This promises to be yet another appealing clash at King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium in the Premier League. Richards Bay is in 16th place and receive Golden Arrows in 4th place. Learn more about the game here!
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 Richards Bay and Golden Arrows.
Richards Bay form and stats
Ntsundwana was the last player to score a league goal for Richards Bay and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Richards Bay haven't scored in 335 minutes.
Richards are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus SuperSport United. Mabua, defender, was given a rating of 7.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Mabua won 6 of 14 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Royal AM that ended 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Richards Bay perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Richards Bay as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Richards Bay has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Golden Arrows form and stats
There were no winners in Golden's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Moroka Swallows (placed 5th). Attacker Mutizwa got a player rating of 7.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Mutizwa served one assist and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chippa United that ended 0-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Golden Arrows playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Golden Arrows wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Richards Bay-Golden Arrows H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Richards Bay one win, Golden Arrows one win, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Richards Bay missing players
Golden Arrows missing players
| Richards Bay | Golden Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Richards Bay | Last season | Golden Arrows | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 83% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 87% | ||
| 47% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 10% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 23% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 47% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | ||
| 53% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 33% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 29% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | ||
| 8.2 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SuperSport United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Stellenbosch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Moroka Swallows | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | AmaZulu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Royal AM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Cape Town City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ajax Cape Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Polokwane City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sekhukhune United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Orlando Pirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Richards Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 70 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 54 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 51 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Sekhukhune United | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 40 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 38 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Royal AM | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | AmaZulu | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 33 |
| 13 | Richards Bay | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 33 |
| 14 | Chippa United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 30 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 29 |