2011/12 Season

Black Leopards v Maritzburg United

Absa Premiership, Round 6
Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Saturday 24 September 2011
15h00 kick-off 

Match background

Black Leopards will look to bring Maritzburg United’s unbeaten record in the Absa Premiership to an end when the teams meet at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday. Kick-off is at 15h00.

Leopards showed terrific fighting spirit on the weekend to fight back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw at Platinum Stars, with former Free State Stars striker Kingston Nkhatha netting a second half brace.

Added to a win over Golden Arrows in late August, the result sees Lidoda Duvha placed 12 th on the log on four points. With coach Sunday Chidzambwa’s first priority being the consolidation of Leopards’ top flight status, one could say that it has been a satisfactory start to the season for the newly-promoted side.

However, they are just two points above the relegation zone (currently occupied by AmaZulu and Jomo Cosmos) and need to keep putting up displays such as the one that earned them a point at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium against Platinum Stars if they are to keep their heads above water.

To that end, Leopards must look to defeat Maritzburg United in Polokwane on Saturday, though the unbeaten Team of Choice will be no pushovers.

They are one of just two teams (the other being SuperSport United) who have yet to taste defeat in the league this season, and on the weekend they outclassed Golden Arrows to win 2-0 and climb to an impressive fifth on the standings.

There is little head-to-head history between the two teams, who have played one another in just four league games in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons. Leopards have claimed two wins, United one, and the remaining game was a 1-1 draw.

Their last top flight meeting was in the second half of the 2006/07 season and Lidoda Duvha claimed a narrow 1-0 home thanks to a goal from Myron Shongwe.

Previous meetings

All league meetings

Season Result Scorers

2005/06 Maritzburg 2-0 Leopards Sadomba, Ntsoelengoe

2005/06 Leopards 2-1 Maritzburg Ng’ambi, Mabusela; Mazana

2006/07 Maritzburg 1-1 Leopards Omotayo; Maluleke

2006/07 Leopards 1-0 Maritzburg Shongwe

Head-to-Head

(League only, since 2005/06)

Home

P W D L GF GA

Leopards 2 2 0 0 3 1

Maritzburg 2 1 1 0 3 1

Away

P W D L GF GA

Leopards 2 0 1 1 1 3

Maritzburg 2 0 0 2 1 3

Total

P W D L GF GA

Leopards 4 2 1 1 4 4

Maritzburg 4 1 1 2 4 4

Fixtures and results

Black Leopards

2011/12 Absa Premiership results

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

1 12/08/11 H Pirates (0-1) L 0-2

2 16/08/11 A Celtic (0-1) L 0-2

3 24/08/11 H Arrows (0-0) W 2-0 Johannes 74’ og, Nyirenda 79’

4 14/09/11 A SuperSport (0-1) L 0-3

5 17/09/11 A P Stars (0-2) D 2-2 Nkhatha 50’ 82’

League position – 12th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3

Away 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1

Overall 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 4

2011/12 Absa Premiership fixtures

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’

3 24/08/11 H Pirates (0-1) W 2-1 Sibisi 49’, Diouf 77’

4 14/09/11 A Celtic (1-0) D 1-1 Sibisi 38’

5 18/09/11 H Arrows (1-0) W 2-0 Obada 9’, Lentjies 78’

League position – 5th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7

Away 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

Overall 5 2 3 0 8 5 +3 9

2011/12 Absa Premiership fixtures

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