Match Report
3 points and 6 places separated them: Durban City 7th with 6, Richards Bay 13th with 3. Scoring rates set the scale: Durban City 0.6 scored and 0.4 conceded per game, Richards Bay 1.2 and 1.6, with the league averaging 1.14.
Durban City had gone 7 games without a win. Richards Bay were winless in 7.
The match was played at Chatsworth Stadium (capacity 22,000). The referee was A. Tom, with 86 matches in our database and 2.3 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Richards Bay led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Durban City: Thembela Sikhakhane (69' og) · Richards Bay: Nqaba Xulu (9')
Key stats
Possession: Durban City 62% · Richards Bay 38% · Total shots: 18-10 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 9-4