Match preview Premier League: Bidvest Wits - Maritzburg United at BidVest Stadium

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Wed 12.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: BidVest Stadium (5000 seats)

Bidvest Wits perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Maritzburg United can look both up and down from their 6th position.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Nedbank Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Orlando Pirates.

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Bidvest Wits form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Bidvest Wits are 4-1-2 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Bidvest Wits bring valid hopes of a third.

Bidvest Wits manager G. Hunt and his team return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Orlando Pirates (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) (placed 2nd) in the Nedbank Cup. Before that game, the home loss against Djoliba with the scoreline 0-2.

A disappointing finish for Bidvest Wits in their match versus Orlando Pirates (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. A goal frenzy last time out for Bidvest Wits, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Orlando Pirates (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties). Fun stuff to watch!

Bidvest Wits are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Baroka awaits in three days.

Bidvest Wits have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BidVest Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Maritzburg United have produced an overall stat of 2-5-3 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Stellenbosch (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Nedbank Cup match ended in a draw 2-2. A draw for Maritzburg United before that, at their own venue hosting Cape Town City (1-1).

The schedule is very tough for Maritzburg United now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Kaizer Chiefs is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Bidvest Wits-Maritzburg United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bidvest Wits six wins, Maritzburg United zero wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bidvest WitsG. Motupa
G. Motupa
5 goals
Bidvest WitsD. Hotto Kavendji
D. Hotto Kavendji
4 goals
Maritzburg UnitedJ. Moseamedi
J. Moseamedi
4 goals

Bidvest Wits missing players

Maritzburg United missing players

Bidvest Wits Maritzburg United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 10 20
9 4 2 Won W 0 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 2 5 9
3 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
21 12 5 Scored S 3 6 16
12 9 2 Conceded C 4 7 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 60% 80%
60% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 30% 45%
27% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 30% 25%
13% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 10%
13% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 30% 40%
47% 14% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 60% 45%
27% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 35%
 
5.6 6.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 6.1 5.4
4 4.3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.2
2.5 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
181 119 50 Total Shots T S 20 87 185
61 39 15 Shots on Target S O 7 28 62
34% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 21% 26%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Bidvest Wits has the fewest clean sheets (1) at home
  • Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (12)
  • Bidvest Wits has the fewest matches over the total-line (4)
  • Bidvest Wits have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bidvest Wits haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Maritzburg United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
  • Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 19 14 3 2 38 14 9 7 1 1 19 7 10 7 2 1 19 7 24 45
2 Orlando Pirates 20 10 6 4 34 25 10 7 3 0 19 9 10 3 3 4 15 16 9 36
3 Mamelodi Sundowns 18 10 5 3 24 14 9 6 2 1 11 5 9 4 3 2 13 9 10 35
4 SuperSport United 21 9 7 5 30 20 11 5 5 1 20 11 10 4 2 4 10 9 10 34
5 Bidvest Wits 15 9 3 3 21 12 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 2 1 9 3 9 30
6 Maritzburg United 20 6 9 5 16 16 10 4 4 2 10 9 10 2 5 3 6 7 0 27
7 Golden Arrows 20 7 6 7 18 24 10 6 2 2 13 9 10 1 4 5 5 15 -6 27
8 Highlands Park 20 7 5 8 21 26 10 6 1 3 15 11 10 1 4 5 6 15 -5 26
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 19 6 7 6 30 26 10 4 4 2 19 11 9 2 3 4 11 15 4 25
10 Cape Town City 21 5 9 7 26 29 11 5 3 3 14 10 10 0 6 4 12 19 -3 24
11 Stellenbosch 21 6 6 9 20 26 9 3 3 3 6 10 12 3 3 6 14 16 -6 24
12 Chippa United 21 5 7 9 14 20 11 2 6 3 6 6 10 3 1 6 8 14 -6 22
13 Baroka 21 5 5 11 12 18 11 2 4 5 8 12 10 3 1 6 4 6 -6 20
14 Black Leopards 20 5 5 10 20 30 11 4 3 4 11 12 9 1 2 6 9 18 -10 20
15 AmaZulu 21 5 5 11 12 24 10 3 2 5 5 13 11 2 3 6 7 11 -12 20
16 Polokwane City 21 5 2 14 16 28 10 3 1 6 8 12 11 2 1 8 8 16 -12 17