Soccer betting preview: Baroka welcomes Maritzburg United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium (45500 seats)

Baroka will battle it out with Maritzburg United in this Premier League game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Baroka form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Baroka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Baroka as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Baroka has won three of these, drawn six and lost seven.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Baroka as they are travelling to their away game against Black Leopards in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.

Last season, Baroka's league statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 19 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Baroka managed 3-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 15 conceded.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Maritzburg United in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Maritzburg, six draws and six defeats.

After this away game Maritzburg return home for a Premier League game against Cape Town City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Let's have a look at how Maritzburg United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 12 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 13/15 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings between the teams: Baroka won two, Maritzburg United won five and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maritzburg UnitedT. Kutumela
T. Kutumela
6 goals
BarokaE. Makgopa
E. Makgopa
4 goals
Maritzburg UnitedJ. Moseamedi
J. Moseamedi
4 goals

Baroka missing players

Maritzburg United missing players

Baroka Maritzburg United
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Baroka Last season Maritzburg United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
7 3   Won W   4 10
8 5   Drew D   6 12
15 7   Lost L   5 8
19 11   Scored S   13 29
28 15   Conceded C   15 27
87% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 83%
37% 47%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 50%
20% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 33%
10% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 17%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
27% 33%   BTTS BTTS   47% 43%
33% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 43%
53% 53%   Failed to Score F T   33% 30%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
3 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
327 150   Total Shots T S   119 256
104 51   Shots on Target S O   37 86
18% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 34%

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 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