Home advantage feels secure and nice for Maritzburg United, but Cape Town City are fully determined and capable to win. Who wins the prize?
- Maritzburg United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cape Town City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Cape Town City have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League.
Maritzburg United form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Maritzburg United have to build on here at Harry Gwala Stadium in the Premier League.
The Maritzburg United coach Middendorp and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sekhukhune United (placed 9th).
Before that, Maritzburg had a home game versus Mamelodi Sundowns which ended with a victory 2-1.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 Maritzburg United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost one.
Maritzburg United have scored 8 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home 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 10 from 11 matches.
Cape Town City form and stats
Playing away, Cape Town City have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Premier League this season.
Cape Town City go into this game after a win, the home game against Baroka that ended 5-1.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Marumo Gallants FC.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cape Town City in our archives, and the results are: one win for Cape, four draws and nine defeats.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H meeting ended Cape Town City - Maritzburg United 3-2, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between these contenders: Maritzburg United won three, Cape Town City were winners in three and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Soukouna 3 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
Cape Town City missing players
| Maritzburg United | Cape Town City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 26 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 82% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 25% | 60% | 68% |
| 59% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 40% | 50% |
| 32% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 30% | 41% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 18% |
| 45% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 41% |
| 32% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 45% |
| 41% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 60% | 45% |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 32% | 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 27% | 43% |
| 6.4 | 6 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
- Cape Town City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- 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 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Royal AM | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Kaizer Chiefs | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | SuperSport United | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 9 | Sekhukhune United | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | AmaZulu | 23 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Marumo Gallants FC | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | TS Galaxy | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 19 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Baroka | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 17 |
