The Premier League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Maritzburg United and Mamelodi Sundowns are placed 16th and 1st respectively.
- Maritzburg United has the most conceded goals (9) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most scored goals (12) in Premier League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Maritzburg United form and stats
Two Premier League home games so far for Maritzburg United, who are yet to win here at Harry Gwala Stadium. Only 0 points so far. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Maritzburg United with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Baroka game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Maritzburg United are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Harry Gwala Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The Maritzburg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to SuperSport United here at Harry Gwala Stadium in a Premier League match. Heartbreak before that as Maritzburg lost 0-1 at Black Leopards's place.
Maritzburg United has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
Mamelodi Sundowns are yet to lose a point on their Premier League travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games.
Mamelodi had fun at their own home (Harry Gwala Stadium) last time out, beating Stellenbosch 3-0. P. Shalulile, T. Zwane and K. Erasmus scored. Prior to that match, a home win 4-3 against AmaZulu.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Mamelodi Sundowns has managed 5 goals and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maritzburg United two wins, three draws and Mamelodi Sundowns five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Zwane 5 goals | P. Shalulile 3 goals | K. Erasmus 2 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Maritzburg United | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 5.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 9.4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 19% | 17% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 48% |
- All of Mamelodi Sundowns's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most points (6) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most scored goals (12) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most scored goals (5) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns has the the best goal difference (+9) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have scored more than double the goals of Maritzburg United.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have won all their away games so far.
- Mamelodi Sundowns is in the best form (4-1-0)
- Maritzburg United has the fewest points (0) at home in Premier League
- Maritzburg United has the most conceded goals (9) in Premier League
- Maritzburg United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Maritzburg United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Maritzburg United have lost all their matches so far.
- Maritzburg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Maritzburg United is in the worst form (0-0-5)
| Maritzburg United | Last season | Mamelodi Sundowns | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 83% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 63% | ||
| 33% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 43% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 13% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | ||
| 43% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 47% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 13.4 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Baroka | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Cape Town City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Golden Arrows | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Tshakhuma | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | AmaZulu | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Stellenbosch | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Kaizer Chiefs | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Black Leopards | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 0 |