MATCH STATS:
Round 1
Harry Gwala Stadium, Pietermaritzburg
Sunday 14 August 2011
15h00 kick-off
Match background
- Maritzburg United will look to keep up their unbeaten home record against Bidvest Wits when the teams meet for their Absa Premiership season opener at Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday afternoon, kick-off at 15h00.
- Maritzburg ended the 2010/11 season in 12th place, just three places and three points above the danger zone.
- The Team of Choice were under the threat of relegation for most of the season but picked up their form toward the end of the campaign, losing just one of their last seven matches.
- Wits ended last season in sixth place and boasted the third-best attack of any team in the league.
- The Clever Boys were a full 12 points off fifth-placed Bloemfontein Celtic, mainly because they failed to win any of their last five matches.
- In head-to-head stats, Maritzburg and Wits have met eight times in the league since 2006/07.
- Both teams have two wins apiece, though it is the Johannesburg side who have the edge on overall goals scored: 12 compared to Maritzburg’s eight.
- However, the Team of Choice have yet to lose a home game to the Clever Boys. The teams’ four previous matches in KwaZulu-Natal have seen three draws and one victory for Maritzburg.
- Wits have not beaten the Team of Choice since a 4-1 victory in the first half of the 2008/09 season.
- Last term, the Pietermaritzburg team took four points off the Clever Boys: a 2-1 win in Johannesburg and a 1-1 draw in the return match at Harry Gwala Stadium.
Previous meetings
All league meetings
Season Result Scorers
2006/07 Maritzburg 0-0 Wits
2006/07 Wits 3-0 Maritzburg Manenzhe, Raselemane, Manuel
2008/09 Wits 4-1 Maritzburg A. Hendricks, Myeni, Studzinski, Rantjie; Mngomezulu
2008/09 Maritzburg 2-1 Wits Mngomezulu, Bageta; Langerman
2009/10 Wits 1-1 Maritzburg Kadi; Davids
2009/10 Maritzburg 1-1 Wits Bester; Myeni
2010/11 Wits 1-2 Maritzburg Koapeng; Bester, Sibisi
2010/11 Maritzburg 1-1 Wits Sibisi; Chapman
Head-to-Head
(League only, since 2006/07)
Home
P W D L GF GA
Maritzburg 4 1 3 0 4 3
Wits 4 2 1 1 9 4
Away
P W D L GF GA
Maritzburg 4 1 1 2 4 9
Wits 4 0 3 1 3 4
Total
P W D L GF GA
Maritzburg 8 2 4 2 8 12
Wits 8 2 4 2 12 8
Club information
Maritzburg United
Coach: Ian Palmer (South Africa)
Nickname: The Team of Choice
Formed: 1979
Physical address: 397 Victoria Road, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
Tel: +2733 345 5666/7
Fax: +2733 345 5672
Email: info@maritzburgunited.co.za
Website: www.maritzburgunited.co.za
Major honours: None
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2011/12 season results)
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
252 61 74 117 230 388 -158 257
Bidvest Wits
Coach: Roger de Sa (South Africa)
Nickname: The Clever Boys
Formed: 1921
Physical address: 2nd Floor, The Atrium, 41 Stanley Avenue, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2092
Tel: +2711 726 8781
Fax: +2711 726 8902
Email: info@bidvestwits.co.za
Website: www.bidvestwits.co.za
Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 2 (1984, 1995); League Cup titles: 2 (1985, 1995); FA Cup titles: 2 (1978, 2010).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2011/12 season results)
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
444 148 151 145 487 466 +21 595
* Stats provided by Backpage txt *
