Premier League: Maritzburg United are 8 points after Stellenbosch, but are fully set to go full throttle. Get this show on the road!
- Maritzburg United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Stellenbosch have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Stellenbosch have to travel 1500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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 2 defeats.
Maritzburg lost their last game at Cape Town City (placed 10th) after a 2-3 scoreline.
1-1 away at Moroka Swallows before that.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost zero.
The lack of attacking qualities in Maritzburg means that they have only scored 3 goals in 6 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Maritzburg have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stellenbosch form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Stellenbosch playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Stellenbosch in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting SuperSport United, 0-1. Stellenbosch were so close to getting something from the game against SuperSport United, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Mamelodi Sundowns.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stellenbosch playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Stellenbosch wins, five draws and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stellenbosch have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Maritzburg two wins, three draws and Stellenbosch zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Du Preez 5 goals | J. Moseamedi 3 goals |  B. Hlongwane 2 goals |
Maritzburg United missing players
Stellenbosch missing players
| Maritzburg United | Stellenbosch | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 80% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 47% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 17% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 47% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 2.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 6.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 37% | 27% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 47% | 59% |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.5 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
- Maritzburg United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Maritzburg United have created more than twice as many corners as Stellenbosch.
- Maritzburg United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stellenbosch have scored at least twice as many goals away as Maritzburg United have scored home.
- Stellenbosch have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Premier League
- Stellenbosch have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Premier League
- Stellenbosch 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 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Sekhukhune United | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Royal AM | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | AmaZulu | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Cape Town City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Maritzburg United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Tshakhuma | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | Moroka Swallows | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 12 |
| 15 | Chippa United | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Baroka | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 9 |