The home team ticketholders plan for a win and three points in this match, as the home advantage should work versus a struggling visitor. Cape Town City are in 10th spot while the guesting Maritzburg United worry at 11th.
- Cape Town City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League. That game, against Moroka Swallows, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Maritzburg United.
Maritzburg United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Cape Town City form and stats
2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Cape Town City so far this season.
Cape shared the glory with TS Galaxy in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Mamelodi Sundowns.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cape Town City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost four.
The manager E. Tinkler will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Baroka in only four days.
Cape are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. On the other hand, Cape have conceded 7 goals.
Maritzburg United form and stats
Maritzburg United have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-4 (8 played). It's three draws from Maritzburg United's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Moroka Swallows (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 1-1.
A draw for Maritzburg before that, at their own venue hosting AmaZulu (1-1).So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Maritzburg United playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were two Maritzburg United wins, five draws and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Maritzburg as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Maritzburg have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these squads: Cape won three, Maritzburg United were winners in three and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mdantsane 5 goals |   A. Soukouna 2 goals | T. Mkhize 1 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Maritzburg United missing players
| Cape Town City | Maritzburg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 79% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 21% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 43% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 43% |
| 3.5 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | 1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 34% | 40% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 35% |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
- Cape Town City have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Maritzburg United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maritzburg United have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 31 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Royal AM | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Stellenbosch | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | SuperSport United | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Cape Town City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Maritzburg United | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Tshakhuma | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | Baroka | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | TS Galaxy | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 | Moroka Swallows | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 9 |