Premier League: Maritzburg United are 4 points after AmaZulu, but are psyched to go full force. Let's go!
- Maritzburg United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- AmaZulu have scored at least twice as many goals away as Maritzburg United have scored home.
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 form and stats
Maritzburg United have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-2.
Stress levels are on the rise for Maritzburg United's attacking players as they have now played 404 minutes without scoring in a league game. B. Aubaas (own goal) was their last goal scorer.
An away draw last time out for Maritzburg, facing Tshakhuma in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that game, the home loss against Kaizer Chiefs with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Maritzburg United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Maritzburg United as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Maritzburg United has won seven of these, drawn five and lost zero.
The lack of attacking qualities in Maritzburg United means that they have only scored 2 goals in 5 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Maritzburg United have conceded only 3 goals.
AmaZulu form and stats
There's been little loot from AmaZulu's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. AmaZulu only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws. Visiting AmaZulu has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
AmaZulu are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Kaizer Chiefs (placed 5th). The draw against Kaizer Chiefs came from a losing position. The AmaZulu manager B. McCarthy brought on Bongi Ntuli as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Stellenbosch that ended 2-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by AmaZulu in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for AmaZulu, four draws and five defeats.
AmaZulu find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, AmaZulu have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Maritzburg won four, AmaZulu triumphed in zero and we saw six draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ntuli 3 goals | A. Memela 2 goals | A. Mulenga 2 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
AmaZulu missing players
| Maritzburg United | AmaZulu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 75% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 50% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 2.7 | 3.4 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 5.3 | 5 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
- AmaZulu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- AmaZulu have scored at least twice as many goals away as Maritzburg United have scored home.
- AmaZulu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Maritzburg United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Stellenbosch | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | Sekhukhune United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Royal AM | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | AmaZulu | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Cape Town City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Maritzburg United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Baroka | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | TS Galaxy | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 8 |