Maritzburg United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Bidvest Wits.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Maritzburg and Bidvest Wits.
The season is still full of potential for Maritzburg United as they can still win the whole Premier League. Bidvest are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Maritzburg United form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Maritzburg United are 6-5-2 (wins-draw-losses).
The spoils were shared in Maritzburg's previous game, also at home. Visiting Mamelodi Sundowns (placed 2nd) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Black Leopards.
Maritzburg has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Maritzburg are not conceding a lot of goals here at Harry Gwala Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.
Bidvest Wits form and stats
6-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bidvest Wits, who have the most clean sheets (8) away in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Bidvest, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Bidvest had fun at their own home (Harry Gwala Stadium) last time out, beating AmaZulu 2-1. R. Human and D. Hotto scored. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Golden Arrows.
D. Hotto came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against AmaZulu last time out, making the manager G. Hunt feel like a tactical genius.
Bidvest has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against Bloemfontein Celtic in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The attacking power of Bidvest when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Bidvest's manager G. Hunt has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 6 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Bidvest Wits - Maritzburg United 0-1 played earlier this season. Maritzburg United-Bidvest Wits H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Maritzburg one win, Bidvest Wits five wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Kutumela 6 goals |  D. Hotto Kavendji 6 goals | G. Motupa 5 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
Bidvest Wits missing players
| Maritzburg United | Bidvest Wits | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 22 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 84% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 50% | 52% |
| 35% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 8% | 24% |
| 15% | 15% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 17% | 32% |
| 46% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 48% |
| 27% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 36% |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 241 | 124 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 103 | 289 |
| 82 | 47 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 33 | 96 |
| 33% | 34% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 29% |
- Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (19)
- Bidvest Wits has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
- Bidvest Wits has the most clean sheets (8) away
- Maritzburg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Maritzburg United is in the best form (4-1-1)
| 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 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 52 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 47 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 44 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 44 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 43 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Highlands Park | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 33 |
| 9 | Stellenbosch | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 33 |
| 11 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 27 |
| 13 | Black Leopards | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Baroka | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 24 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 26 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 19 | -14 | 23 |