Kaizer Chiefs host Maritzburg United as obvious favourites: Full preview

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: FNB Stadium (94736 seats)

Most would pick Kaizer Chiefs in this fixture versus Maritzburg United, but the away team will resist to the bitter end. Here's the Tipsway match guide!

Insights:
  • Kaizer Chiefs have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maritzburg United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League

It's no vacation for neither Kaizer nor Maritzburg United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Kaizer Chiefs form and stats

The total Premier League stats playing at home this season for Kaizer Chiefs are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Kaizer Chiefs in their previous match, an away game at Royal AM that ended in defeat 0-1.

Before that, Kaizer had a home game versus Sekhukhune United which ended with a victory 2-0.

A decent goal production from Kaizer in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Kaizer have conceded 8 goals.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

Maritzburg United have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-5 (9 played).

Hlongwane was the last player to score for the away team. Maritzburg haven't scored a league goal in the last 183 minutes.

Maritzburg United failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Chippa United (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 0-2.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Stellenbosch.

The attacking power of Maritzburg when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Maritzburg have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Maritzburg United - Kaizer 0-1 was the product when these two participants formerly did battle, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the former ten meetings): Kaizer won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Maritzburg United got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Kaizer ChiefsK. Dolly
K. Dolly
7 goals
KaizerK. Billiat
K. Billiat
4 goals
Kaizer ChiefsB. Parker
B. Parker
3 goals

Kaizer Chiefs missing players

Maritzburg United missing players

Kaizer Chiefs Maritzburg United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 9 17
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
4 2 0 Lost L 3 5 8
19 12 6 Scored S 4 7 10
14 8 1 Conceded C 7 11 17
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 76%
67% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 47%
40% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 24%
20% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 6%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 6%
47% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 35%
33% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 41%
33% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 47%
 
3.3 2.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 1.8 2.6
4 3.9 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.2
1.9 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1 1.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8 8.4 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 5.2 4.6
3.3 3.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2 1.8
39% 46% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 34%
 
8.6 9.4 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 5.6 5.4
3.7 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.1 2.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Kaizer Chiefs have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kaizer Chiefs haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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 the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • 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 18 13 4 1 32 8 10 9 1 0 23 6 8 4 3 1 9 2 24 43
2 Orlando Pirates 18 6 9 3 21 17 8 4 3 1 10 7 10 2 6 2 11 10 4 27
3 AmaZulu 19 5 12 2 17 14 10 3 7 0 8 4 9 2 5 2 9 10 3 27
4 Royal AM 16 7 5 4 22 16 9 6 2 1 13 7 7 1 3 3 9 9 6 26
5 Stellenbosch 17 6 8 3 17 14 9 4 3 2 8 8 8 2 5 1 9 6 3 26
6 Kaizer Chiefs 15 7 4 4 19 14 7 4 1 2 12 8 8 3 3 2 7 6 5 25
7 Sekhukhune United 16 7 3 6 12 11 8 3 3 2 6 4 8 4 0 4 6 7 1 24
8 SuperSport United 16 6 5 5 18 13 8 4 0 4 11 9 8 2 5 1 7 4 5 23
9 Cape Town City 15 5 7 3 15 16 8 4 3 1 11 10 7 1 4 2 4 6 -1 22
10 Golden Arrows 15 4 8 3 20 19 8 3 4 1 11 8 7 1 4 2 9 11 1 20
11 Tshakhuma 17 4 6 7 11 18 8 1 5 2 5 8 9 3 1 5 6 10 -7 18
12 Maritzburg United 17 3 6 8 10 17 8 2 3 3 3 6 9 1 3 5 7 11 -7 15
13 Chippa United 16 3 6 7 11 19 7 0 5 2 3 6 9 3 1 5 8 13 -8 15
14 TS Galaxy 16 3 4 9 15 25 8 3 3 2 10 8 8 0 1 7 5 17 -10 13
15 Moroka Swallows 17 2 7 8 7 18 9 1 4 4 5 11 8 1 3 4 2 7 -11 13
16 Baroka 16 2 4 10 10 18 7 2 2 3 4 4 9 0 2 7 6 14 -8 10