Orlando Pirates have enginereed 6 home victories this season, Maritzburg United have won 1 away. Who upgrades their standings in this meeting?
- Orlando Pirates have the most points from losing position (17) in Premier League
- Maritzburg United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
Maritzburg United is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Orlando and Maritzburg United.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
6 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Orlando Pirates have to build on here at Orlando Stadium in the Premier League.
Makaringe was the last player to score a league goal for Orlando Pirates and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Orlando Pirates haven't scored in 278 minutes.
The home supporters witnessed a 1-1 draw against RSB Berkane in the CAF Confederations Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
Erik lost again The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Orlando Pirates's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 4 matches, drawn 3 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Orlando Pirates after this match as they are travelling to Royal AM for a Premier League game in only three days.
Orlando has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Orlando Pirates have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Maritzburg United form and stats
Maritzburg United have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-6-7 (14 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
Maritzburg United had fun at their own home (Orlando Stadium) last time out, beating Baroka 1-0. Daniels scored.
Before that, Maritzburg travelled to Stellenbosch and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Maritzburg United playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 3 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
The attacking power of Maritzburg when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. 17 goals have been conceded by Maritzburg United in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other already this season, with the final score Maritzburg United - Orlando Pirates 0-0 entered in the official records. Orlando-Maritzburg United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Orlando Pirates six wins, Maritzburg United zero wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Hotto Kavendji 6 goals | K. Peprah 5 goals |  F. Samy 4 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Maritzburg United missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Maritzburg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 28 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 70% | 71% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 86% | 86% |
| 59% | 64% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 55% |
| 37% | 43% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 24% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 48% | 50% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 45% |
| 44% | 43% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 21% | 31% |
| 37% | 36% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 38% |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 9.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 33% | 31% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 33% | 31% |
| 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
- Maritzburg United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Maritzburg United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
- Orlando Pirates have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orlando Pirates have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League
- Orlando Pirates have the most points from losing position (17) in Premier League
- Orlando Pirates have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 36 | 65 |
| 2 | Cape Town City | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 49 |
| 3 | Stellenbosch | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 47 |
| 5 | Royal AM | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 46 |
| 6 | AmaZulu | 29 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | SuperSport United | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 37 |
| 10 | Tshakhuma | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Sekhukhune United | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 33 |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 31 |
| 13 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 30 |
| 14 | Chippa United | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 29 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 16 | Baroka | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 32 | -18 | 25 |
