Maritzburg United v Platinum Stars

Round 7
Harry Gwala Stadium, Pietermaritzburg
Wednesday 28 September 2011
19h30 kick-off

Match background

• Maritzburg United will look to keep up their unbeaten record in the Absa Premiership when they host Platinum Stars at Harry Gwala Stadium. The match takes on Wednesday evening, kick-off at 19h30.

• Maritzburg drew 0-0 away to Black Leopards on the weekend, extending their unbeaten run to six games.

• The KwaZulu-Natal team has claimed two wins and one draw from their three home matches this season.

• The Team of Choice are placed sixth on the Absa Premiership log with 10 points from six matches.

• Stars have gone three games without a win after suffering a 2-0 loss away to SuperSport United on the weekend.

• The Rustenburg team have lost all three of their away games so far this season.

• Dikwena are placed 11 th on the Absa Premiership log with seven points from six matches.

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

• Dikwena have traditionally dominated the fixture, claiming six wins to United’s two.

• Maritzburg have won just one of the five league matches in which they have hosted Stars. Three games have gone in favour of the visitors and there has been one draw.

• Last season the Team of Choice took four points off Dikwena, drawing 0-0 in Rustenburg and winning 1-0 in Pietermaritzburg – their only home win over Stars to date.

• Maritzburg’s line-up from their 0-0 draw with Leopards: Walters; Petersen, Hendricks, Diouf, Sosibo, Madondo (Olomu 72’), Matle (Morton 38’), Evans, Lentjies, Obada, Sibisi (Booysen 90’).

• Stars’ line-up from their 2-0 loss to SuperSport: Mabokgwane; Mere, Nkosi, Sambu, Mpangase; Malongoane (Phala 64’), Mkhabela, Thebakang, Mbatha; Ng’ambi (Ramolesa 74’), Paulse (Mandaza 64’).

Previous meetings

Last ten league meetings

Season Result Scorers

2005/06 Stars 0-1 Maritzburg Sadomba

2005/06 Maritzburg 0-1 Stars Jackson (pen)

2006/07 Stars 2-1 Maritzburg B. Ndlovu, Marumo (pen); S. Ndlovu

2006/07 Maritzburg 0-1 Stars Studzinski

2008/09 Maritzburg 2-2 Stars Aka 2; Mofoekng, Monareng

2008/09 Stars 4-0 Maritzburg Jackson, Renteria 2 (1 pen), Sheppard

2009/10 Stars 1-0 Maritzburg Thebakang

2009/10 Maritzburg 1-3 Stars Chivuta (pen); Murakami, Sheppard, Goldman (og)

2010/11 Stars 0-0 Maritzburg

2010/11 Maritzburg 1-0 Stars Sibisi

Head-to-Head

(League only, since 2005/06)

Home

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 5 1 1 3 4 7

Stars 5 3 1 1 7 2

Away

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 5 1 1 3 2 7

Stars 5 3 1 1 7 4

Total

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 10 2 2 6 6 14

Stars 10 6 2 2 14 6

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’

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’

6 24/09/11 A Leopards (0-0) D 0-0

League position – 6th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7

Away 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3

Overall 6 2 4 0 8 5 +3 10

Platinum Stars

2011/12 Absa Premiership results

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

1 13/08/11 H Ajax (2-0) W 2-0 Phalane 19’, Ngwepe 32’ pen

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

3 24/08/11 H Celtic (2-0) W 2-1 Ng’ambi 9’, Mathe 34’

4 14/09/11 A Arrows (0-1) L 1-3 Mandaza 90+1’

5 17/09/11 H Leopards (2-0) D 2-2 Mathe 22’, Ng’ambi 45+1’

6 25/09/11 A SuperSport (0-0) L 0-2

League position – 11th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7

Away 3 0 0 3 1 6 -5 0

Overall 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7

League standings

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 SuperSport United 6 4 2 0 12 5 +7 14

2 Kaizer Chiefs 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13

3 Ajax Cape Town 6 4 1 1 10 7 +3 13

4 Moroka Swallows 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 12

5 Mamelodi Sundowns 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11

6 Maritzburg United 6 2 4 0 8 5 +3 10

7 Orlando Pirates 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10

8 Bloemfontein Celtic 6 2 2 2 8 5 +3 8

9 Bidvest Wits 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8

10 Free State Stars 6 2 2 2 5 6 -1 8

11 Platinum Stars 6 2 1 3 7 9 -2 7

12 Santos 6 2 0 4 6 8 -2 6

13 Black Leopards 6 1 2 3 4 9 -5 5

14 Golden Arrows 6 1 0 5 5 13 -8 3

15 AmaZulu 6 0 2 4 2 7 -5 2

16 Jomo Cosmos 6 0 2 4 3 9 -6 2