Royal AM are finding life sweet in the top places while Marumo Gallants FC are more involved in staying out of trouble and relegation. May the best team win!
- Royal AM have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
These are busy days for the home side, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at TS Galaxy.
Royal AM form and stats
Royal AM are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Chatsworth Stadium. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. In general it's been a long time since Royal AM tasted defeat here at Chatsworth Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Royal AM enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at TS Galaxy's place. The match ended 4-1 with Letsoalo (2), Mpisane and Thikazi scoring.
A 2-2 draw away before that, with Stellenbosch the opponent.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Royal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as University of Pretoria are coming to town in four days.
Royal AM are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Royal AM have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Marumo Gallants FC form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Ndlondlo was the last player to score for the away team. Marumo Gallants FC haven't scored a league goal in the last 230 minutes.
Gallants are travelling again after losing away to Cape Town City in their previous match (0-1).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Chippa United.Marumo Gallants FC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Baroka in just three days.
The attacking power of Marumo Gallants FC when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Gallants have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met previously this season: Marumo Gallants FC - Royal AM 2-2. Head to head data (for the prior six meetings): Royal AM won zero games, four matches ended with a draw and Marumo Gallants FC got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / threeTop Goalscorers
  N. Ndlondlo 7 goals |   M. Macuphu 4 goals |
Royal AM missing players
Marumo Gallants FC missing players
| Royal AM | Marumo Gallants FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 34 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 22 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 22 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 74% |
| 57% | 45% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 50% | 43% |
| 43% | 36% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 30% | 9% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 17% | 9% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 52% | 45% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 42% | 30% |
| 35% | 55% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 52% |
| 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.4 | 6 | 5.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 60% | 56% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 50% | 40% |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 1.9 | 2 |
- Royal AM have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Royal AM have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Royal AM | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Kaizer Chiefs | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | SuperSport United | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Sekhukhune United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | AmaZulu | 23 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Marumo Gallants FC | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | TS Galaxy | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Baroka | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 17 |
