Baroka vs Richards Bay Prediction: Bay for the win
Baroka sit bottom of the group in the race for a spot in the DSTV Premiership. To be so close and yet so far must feel like torture for Baroka as they face the table toppers Richards Bay FC. The team that finished 15th in the DSTV Premiership is currently sitting pole, in the race to qualify for next season's DSTV Premiership. As the team that played DSTV Premierhship football last season, they will feel like they are gonna win this match with ease, however, they cannot afford to underestimate Baroka FC.
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Baroka FC vs Richards Bay FC Betting Tips
- 3 Way - Richards Bay 73/50
Team News
Baroka FC with go into this match with out the services of suspended head coach Dan "Dance" Malesela. The former TS Galaxy coach was suspended with investigations still ongoing, and the club will be under the care of Morgan Mammila. He becomes the third coach at Baroka this season, amongst what has been a season of mix fortunes on and off the pitch. Speaking in the midweek the teams Marketing Manager stated "Mammila's mandate is to help us qualify from the playoffs to the DSTV Premiership. Contracts have not been discussed.
Coach Vusumusi Vilakazi, was quoted saying "The coaching change damaged them became its a coaching department that got disturbed, but they still have the same players and you can expect them to be dangerous because they are desperate for all three points."
Match Odds
Richards Bay are favourites to win this match, with the win probability leaning in their favour at 38% and the odds on them winning this match sitting at 73/50. Baroka are at 37/20 to win this match and the odds on a draw are at 21/10.
3 Way - Richards Bay FC 73/50
Times are tough for Baroka FC, they have no wins in their last three outings, no clean sheets and they have scored less than 2.5 goals in each of their last five matches. They are no way close to where they need to be to challenge for DSTV Premiership soccer. Their last two league outings ended in draws against Pretoria University and JDR Stars. This was enough to see them finish in the top three. They started their challenge for the DSTV Premiership spot on the back foot when they lost to Pretoria University by 1-0. They are most likely to finish this campaign, in third.
Richards Bay look poised for a return to the DSTV Premiership. They finished the league season brightly, with wins against the biggest teams in the league. in addition to this they have carried their form into the play offs after kicking of their challenge with a 1-0 win against Pretoria University. The early goal, was enough to sink the visitors. Although, we don't expect an identical result in this match, we can however expect a Richards Bay win.
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