Richards Bay vs Marumo Gallants FC betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Tue 09.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium (10000 seats)

It's match week two of the Premier League season and everything to play for. Read our detailed preview of Richards Bay-Marumo Gallants FC!

It's no vacation for neither Richards Bay nor Marumo Gallants FC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Richards Bay form and stats

Last season, Richards Bay's league stats were 14 wins, 12 draws and 4 losses, leading to 1st place in the First Division. Over these 30 matches they scored 39 goals and let in 22. Playing as the host team in the former season Richards Bay delivered 7-7-1 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 10 conceded.

The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Marumo Gallants FC last time out and are looking for a win here.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Golden Arrows and winning 2-0.

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 6 games. Richards Bay has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

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Marumo Gallants FC form and stats

Let's have a look at how Marumo Gallants FC performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 13 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 10/17 goals scored/conceded.

Gallants has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Richards Bay for a 0-0 draw.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Stellenbosch.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Marumo Gallants FC playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Marumo Gallants FC wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Richards Bay victories, one draw and two Marumo Gallants FC wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Richards BayS. Hlongwa
S. Hlongwa
14 goals
RichardsS. Mthethwa
S. Mthethwa
7 goals
Richards BayV. Mngomezulu
V. Mngomezulu
5 goals

Richards Bay missing players

Marumo Gallants FC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Richards Bay Marumo Gallants FC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
2 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 3
4.5 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 2
2.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 4
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 0.5
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
8.5 4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 6 5.5
2 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 2.5
Richards Bay Last season Marumo Gallants FC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
14 7   Won W   4 7
12 7   Drew D   3 13
4 1   Lost L   8 10
39 22   Scored S   10 22
22 10   Conceded C   17 28
80% 73%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 70%
60% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 43%
30% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 30%
17% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 20%
7% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
40% 40%   BTTS BTTS   33% 30%
47% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 43%
33% 33%   Failed to Score F T   53% 57%
 
4 2   Corners for (avg) C F   2.3 2.1
4.2 1   Corners against (avg) C A   2.1 2.2
0.8 0.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
6.2 7.5   Shots (avg) S (   4.1 4.7
3.2 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.6 2
15% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 38%
 
6.5 3   Shots against (avg) S A   4.7 5
2.8 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.8 1.8

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Richards Bay 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Orlando Pirates 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Real Kings 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Chippa United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Maritzburg United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Sekhukhune United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 SuperSport United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 AmaZulu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Marumo Gallants FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Stellenbosch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 TS Galaxy 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Kaizer Chiefs 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Moroka Swallows 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Cape Town City 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Golden Arrows 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 Richards Bay 30 14 12 4 39 22 15 7 7 1 22 10 15 7 5 3 17 12 17 54
2 University of Pretoria 30 13 13 4 40 26 15 9 5 1 24 12 15 4 8 3 16 14 14 52
3 Cape Town All Stars 30 12 12 6 37 26 15 8 5 2 24 11 15 4 7 4 13 15 11 48
4 JDR Stars 30 12 9 9 32 28 15 7 3 5 18 14 15 5 6 4 14 14 4 45
5 Venda FC 30 10 14 6 26 24 15 5 8 2 11 9 15 5 6 4 15 15 2 44
6 Polokwane City 30 11 8 11 42 37 15 7 3 5 23 17 15 4 5 6 19 20 5 41
7 Free State Stars 30 10 11 9 26 24 15 6 5 4 14 11 15 4 6 5 12 13 2 41
8 Uthongathi 30 8 15 7 27 25 15 6 7 2 15 9 15 2 8 5 12 16 2 39
9 Black Leopards 30 10 9 11 30 29 15 5 7 3 13 10 15 5 2 8 17 19 1 39
10 Platinum City Rovers 30 10 8 12 30 46 15 4 4 7 17 26 15 6 4 5 13 20 -16 38
11 Hungry Lions 30 8 12 10 27 27 15 6 5 4 16 10 15 2 7 6 11 17 0 36
12 Pretoria Callies 30 10 5 15 33 32 15 5 2 8 20 18 15 5 3 7 13 14 1 35
12 Real Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 TTM 30 9 7 14 26 45 15 6 4 5 17 18 15 3 3 9 9 27 -19 34
14 Ajax Cape Town 30 6 15 9 27 32 15 4 8 3 15 13 15 2 7 6 12 19 -5 33
15 Jomo Cosmos 30 5 13 12 27 34 15 3 6 6 14 15 15 2 7 6 13 19 -7 28
16 TS Sporting 30 7 7 16 22 34 15 2 6 7 9 16 15 5 1 9 13 18 -12 28
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 Real Kings 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

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Richards Bay 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Orlando Pirates 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Real Kings 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Chippa United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Maritzburg United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Sekhukhune United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 SuperSport United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 AmaZulu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Marumo Gallants FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Stellenbosch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 TS Galaxy 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Kaizer Chiefs 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Moroka Swallows 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Cape Town City 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Golden Arrows 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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