Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Chippa United in 10th and Maritzburg United in 8th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Maritzburg United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Chippa United form and stats
2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Chippa United, who have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League, so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Chippa United, who won 2-1 against Black Leopards (placed 13th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Polokwane City.
Chippa United have scored 5 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Chippa United have only let in 4 goals at home.
Maritzburg United form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Maritzburg United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at SuperSport United (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Golden Arrows.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 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 - Chippa United 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Chippa United victories, 6 draws and 2 Maritzburg United wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 8 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Twala 3 goals |   J. Moseamedi 3 goals |  T. Kutumela 3 goals |
Chippa United missing players
Maritzburg United missing players
| Chippa United | Maritzburg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 76% | 56% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 62% | 81% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 47% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 62% | 44% |
| 53% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 136 | 68 | 1 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 63 | 140 |
| 42 | 24 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 18 | 46 |
| 29% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 28% |
- Chippa United has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Chippa United has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Maritzburg United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Highlands Park | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Golden Arrows | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 8 | Maritzburg United | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Cape Town City | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | AmaZulu | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Black Leopards | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Polokwane City | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 15 | Stellenbosch | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | Baroka | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 14 |