Baroka vs Maritzburg United betting preview

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium (45500 seats)

Season ticket holders at Peter Mokaba Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Baroka languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Maritzburg United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Baroka form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Baroka have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Peter Mokaba Stadium.

The fans are hoping that Baroka will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Premier League game against Stellenbosch (placed 11th). Before that, Baroka had a home game versus Polokwane City which ended with a victory 1-0.

Baroka aren't scoring a lot here at Peter Mokaba Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 10 games. On the other hand, Baroka have conceded 11 goals.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

The visitors are W2-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Mamelodi Sundowns game have they lost an away game, meaning Maritzburg United has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

The Maritzburg United goalkeeper Richard Ofori Antwi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Maritzburg United are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Premier League against AmaZulu (placed 16th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chippa United that ended 0-0.

The attacking power of Maritzburg United when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Maritzburg United as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Maritzburg United - Baroka 1-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 1 Baroka victory, 1 draw and 5 Maritzburg United wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Maritzburg UnitedT. Kutumela
T. Kutumela
4 goals
Maritzburg UnitedJ. Moseamedi
J. Moseamedi
3 goals
BarokaG. Phiri Jr.
G. Phiri Jr.
2 goals

Baroka missing players

Maritzburg United missing players

Baroka Maritzburg United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 4 9 18
4 1 0 Won W 2 2 6
5 4 1 Drew D 2 5 8
10 5 2 Lost L 0 2 4
10 6 1 Scored S 2 5 14
16 11 3 Conceded C 0 5 13
84% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 56% 78%
26% 40% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 22% 39%
16% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 22%
11% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
16% 30% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 33%
37% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 50%
63% 60% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 39%
 
5.6 5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5.8 6 5.4
5.9 6.2 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.8 4.8 4.3
1.9 2.2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.7
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
222 107 27 Total Shots T S 33 78 163
63 32 10 Shots on Target S O 10 23 54
16% 19% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 26%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Baroka has the fewest points (7) at home
  • Baroka has the fewest scored goals (10)
  • Baroka has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4)
  • Baroka has the most matches under the total-line (14)
  • Baroka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maritzburg United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kaizer Chiefs 18 13 3 2 37 14 9 7 1 1 19 7 9 6 2 1 18 7 23 42
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 18 10 5 3 24 14 9 6 2 1 11 5 9 4 3 2 13 9 10 35
3 SuperSport United 19 8 7 4 27 19 10 4 5 1 17 11 9 4 2 3 10 8 8 31
4 Bidvest Wits 15 9 3 3 21 12 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 2 1 9 3 9 30
5 Orlando Pirates 18 8 6 4 31 24 9 6 3 0 18 9 9 2 3 4 13 15 7 30
6 Maritzburg United 18 6 8 4 14 13 9 4 3 2 9 8 9 2 5 2 5 5 1 26
7 Bloemfontein Celtic 19 6 7 6 30 26 10 4 4 2 19 11 9 2 3 4 11 15 4 25
8 Golden Arrows 18 6 6 6 17 23 8 5 2 1 12 8 10 1 4 5 5 15 -6 24
9 Highlands Park 19 6 5 8 20 26 9 5 1 3 14 11 10 1 4 5 6 15 -6 23
10 Chippa United 19 5 7 7 13 15 10 2 6 2 5 4 9 3 1 5 8 11 -2 22
11 Stellenbosch 19 5 6 8 18 24 8 2 3 3 5 10 11 3 3 5 13 14 -6 21
12 Cape Town City 19 4 8 7 24 28 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 0 5 4 11 18 -4 20
13 Baroka 19 4 5 10 10 16 10 1 4 5 6 11 9 3 1 5 4 5 -6 17
14 Black Leopards 18 4 5 9 18 28 10 3 3 4 9 11 8 1 2 5 9 17 -10 17
15 Polokwane City 19 5 2 12 16 26 10 3 1 6 8 12 9 2 1 6 8 14 -10 17
16 AmaZulu 19 4 5 10 11 23 9 2 2 5 4 13 10 2 3 5 7 10 -12 17