Home advantage could prove decisive in Maritzburg United - Casric Stars battle

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Competition: South Africa Premier League Play-offs
Competition: Wed 31.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Harry Gwala Stadium (12000 seats)

Casric Stars have come here for an engaging duel versus the hosts Maritzburg United. Get ready for the game with this full Premier League Play-offs preview!

Casric Stars could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League Play-offs game only three sleeps ago.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

The previous season, Maritzburg United's league results were 7 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, ending with 15th place in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored {24 goals} and conceded 40. Appearing as the home team in the former season Maritzburg United produced 4-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 23 conceded.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Maritzburg United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Maritzburg as they are travelling to their away game against Ajax Cape Town in the Premier League Play-offs. That match is three days after this one.

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Casric Stars form and stats

Let's have a look at how Casric Stars performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 11 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded {25 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 8 and lost 3 with 16/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Casric StarsK. Mosadi
K. Mosadi
10 goals
Maritzburg UnitedA. Soukouna
A. Soukouna
8 goals
Casric StarsT. Rakwena
T. Rakwena
5 goals

Maritzburg United missing players

Casric Stars missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Maritzburg United Casric Stars
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 9
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Maritzburg United Last season Casric Stars
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
7 4   Won W   4 15
9 5   Drew D   8 11
14 6   Lost L   3 4
24 17   Scored S   16 37
40 23   Conceded C   16 25
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
63% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 70%
40% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 40%
13% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 10%
7% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
47% 67%   BTTS BTTS   73% 60%
23% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 37%
40% 20%   Failed to Score F T   20% 17%
 
4.2 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 3.5
4.7 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 3
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 0.8
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.9 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 5.5
2.7 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.6 2
30% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 61%
 
10.4 10   Shots against (avg) S A   6.4 5
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   1.9 1.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax Cape Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Maritzburg United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Casric Stars 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
Last season 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 21 7 2 52 13 15 12 2 1 27 5 15 9 5 1 25 8 39 70
2 Orlando Pirates 30 16 6 8 40 21 15 8 4 3 19 10 15 8 2 5 21 11 19 54
3 SuperSport United 30 14 9 7 34 22 15 10 5 0 23 8 15 4 4 7 11 14 12 51
4 Cape Town City 30 12 9 9 34 30 15 7 6 2 18 11 15 5 3 7 16 19 4 45
5 Kaizer Chiefs 30 13 5 12 32 33 15 6 3 6 18 15 15 7 2 6 14 18 -1 44
6 Stellenbosch 30 10 10 10 39 38 15 7 4 4 27 18 15 3 6 6 12 20 1 40
7 Sekhukhune United 30 10 10 10 24 27 15 8 5 2 17 9 15 2 5 8 7 18 -3 40
8 Moroka Swallows 30 11 7 12 26 33 15 7 3 5 18 15 15 4 4 7 8 18 -7 40
9 Golden Arrows 30 10 8 12 32 40 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 5 3 7 15 23 -8 38
10 TS Galaxy 30 7 14 9 28 22 15 4 6 5 19 10 15 3 8 4 9 12 6 35
11 Real Kings 30 9 8 13 33 43 15 6 4 5 17 14 15 3 4 8 16 29 -10 35
12 AmaZulu 30 7 12 11 29 33 15 5 4 6 18 18 15 2 8 5 11 15 -4 33
13 Richards Bay 30 8 9 13 20 30 15 3 5 7 7 13 15 5 4 6 13 17 -10 33
14 Chippa United 30 7 9 14 29 44 15 3 5 7 11 18 15 4 4 7 18 26 -15 30
15 Maritzburg United 30 7 9 14 24 40 15 4 5 6 17 23 15 3 4 8 7 17 -16 30
16 Tshakhuma 30 5 14 11 27 34 15 4 7 4 13 13 15 1 7 7 14 21 -7 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Polokwane City 30 17 6 7 44 24 15 10 3 2 22 7 15 7 3 5 22 17 20 57
2 Ajax Cape Town 30 17 6 7 42 27 15 12 1 2 27 11 15 5 5 5 15 16 15 57
3 Casric Stars 30 15 11 4 37 25 15 11 3 1 21 9 15 4 8 3 16 16 12 56
4 All Stars 30 12 12 6 37 25 15 6 8 1 22 12 15 6 4 5 15 13 12 48
5 Hungry Lions 30 13 8 9 30 28 15 8 6 1 20 10 15 5 2 8 10 18 2 47
6 JDR Stars 30 12 9 9 40 25 15 8 4 3 25 11 15 4 5 6 15 14 15 45
7 Uthongathi 30 10 11 9 33 30 15 4 7 4 18 16 15 6 4 5 15 14 3 41
8 University of Pretoria 30 9 13 8 32 31 15 4 5 6 16 20 15 5 8 2 16 11 1 40
9 Baroka 30 11 6 13 37 37 15 7 3 5 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 20 0 39
10 Pretoria Callies 30 10 9 11 27 29 15 5 5 5 12 11 15 5 4 6 15 18 -2 39
11 Venda FC 30 10 8 12 26 33 15 9 4 2 19 10 15 1 4 10 7 23 -7 38
12 Magesi 30 10 7 13 22 32 15 6 3 6 14 14 15 4 4 7 8 18 -10 37
13 MM Platinum 30 8 8 14 33 39 15 7 4 4 20 13 15 1 4 10 13 26 -6 32
14 Platinum City Rovers 30 7 9 14 21 37 15 3 6 6 9 15 15 4 3 8 12 22 -16 30
15 TTM 30 6 5 19 25 46 15 4 2 9 14 21 15 2 3 10 11 25 -21 23
16 Black Leopards 30 4 10 16 21 39 15 2 5 8 11 18 15 2 5 8 10 21 -18 22

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 Ajax Cape Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Maritzburg United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Casric Stars 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0

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