Maritzburg United v Orlando Pirates

Round 3
Harry Gwala Stadium, Pietermaritzburg
Wednesday 24 August 2011
20h00 kick-off 

Match background  

• United have come from behind to claim a draw in both of their opening games. They drew 2-2 at home to Bidvest Wits in their first match and 1-1 away to Ajax Cape Town last week thanks to a goal from Davids.

• The Team of Choice are placed 10 th on the log after the first two rounds of the league.

• Pirates have begun the defence of their title with back-to-back wins. They beat Black Leopards 2-0 away in their opener and won 1-0 at home to Platinum Stars last week thanks to a goal from Mabena.

• The Buccaneers are placed third on the log after the first two rounds of the league.

• In head-to-head stats, Maritzburg and Pirates have met in 10 league games since 2005/06.

• Bucs have six wins to United’s two, and the other two matches have been drawn.

• Maritzburg have won two of their five home games against Pirates and suffered three defeats.

• Last season Pirates did a league double over United, winning 2-1 in Pietermaritzburg and 3-1 in Soweto.

• Maritzburg’s line-up from their 1-1 draw with Ajax: Chansa; Petersen, Diouf, Hendricks, Matuka (Evans 25’); Obada, Morton, Madondo, Lawrence (Ncubeni 50’); Sibisi, Olomu (Davids 61’).

• Pirates’ line-up from their 1-0 win over Stars: Josephs; Jele, Sangweni, Lekgwathi, Thwala; Manyisa, Jali; Mbuyane (Ngobeni 88’), Klate (Mabena 60’), Segolela; Ndulula (McCarthy 60’).

Previous meetings

Last ten league meetings

2005/06 Classic 1-2 Pirates King; Kitenge (og), Mathe

2005/06 Pirates 0-0 Classic

2006/07 Maritzburg 1-0 Pirates Siphika

2006/07 Pirates 1-0 Maritzburg Sikhwivhilu

2008/09 Pirates 2-1 Maritzburg Thwala (pen), Mashego; Dhladhla

2008/09 Maritzburg 1-2 Pirates Bageta (pen); Mbuyane, Thwala

2009/10 Pirates 1-1 Maritzburg Lekgwathi; Diouf

2009/10 Maritzburg 2-1 Pirates Davids, Booysen; Jali

2010/11 Maritzburg 1-2 Pirates Lentjies; Johannes, McCarthy (og)

2010/11 Pirates 3-1 Maritzburg Mabena, Segolela, Chansa; Beste

Head-to-Head

(League only, since 2005/06

Home

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 5 2 0 3 6 7

Pirates 5 3 2 0 7

Away

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 5 0 2 3 3 7

Pirates 5 3 0 2 7

Total

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 10 2 2 6 9 14

Pirates 10 6 2 2 14

Fixtures and results

Maritzburg United

2011/12 Absa Premiership results

No Date H/A Opponent (HT) Result Goal scorers

1 14/08/11 H Wits (0-1) D 2-2 Sibisi 73’ pen, Matle 77’

2 17/08/11 A Ajax (0-1) D 1-1 Davids 78’

League position – 10th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1

Away 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

Overall 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2

2011/12 Absa Premiership fixtures

No Date Time H/A Opponent Venue

3 24/08/11 20h00 H Pirates Harry Gwala Stadium

4 14/09/11 19h30 A Celtic Seisa Ramabodu Stadium

5 18/09/11 15h00 H Arrows Harry Gwala Stadium

6 24/09/11 15h00 A Leopards Peter Mokaba Stadium

7 28/09/11 19h30 H P Stars Harry Gwala Stadium

8 14/10/11 20h00 A SuperSport Lucas Moripe Stadium

9 28/10/11 20h00 A Santos Athlone Stadium

10 01/11/11 19h30 H Chiefs Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

11 20/11/11 15h30 A Sundowns Lucas Moripe Stadium

12 30/11/11 19h30 H FS Stars Harry Gwala Stadium

13 04/12/11 15h30 A AmaZulu Moses Mabhida Stadium

14 17/12/11 15h30 H Cosmos Harry Gwala Stadium

15 21/12/11 19h30 A Swallows Dobsonville Stadium

16 15/02/12 19h30 A Wits Bidvest Stadium

17 19/02/12 15h30 H Ajax Harry Gwala Stadium

18 26/02/12 15h30 A Pirates Orlando Stadium

19 14/03/12 19h30 H Celtic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

20 17/03/12 18h00 A Arrows King Zwelithini Stadium

21 21/03/12 19h30 H Leopards Harry Gwala Stadium

22 28/03/12 19h30 A P Stars Royal Bafokeng Stadium

23 04/04/12 19h30 H SuperSport Harry Gwala Stadium

24 07/04/12 20h15 H Santos Harry Gwala Stadium

25 17/04/12 19h30 A Chiefs FNB Stadium

26 21/04/12 18h00 H Sundowns Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

27 28/04/12 15h00 A FS Stars Goble Park

28 01/05/12 19h30 H AmaZulu Harry Gwala Stadium

29 12/05/12 15h00 A Cosmos Makhulong Stadium

30 19/05/12 15h00 H Swallows Harry Gwala Stadium

Orlando Pirates

2011/12 Absa Premiership results

No Date H/A Opponent (HT) Result Goal scorers

1 12/08/11 A Leopards (1-0) W 2-0 Ndulula 11’, McCarthy 70’

2 16/08/11 H P Stars (0-0) W 1-0 Mabena 66’

League position – 3rd

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3

Away 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3

Overall 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6

2011/12 Absa Premiership fixtures

League standings

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

3 Orlando Pirates 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6

10 Maritzburg United 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2

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

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

Orlando Pirates

Coach: Julio Leal (Brazil)

Nickname: The Buccaneers

Formed: 1937

Major honours: League titles: 8 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2011); Top Eight Cup titles: 8 (1972, 1974, 1978, 1983, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2010); FA Cup titles: 7 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2011); Other cup titles: 6 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1992); 1995 African Champions Cup; 1996 African Super Cup.

All-time PSL record: (Not including 2011/12 season results)

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

474 227 154 93 680 409 +271 835

* Statistics by Backpage txt