Richards Bay vs Moroka Swallows preview

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Sat 31.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium (10000 seats)

Welcome to King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium and the game between Richards Bay and Moroka Swallows in the Premier League. Tipsway has everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Richards Bay have the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League
  • Moroka Swallows have yet to win a game away.

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Richards Bay form and stats

The story so far in the Premier League for Richards Bay at their home stadium (King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Richards shared the glory with Chippa United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. A disappointing finish for Richards Bay in their match versus Chippa United as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score.

Before that, Richards Bay had a home game versus Cape Town City which ended with a victory 1-0.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 13 latest league fixtures reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The lack of attacking qualities in Richards Bay means that they have only scored {2 goals} in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. As for guarding their own goal, Richards have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Moroka Swallows form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Moroka Swallows so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Moroka Swallows has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to SuperSport United (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. As mentioned above, Swallows drew the match against SuperSport United. Manager Kerr brought on Mtshali to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Real Kings.

We have checked recent matches where Moroka Swallows have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Swallows now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Mamelodi Sundowns is waiting in only three days.

Moroka Swallows are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 6 away games. As opposed to that, Moroka Swallows have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding two meetings featuring these two teams are: zero wins for Richards, zero draws and two wins for Moroka Swallows. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Richards BayS. Ntsundwana
S. Ntsundwana
3 goals
Moroka SwallowsM. Musonda
M. Musonda
3 goals
Moroka SwallowsK. Allen
K. Allen
2 goals

Richards Bay missing players

Moroka Swallows missing players

Richards Bay Moroka Swallows
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 5 Played P 2 6 12
6 2 2 Won W 0 0 3
5 3 3 Drew D 1 4 4
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
11 2 2 Scored S 1 2 13
6 1 0 Conceded C 2 7 17
69% 50% 40% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
23% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 75%
15% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 50%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
15% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 58%
69% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
46% 67% 60% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 33%
 
4 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.8 3.1
4.3 3.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 6.1
1.5 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.4 7.4 7.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.7 8
3 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 1.7 2.3
31% 14% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 20% 46%
 
7.9 7.2 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.3 8.8
3.2 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 3.2
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Moroka Swallows have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Moroka Swallows have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Moroka Swallows have yet to win a game away.
  • Richards Bay have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Premier League
  • Richards Bay have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Premier League
  • Richards Bay have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier League
  • Richards Bay have the most clean sheets (9) 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 12 9 1 2 24 5 6 5 0 1 11 2 6 4 1 1 13 3 19 28
2 Richards Bay 13 6 5 2 11 6 6 2 3 1 2 1 7 4 2 1 9 5 5 23
3 SuperSport United 12 6 3 3 17 12 6 3 3 0 10 5 6 3 0 3 7 7 5 21
4 Kaizer Chiefs 13 6 3 4 16 15 6 3 2 1 9 5 7 3 1 3 7 10 1 21
5 Orlando Pirates 13 5 4 4 9 7 7 3 2 2 5 3 6 2 2 2 4 4 2 19
6 Chippa United 13 5 3 5 16 17 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 1 3 10 10 -1 18
7 AmaZulu 13 4 5 4 11 11 7 3 1 3 7 7 6 1 4 1 4 4 0 17
8 Real Kings 12 5 1 6 14 18 7 3 1 3 7 8 5 2 0 3 7 10 -4 16
9 Golden Arrows 13 4 4 5 15 15 7 2 3 2 9 8 6 2 1 3 6 7 0 16
10 Stellenbosch 13 3 5 5 14 17 6 2 1 3 9 9 7 1 4 2 5 8 -3 14
11 Tshakhuma 12 2 7 3 8 9 6 1 5 0 5 4 6 1 2 3 3 5 -1 13
12 TS Galaxy 12 2 7 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 3 3 6 1 4 1 3 4 -1 13
13 Cape Town City 12 3 4 5 11 13 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 1 1 4 6 9 -2 13
14 Moroka Swallows 12 3 4 5 13 17 6 3 0 3 11 10 6 0 4 2 2 7 -4 13
15 Sekhukhune United 12 2 5 5 10 13 5 2 2 1 6 4 7 0 3 4 4 9 -3 11
16 Maritzburg United 13 2 5 6 6 19 7 2 2 3 5 11 6 0 3 3 1 8 -13 11