Maritzburg United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 15th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Orlando Pirates holds 6th place with 18 pts.
- Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orlando Pirates has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Maritzburg United form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Maritzburg United have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Harry Gwala Stadium.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 191 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Moseamedi was the last player to find the net.
The Maritzburg United fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Harry Gwala Stadium: A 0-3 defeat against TS Galaxy (placed 12th). Before that, Maritzburg played out a draw 0-0 when visiting AmaZulu.
Maritzburg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Maritzburg have conceded 10 from these games.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Orlando Pirates have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Orlando Pirates are looking to quickly end their 205 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
There were no winners in Orlando's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 vs Golden Arrows (placed 4th). A 0-2 defeat away at Black Leopards before that.
A new game in only three days for Orlando, the Premier League home match versus TS Galaxy. Busy days.
The visiting Orlando have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Orlando in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Maritzburg won one, Orlando Pirates won four and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Moseamedi 4 goals | T. Kutumela 2 goals |  F. Makaringe 2 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
Orlando Pirates missing players
| Maritzburg United | Orlando Pirates | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 47% | 35% |
- Maritzburg United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maritzburg United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Orlando Pirates has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
- Orlando Pirates have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orlando Pirates haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Moroka Swallows | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Cape Town City | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Orlando Pirates | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Kaizer Chiefs | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Baroka | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 9 | Stellenbosch | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | AmaZulu | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | TS Galaxy | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Chippa United | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Maritzburg United | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 9 |