A total of seven rounds of matches have been played and both Royal AM and Richards Bay are at the right end of the league table. Let's start!
- Royal AM have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Richards Bay have the the best goal difference (+2) away in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Royal AM form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Royal AM at their home stadium (Chatsworth Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
A strong away win for Royal AM against Sekhukhune United the last match, as Thikazi (2) were on target.
Before that result, a home defeat in the Mtn 8 Cup against Orlando Pirates.
From these home matches, Royal have conceded only 3 goals.
Richards Bay form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Premier League away games so far for Richards Bay with six points collected from three matches.
Richards Bay play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Stellenbosch (placed 13th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against SuperSport United.Richards Bay are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Richards Bay as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Royal victories, two draws and one Richards Bay win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. De Jong 3 goals | R. dos Santos do Nascimento 2 goals | M. Thikazi 2 goals |
Royal AM missing players
Richards Bay missing players
| Royal AM | Richards Bay | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 57% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 57% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 14% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 8.8 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 37% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 7.4 | 7.2 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.7 | 8.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3 |
- Richards Bay have the the best goal difference (+2) away in Premier League
- Richards Bay have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Royal AM have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Premier League
- Royal AM have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Royal AM have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Royal AM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Royal AM | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | AmaZulu | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Richards Bay | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | TS Galaxy | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Maritzburg United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Moroka Swallows | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Cape Town City | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | SuperSport United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Kaizer Chiefs | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Stellenbosch | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Sekhukhune United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | Chippa United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 5 |
