that 14 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Richards Bay have scored {3 goals} here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, Richards have only let in {3 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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AmaZulu form and stats

AmaZulu have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-5-2 (8 played).

AmaZulu's last game was the home draw against Tshakhuma (1-1).

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Kaizer Chiefs.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by AmaZulu in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for AmaZulu, 8 draws and 1 defeat.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's most recent 10 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from AmaZulu's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. AmaZulu are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; AmaZulu - Richards Bay 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

AmaZuluH. Mhango
H. Mhango
4 goals
Richards BayS. Ntsundwana
S. Ntsundwana
3 goals
Richards BayS. Barns
S. Barns
3 goals

Richards Bay missing players

AmaZulu missing players

Richards Bay AmaZulu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 3 8 17
8 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
6 3 0 Drew D 2 5 7
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 5
15 3 1 Scored S 1 4 16
9 3 0 Conceded C 2 6 14
76% 62% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 50% 76%
35% 12% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 38% 53%
12% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 29%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
18% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 41%
65% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 35%
41% 62% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 75% 47%
 
3.6 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.1 3.4
4.1 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 5.3
1.4 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
5.9 7.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.4 7.3
2.8 2.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.4 2.5
34% 15% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 37%
 
8.3 8.3 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 9.4 8.7
3.3 3.6 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 3.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AmaZulu have the most points from losing position (10) in Premier League
  • Richards Bay have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Richards Bay have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Premier League
  • Richards Bay have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Premier League

  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 19 16 1 2 36 7 10 9 0 1 18 3 9 7 1 1 18 4 29 49
2 Richards Bay 17 8 6 3 15 9 8 3 3 2 3 3 9 5 3 1 12 6 6 30
3 SuperSport United 17 8 4 5 21 16 8 4 4 0 12 6 9 4 0 5 9 10 5 28
4 Orlando Pirates 17 7 4 6 17 13 9 5 2 2 12 5 8 2 2 4 5 8 4 25
5 Sekhukhune United 17 6 6 5 16 15 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 2 3 4 6 9 1 24
6 Kaizer Chiefs 17 7 3 7 18 21 8 3 2 3 9 7 9 4 1 4 9 14 -3 24
7 Cape Town City 18 6 5 7 19 20 10 5 3 2 10 7 8 1 2 5 9 13 -1 23
8 AmaZulu 17 5 7 5 16 14 9 4 2 3 12 8 8 1 5 2 4 6 2 22
9 Golden Arrows 18 6 4 8 21 24 11 4 3 4 14 14 7 2 1 4 7 10 -3 22
10 Chippa United 18 5 6 7 20 24 7 2 3 2 7 8 11 3 3 5 13 16 -4 21
11 Royal AM 17 6 3 8 19 24 10 4 3 3 10 9 7 2 0 5 9 15 -5 21
12 Stellenbosch 19 4 8 7 20 26 10 3 3 4 14 14 9 1 5 3 6 12 -6 20
13 Maritzburg United 17 5 5 7 12 22 9 3 2 4 9 14 8 2 3 3 3 8 -10 20
14 TS Galaxy 18 3 10 5 9 11 8 1 4 3 4 5 10 2 6 2 5 6 -2 19
15 Moroka Swallows 17 4 5 8 15 21 8 4 1 3 13 10 9 0 4 5 2 11 -6 17
16 Tshakhuma 19 2 9 8 14 21 8 1 5 2 5 7 11 1 4 6 9 14 -7 15