Home advantage feels comfortable and nice for Maritzburg United, but Mamelodi Sundowns are fully motivated and able to win this one. What happens?
- Maritzburg United have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have the the best goal difference (+11) in Premier League
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Mtn 8 Cup.
Maritzburg United form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Maritzburg United at their home stadium (Harry Gwala Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. When Maritzburg United hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Richards Bay, Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and SuperSport United), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Maritzburg United drew their last game, 1-1 away at AmaZulu (placed 9th).
Before that, Maritzburg United played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Richards Bay.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Maritzburg, as the Premier League home game vs Golden Arrows is only three days away.
Maritzburg United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Harry Gwala Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Mamelodi Sundowns form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The fact that Mamelodi have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams is eager to challenge this, with his 221 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a Mtn 8 Cup home loss versus Orlando Pirates with 0-3 on the scoreboard.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Tshakhuma in the Premier League.Mamelodi Sundowns have another game away from home in just four nights, a Premier League game vs Royal AM. A rough programme for the guests!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Mamelodi have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. It's not easy to score on Mamelodi Sundowns as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Maritzburg United one win, three draws and Mamelodi Sundowns six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Shalulile 6 goals |   A. Soukouna 2 goals | F. Samy 2 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
Mamelodi Sundowns missing players
| Maritzburg United | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 30% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 55% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 6.4 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.8 | 10.8 |
| 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 21% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 23% | 36% |
| 9.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| 3.4 | 2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
- 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 the the best goal difference (+11) in Premier League
- Mamelodi Sundowns have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Mamelodi Sundowns have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Mamelodi Sundowns haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maritzburg United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Maritzburg United have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Premier League
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Chippa United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Stellenbosch | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Royal AM | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Moroka Swallows | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Cape Town City | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Sekhukhune United | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
