With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Maritzburg United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against AmaZulu.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Maritzburg United form and stats
Maritzburg United have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Maritzburg United manager E. Tinkler and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Chippa United (placed 10th) in the Premier League. 2-2 away at SuperSport United before that.
The Maritzburg United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
AmaZulu form and stats
There's been little loot from AmaZulu's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. AmaZulu only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
AmaZulu failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs SuperSport United (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cape Town City that ended 2-2.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, AmaZulu have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: AmaZulu - Maritzburg United 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Maritzburg United victories, 5 draws and 1 AmaZulu win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ntuli 10 goals |   J. Moseamedi 3 goals |  T. Kutumela 3 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
AmaZulu missing players
| Maritzburg United | AmaZulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 76% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 41% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 44% | 61% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 28% |
| 47% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 61% |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 155 | 77 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 79 | 166 |
| 51 | 28 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 22 | 49 |
| 25% | 29% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 22% |
- AmaZulu has the the worst goal difference (-11)
- Maritzburg United has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maritzburg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Kaizer Chiefs | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 41 |
| 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 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Orlando Pirates | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Maritzburg United | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Highlands Park | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Stellenbosch | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Baroka | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 17 |
| 13 | Cape Town City | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 14 | AmaZulu | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Black Leopards | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 16 |