Premier League match preview and statistics: Golden Arrows fight Maritzburg United

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Princess Magogo Stadium (12000 seats)

Golden Arrows and Maritzburg United supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Premier League season. Game on!

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.

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Golden Arrows form and stats

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 Golden Arrows have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 4 Lost 2.

Last season, Golden Arrows's league statistics were 8 wins, 12 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Golden Arrows managed 6-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 15 conceded.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Maritzburg United in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Maritzburg United, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Let's have a look at how Maritzburg United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 22 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 10 with 7/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 4 - 2 (Golden Arrows wins - draws - Maritzburg United wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Mutizwa
8 goals / 2 assists
L. Lamola
5 goals / 2 assists
F. Makaringe
4 goals / 8 assists

Golden Arrows missing players

Maritzburg United missing players

Golden Arrows Maritzburg United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Golden Arrows Last season Maritzburg United
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   15 30
8 6   Won   2 6
12 3   Drew   3 9
10 6   Lost   10 15
27 15   Scored   7 22
31 15   Conceded   17 32
90% 93%   Over 0.5   87% 80%
70% 60%   Over 1.5   40% 50%
23% 33%   Over 2.5   20% 33%
7% 7%   Over 3.5   7% 13%
3% 7%   Over 4.5   7% 3%
50% 47%   BTTS   27% 40%
27% 27%   Clean Sheets   20% 23%
33% 33%   Failed To Score   67% 57%
 
4.1 3.7   Corners For (avg)   4.9 5.9
5.2 4.8   Corners Against (avg)   6.4 5.3
1.7 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.9 1.6
2 2   Red Cards   2 2
Key stats last season:
  • Golden Arrows have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Golden Arrows have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Maritzburg United have scored away.
  • Maritzburg United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Maritzburg United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Golden Arrows
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
23-04-19 PL Kaizer Chiefs 1 - 1 Golden Arrows
28-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 2 - 1 Free State Stars
07-05-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 2 - 0 Golden Arrows
11-05-19 PL Golden Arrows 0 - 1 Bidvest Wits
04-08-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Maritzburg United
11-08-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 13:00 Golden Arrows
24-08-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Chippa United
28-08-19 PL Orlando Pirates 17:30 Golden Arrows
14-09-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 AmaZulu
22-09-19 PL Cape Town City 13:00 Golden Arrows
Maritzburg United
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
24-04-19 PL Maritzburg United 0 - 1 Orlando Pirates
27-04-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 2 Maritzburg United
04-05-19 PL Maritzburg United 3 - 1 SuperSport United
11-05-19 PL Baroka 1 - 1 Maritzburg United
04-08-19 PL Golden Arrows 13:00 Maritzburg United
09-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 18:00 Highlands Park
25-08-19 PL Stellenbosch 13:00 Maritzburg United
28-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 17:30 Black Leopards
21-09-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 16:00 Maritzburg United
27-09-19 PL Maritzburg United 18:00 Chippa United

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 30 16 11 3 40 24 15 6 7 2 18 12 15 10 4 1 22 12 16 59
2 Orlando Pirates 30 15 12 3 44 24 15 7 7 1 25 12 15 8 5 2 19 12 20 57
3 Bidvest Wits 30 16 6 8 45 29 15 7 2 6 22 15 15 9 4 2 23 14 16 54
4 Cape Town City 30 13 9 8 47 35 15 7 6 2 28 18 15 6 3 6 19 17 12 48
5 Polokwane City 30 11 11 8 38 35 15 6 4 5 23 21 15 5 7 3 15 14 3 44
6 SuperSport United 30 12 8 10 29 28 15 7 4 4 17 11 15 5 4 6 12 17 1 44
7 Highlands Park 30 9 14 7 34 32 15 7 5 3 20 16 15 2 9 4 14 16 2 41
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 4 6 17 20 -2 40
9 Kaizer Chiefs 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 5 5 5 15 15 15 4 7 4 18 14 4 39
10 Golden Arrows 30 8 12 10 27 31 15 6 3 6 15 15 15 2 9 4 12 16 -4 36
11 AmaZulu 30 10 7 13 33 41 15 7 6 2 20 10 15 3 1 11 13 31 -8 31
12 Chippa United 30 7 9 14 27 35 15 4 4 7 11 14 15 3 5 7 16 21 -8 30
13 Black Leopards 30 7 9 14 30 46 15 6 4 5 17 14 15 1 5 9 13 32 -16 30
14 Baroka 30 6 11 13 27 37 15 2 7 6 14 19 15 4 4 7 13 18 -10 29
15 Maritzburg United 30 6 9 15 22 32 15 4 6 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 7 17 -10 27
16 Free State Stars 30 6 9 15 31 47 15 4 5 6 19 21 15 2 4 9 12 26 -16 27

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