Polokwane City hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 13th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Maritzburg United holds 10th place with 14 pts.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Polokwane City form and stats
Polokwane City's struggle is real here at Peter Mokaba Stadium with only 6 points collected from 6 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-4. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Polokwane City have lost eight games in a row. With Polokwane City having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager B. Molekwa.
The Polokwane City fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Peter Mokaba Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Bloemfontein Celtic (placed 5th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Orlando Pirates (2-3).
This is expected to be a close game, with Polokwane City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Polokwane City as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Polokwane City has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Polokwane City aren't scoring a lot here at Peter Mokaba Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. 6 goals have been conceded.
Maritzburg United form and stats
There's been little loot from Maritzburg United's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Maritzburg United only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
The attacking players of Maritzburg United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to AmaZulu (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The Premier League match ended in a draw 0-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against SuperSport United.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Maritzburg United in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Maritzburg United, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Maritzburg United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 6 away games. Maritzburg United are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Polokwane City-Maritzburg United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Polokwane City 5 wins, Maritzburg United 3 wins, 2 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
 
C. Mashumba
4 goals
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T. Kutumela
2 goals
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S. Mbonani
1 goals
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Polokwane City missing players
Maritzburg United missing players
| Polokwane City | Maritzburg United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 50% | 75% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 46% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| 4.1 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 5.8 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 123 | 63 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 50 | 100 |
| 36 | 15 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 18% | 22% |
- Maritzburg United has the fewest scored goals (2) away
- Polokwane City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Polokwane City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Polokwane City is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 5 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Highlands Park | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Bidvest Wits | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Orlando Pirates | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Black Leopards | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Maritzburg United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Cape Town City | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Baroka | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Polokwane City | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 13 |
| 14 | Stellenbosch | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | AmaZulu | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Chippa United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 11 |