The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Orlando Pirates leading Maritzburg United by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
- Orlando Pirates have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
Orlando have less rest than Maritzburg United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Nedbank Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Mamelodi Sundowns.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
Orlando Pirates are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at FNB Stadium. 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. The Orlando Pirates fans aren't used to losing league-games here at FNB Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Orlando Pirates has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
No payout for Orlando Pirates in their previous match, an away game at Mamelodi Sundowns that ended in defeat 1-4. Before that, Orlando had a CAF Confederations Cup home game versus Al Ahli Benghazi which ended with a victory 3-0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Orlando, as the CAF Confederations Cup home game vs ES Sétif is only three days away.
Orlando Pirates are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Orlando are not conceding a lot of goals here at FNB Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
Maritzburg United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Maritzburg United so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Maritzburg United won their last game, 5-1 versus Chippa United played at home. Prior to that result Maritzburg United won their away game at TS Galaxy. The scoreline was 2-0.
As mentioned above, Maritzburg was the only team on the pitch versus Chippa United in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Maritzburg manager E. Middendorp as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Tshakhuma.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Maritzburg United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Maritzburg United - Orlando 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Orlando won six, Maritzburg United won one and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Kutumela 9 goals |  D. Hotto Kavendji 4 goals | M. Pule 4 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Maritzburg United missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Maritzburg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 67% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 70% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 40% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 43% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 38% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.1 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 36% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 32% | 38% |
- Orlando Pirates have not yet lost a game at home.
- Orlando Pirates have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (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 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 23 | 46 |
| 2 | AmaZulu | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Golden Arrows | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Moroka Swallows | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | SuperSport United | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Kaizer Chiefs | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Baroka | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | Stellenbosch | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Chippa United | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 17 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -21 | 13 |