The visiting Maritzburg United side should be favourites in this visit to Black Leopards, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
Black Leopards form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Black Leopards, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Premier League, are 4-3-5 (wins-draw-losses). It's trouble wherever Black Leopards are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 211 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Nkili (own goal) was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Black Leopards will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Nedbank Cup game against Baroka (placed 13th). Prior to that, an away loss at Bidvest Wits in the Premier League.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Black Leopards here at Thohoyandou Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). On the other hand, Black Leopards have conceded 13 goals.
Maritzburg United form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Maritzburg United, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 4-5-3 so far. The fact that Maritzburg have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Maritzburg love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
The Maritzburg goalkeeper Richard Ofori Antwi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 192 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Polokwane City in their previous game. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Stellenbosch.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Maritzburg are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Maritzburg United - Leopards 0-1. Black Leopards-Maritzburg United H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Leopards three wins, Maritzburg United two wins, four draws. three of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Musonda 5 goals |  T. Kutumela 5 goals |
Black Leopards missing players
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| Black Leopards | Maritzburg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 36 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 40% | 67% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 33% | 46% |
| 50% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 33% | 29% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 58% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 42% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 8.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 208 | 103 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 111 | 230 |
| 75 | 36 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 32 | 76 |
| 28% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 28% | 30% |
- Black Leopards has the fewest clean sheets (3)
- Black Leopards has the most conceded goals (36)
- Black Leopards has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- Black Leopards has the the worst goal difference (-15)
- Black Leopards is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Maritzburg United has the most clean sheets (12)
- 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 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 48 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | Maritzburg United | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 39 |
| 6 | Bidvest Wits | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Golden Arrows | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 32 |
| 8 | Highlands Park | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Cape Town City | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Stellenbosch | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 27 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 26 |
| 13 | Baroka | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Polokwane City | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 20 |