Mtn 8 Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the Kaizer Chiefs - Maritzburg United game

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Competition: South Africa Mtn 8 Cup
Competition: Sun 18.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kaizer Chiefs or Maritzburg United that keep their silverware dream alive.

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Kaizer Chiefs form and stats

Last season, Kaizer Chiefs's Mtn 8 Cup journey ended in the final.

When playing at home in the Premier League, Kaizer Chiefs have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games.

Previous to that game, a Premier League home match hosting Chippa United in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kaizer Chiefs handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and five defeats.

A decent goal production from Kaizer Chiefs in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kaizer Chiefs are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Two away games in a row for Maritzburg United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Bloemfontein Celtic in the Premier League. The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Orlando Pirates.

Maritzburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Maritzburg have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Kaizer victories, two draws and two Maritzburg United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Kaizer ChiefsD. Castro Cortés
D. Castro Cortés
7 goals
KaizerL. Manyama
L. Manyama
6 goals

Kaizer Chiefs missing players

Maritzburg United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kaizer Chiefs Maritzburg United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
11 6   Won W   4 8
7 3   Drew D   5 10
7 4   Lost L   4 7
39 22   Scored S   17 31
27 15   Conceded C   18 30
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
72% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 68%
44% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 52%
24% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 28%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 8%
56% 54%   BTTS BTTS   69% 60%
32% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 32%
12% 15%   Failed to Score F T   15% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
354 200   Total Shots T S   114 222
122 74   Shots on Target S O   46 83
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 37%

  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 30 17 8 5 43 22 15 10 3 2 20 7 15 7 5 3 23 15 21 59
2 Kaizer Chiefs 30 17 6 7 48 27 15 8 3 4 23 13 15 9 3 3 25 14 21 57
3 Orlando Pirates 30 14 10 6 40 29 15 9 5 1 23 12 15 5 5 5 17 17 11 52
4 Bidvest Wits 30 14 10 6 33 22 15 8 4 3 21 14 15 6 6 3 12 8 11 52
5 SuperSport United 30 14 8 8 43 26 15 8 6 1 29 13 15 6 2 7 14 13 17 50
6 Cape Town City 30 11 9 10 40 37 15 9 3 3 21 12 15 2 6 7 19 25 3 42
7 Maritzburg United 30 10 12 8 29 27 15 6 6 3 16 12 15 4 6 5 13 15 2 42
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 9 12 9 43 39 15 7 6 2 28 15 15 2 6 7 15 24 4 39
9 Highlands Park 30 9 12 9 31 35 15 8 3 4 20 15 15 1 9 5 11 20 -4 39
10 Stellenbosch 30 9 9 12 26 34 15 6 5 4 11 13 15 3 4 8 15 21 -8 36
11 Chippa United 30 8 10 12 18 26 15 4 7 4 8 7 15 4 3 8 10 19 -8 34
12 Golden Arrows 30 8 10 12 23 35 15 6 5 4 16 16 15 2 5 8 7 19 -12 34
13 AmaZulu 30 7 9 14 20 33 15 4 5 6 10 18 15 3 4 8 10 15 -13 30
14 Baroka 30 7 8 15 19 28 15 3 5 7 11 15 15 4 3 8 8 13 -9 29
15 Black Leopards 30 8 5 17 27 44 15 6 3 6 15 16 15 2 2 11 12 28 -17 29
16 Polokwane City 30 7 4 19 25 44 15 5 2 8 16 22 15 2 2 11 9 22 -19 25

Table
  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 30 17 8 5 43 22 15 10 3 2 20 7 15 7 5 3 23 15 21 59
2 Kaizer Chiefs 30 17 6 7 48 27 15 8 3 4 23 13 15 9 3 3 25 14 21 57
3 Orlando Pirates 30 14 10 6 40 29 15 9 5 1 23 12 15 5 5 5 17 17 11 52
4 Bidvest Wits 30 14 10 6 33 22 15 8 4 3 21 14 15 6 6 3 12 8 11 52
5 SuperSport United 30 14 8 8 43 26 15 8 6 1 29 13 15 6 2 7 14 13 17 50
6 Cape Town City 30 11 9 10 40 37 15 9 3 3 21 12 15 2 6 7 19 25 3 42
7 Maritzburg United 30 10 12 8 29 27 15 6 6 3 16 12 15 4 6 5 13 15 2 42
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 9 12 9 43 39 15 7 6 2 28 15 15 2 6 7 15 24 4 39
9 Highlands Park 30 9 12 9 31 35 15 8 3 4 20 15 15 1 9 5 11 20 -4 39
10 Stellenbosch 30 9 9 12 26 34 15 6 5 4 11 13 15 3 4 8 15 21 -8 36
11 Chippa United 30 8 10 12 18 26 15 4 7 4 8 7 15 4 3 8 10 19 -8 34
12 Golden Arrows 30 8 10 12 23 35 15 6 5 4 16 16 15 2 5 8 7 19 -12 34
13 AmaZulu 30 7 9 14 20 33 15 4 5 6 10 18 15 3 4 8 10 15 -13 30
14 Baroka 30 7 8 15 19 28 15 3 5 7 11 15 15 4 3 8 8 13 -9 29
15 Black Leopards 30 8 5 17 27 44 15 6 3 6 15 16 15 2 2 11 12 28 -17 29
16 Polokwane City 30 7 4 19 25 44 15 5 2 8 16 22 15 2 2 11 9 22 -19 25

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