Loyal fans at Mbombela Stadium haven’t witnessed many victories this season, with TS Galaxy lying uncomfortably in the 14th place. The guesting Golden Arrows will hope to protect their higher league position in this one.
- TS Galaxy have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premier League
- Golden Arrows have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
TS Galaxy form and stats
TS Galaxy's struggle is real here at Mbombela Stadium with only 7 points collected from 8 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-3.
TS Galaxy suffered a surprising defeat 1-2 against Mamelodi Sundowns in their previous outing, also a home game.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Cape Town City.This is expected to be a close game, with Galaxy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with TS Galaxy as a small favourite), we find 13 games. TS Galaxy has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 7.
It should be noted that a look at the 18 latest league fixtures reveals that 14 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for TS Galaxy here at Mbombela Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. TS Galaxy have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Golden Arrows form and stats
Golden Arrows have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
Golden had fun at their own home (Mbombela Stadium) last time out, beating Tshakhuma 3-2. Dlamini, Mmodi and Mutizwa scored.
A 0-1 loss hosting Maritzburg United before that.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 15 relevant matches. Results were 5 Golden Arrows wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
As opposed to that, Golden Arrows have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Golden Arrows have put together a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (1-4-0) when playing Galaxy.The two duelists also met each other before this campaign: Golden Arrows - TS Galaxy 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Mmodi 5 goals |  D. Traoré 4 goals | N. Sibiya 4 goals |
TS Galaxy missing players
Golden Arrows missing players
| TS Galaxy | Golden Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 78% |
| 17% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 39% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 22% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 4.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 1.1 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 6.6 | 8.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 50% | 34% |
| 9.8 | 9.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.6 | 9 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
- Golden Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Golden Arrows have scored more than double the goals of TS Galaxy.
- Golden Arrows have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Golden Arrows have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Golden Arrows haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- TS Galaxy have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- TS Galaxy have the fewest points (7) at home in Premier League
- TS Galaxy have the fewest scored goals (9) in Premier League
- TS Galaxy have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) 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 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 49 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Sekhukhune United | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Kaizer Chiefs | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 8 | AmaZulu | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 11 | Royal AM | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Stellenbosch | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 20 |
| 14 | TS Galaxy | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
