Premier League match prediction and preview for Maritzburg United vs Highlands Park clash

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Fri 09.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Harry Gwala Stadium (22000 seats)

It's a new Premier League campaign and Maritzburg United are eager to get started here at Harry Gwala Stadium. Highlands Park are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

Maritzburg United and Highlands Park should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Maritzburg United form and stats

Last season, Maritzburg United's league statistics were 6 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Maritzburg United managed 4-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 15 conceded.

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Highlands Park form and stats

Let's have a look at how Highlands Park performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 14 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 9 and lost 4 with 14/16 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 1 Maritzburg United victory, 2 draws and 2 Highlands Park wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Mvala
8 goals
P. Shalulile
7 goals / 2 assists
L. Mbatha
5 goals / 3 assists

Maritzburg United missing players

Highlands Park missing players

Maritzburg United Highlands Park
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 6
1 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 1
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Maritzburg United Last season Highlands Park
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
30 15   Played   15 30
6 4   Won   2 9
9 6   Drew   9 14
15 5   Lost   4 7
22 15   Scored   15 35
32 15   Conceded   16 32
80% 73%   Over 0.5   80% 87%
50% 60%   Over 1.5   67% 73%
33% 47%   Over 2.5   33% 43%
13% 20%   Over 3.5   20% 17%
3% 0%   Over 4.5   7% 3%
40% 53%   BTTS   60% 63%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets   27% 27%
57% 47%   Failed To Score   33% 23%
 
5.9 7   Corners For (avg)   4.7 4.5
5.3 4.1   Corners Against (avg)   4.7 4.8
1.6 1.3   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.5 1.6
2 0   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Maritzburg United
All Mtn 8 Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
24-04-19 PL Maritzburg United 0 - 1 Orlando Pirates
27-04-19 PL Black Leopards 1 - 2 Maritzburg United
04-05-19 PL Maritzburg United 3 - 1 SuperSport United
11-05-19 PL Baroka 1 - 1 Maritzburg United
04-08-19 PL Golden Arrows 1 - 0 Maritzburg United
09-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 18:00 Highlands Park
25-08-19 PL Stellenbosch 13:00 Maritzburg United
28-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 17:30 Black Leopards
21-09-19 PL Mamelodi Sundowns 16:00 Maritzburg United
27-09-19 PL Maritzburg United 18:00 Chippa United
Highlands Park
All League Cup First Division Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
23-04-19 PL Cape Town City 1 - 1 Highlands Park
27-04-19 PL Highlands Park 0 - 2 Polokwane City
04-05-19 PL Highlands Park 1 - 0 Bloemfontein Celtic
11-05-19 PL SuperSport United 0 - 2 Highlands Park
04-08-19 PL Highlands Park 2 - 3 Kaizer Chiefs
09-08-19 PL Maritzburg United 18:00 Highlands Park
24-08-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Highlands Park
27-08-19 PL Highlands Park 17:30 AmaZulu
22-09-19 PL Baroka 13:00 Highlands Park
29-09-19 PL Highlands Park 13:00 Polokwane City

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 30 16 11 3 40 24 15 6 7 2 18 12 15 10 4 1 22 12 16 59
2 Orlando Pirates 30 15 12 3 44 24 15 7 7 1 25 12 15 8 5 2 19 12 20 57
3 Bidvest Wits 30 16 6 8 45 29 15 7 2 6 22 15 15 9 4 2 23 14 16 54
4 Cape Town City 30 13 9 8 47 35 15 7 6 2 28 18 15 6 3 6 19 17 12 48
5 Polokwane City 30 11 11 8 38 35 15 6 4 5 23 21 15 5 7 3 15 14 3 44
6 SuperSport United 30 12 8 10 29 28 15 7 4 4 17 11 15 5 4 6 12 17 1 44
7 Highlands Park 30 9 14 7 34 32 15 7 5 3 20 16 15 2 9 4 14 16 2 41
8 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 11 7 12 35 37 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 4 6 17 20 -2 40
9 Kaizer Chiefs 30 9 12 9 33 29 15 5 5 5 15 15 15 4 7 4 18 14 4 39
10 Golden Arrows 30 8 12 10 27 31 15 6 3 6 15 15 15 2 9 4 12 16 -4 36
11 AmaZulu 30 10 7 13 33 41 15 7 6 2 20 10 15 3 1 11 13 31 -8 31
12 Chippa United 30 7 9 14 27 35 15 4 4 7 11 14 15 3 5 7 16 21 -8 30
13 Black Leopards 30 7 9 14 30 46 15 6 4 5 17 14 15 1 5 9 13 32 -16 30
14 Baroka 30 6 11 13 27 37 15 2 7 6 14 19 15 4 4 7 13 18 -10 29
15 Maritzburg United 30 6 9 15 22 32 15 4 6 5 15 15 15 2 3 10 7 17 -10 27
16 Free State Stars 30 6 9 15 31 47 15 4 5 6 19 21 15 2 4 9 12 26 -16 27

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