Players' Coments: Shu-aib Walters

":The fact that I had so much work to do last week was a problem –it means they were creating lots of chances.

“If you look at the previous game, SuperSport had the same number of chances as Santos. If Santos had been more clinical then we could have lost by a larger score-line.

“We have worked hard at training with week to highlight where they threatened us and to see how we can eliminate this.”

“It’s going to be a tough game in Cape Town. We knew last week that we were not coming up against a footballing side. Kurt got a slight knock, but I think he was also taken off as a precaution because every time he got the ball, we heard ‘kick him, kick him’.”

• Santos and Maritzburg United will both be looking to bounce back from heavy defeats when they meet in the Absa Premiership on Friday evening. The match takes place at Athlone Stadium, kick-off at 20h00.

• Santos fell to a 4-1 defeat away to Platinum Stars in their last league outing. The result broke a three-match unbeaten run from the Cape team.

• Santos have won just one of their four home league matches so far this season and have suffered two defeats.

• The People’s Team are placed 12 th on the Absa Premiership log, with seven points from eight matches.

• Maritzburg United suffered a club-record defeat in their last league outing, going down 7-0 away to SuperSport United. The result ended the KwaZulu-Natal team’s unbeaten start to the season.

• The Team of Choice are yet to win a game on the road this season, with three draws and a loss from their four away matches.

• The Pietermaritzburg team is placed sixth on the Absa Premiership log, with 13 points from eight matches.

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

• The People’s Team has claimed five wins, the Team of Choice three wins, and there have been just two draws.

• Santos are unbeaten at home against United, having claimed four wins and a draw from their five matches in Cape Town.

• Last season Maritzburg took four points off Santos, drawing 1-1 in the Mother City and winning 1-0 in the return game in Pietermaritzburg.

• Santos’ line-up from their 4-1 loss to Platinum Stars: Motsoeneng, Bishop, van Beulen, Fransman, Macala, Kefile (Chimodzi 54’), T. Arendse, Sopio (Fransman 38’), Isaacs, Rodgers, Songwiqi (Shabangu 66’).

• Maritzburg’s line-up from their 7-0 loss to SuperSport United: Walters, Petersen, Diouf, Hendricks, Morton (Booysen 69’), Evans, Lentjies, Olomu (Abaze 46’), Sosibo (F. Davids 40’), Obada, Sibisi.

Previous meetings

Last ten league meetings

Season Result Scorers

2005/06 Santos 2-0 Maritzburg Kukame, Bantam

2005/06 Maritzburg 2-1 Santos Musasa, August; Bantam

2006/07 Santos 3-0 Maritzburg Isaacs 3

2006/07 Maritzburg 0-0 Santos

2008/09 Santos 2-0 Maritzburg R. Scott, Isaacs

2008/09 Maritzburg 1-0 Santos Mngomezulu

2009/10 Santos 4-0 Maritzburg Spelman 2, Chapman 2

2009/10 Maritzburg 0-1 Santos King

2010/11 Santos 1-1 Maritzburg Camara (pen); Bester (pen)

2010/11 Maritzburg 1-0 Santos Obada

Head-to-Head

(League only, since 2005/06)

Home

P W D L GF GA

Santos 5 4 1 0 12 1

Maritzburg 5 3 1 1 4 3

Away

P W D L GF GA

Santos 5 1 1 3 3 4

Maritzburg 5 0 1 4 1 12

Total

P W D L GF GA

Santos 10 5 2 3 15 5

Maritzburg 10 3 2 5 5 15

Fixtures and results

Santos

2011/12 Absa Premiership results

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

1 12/08/11 H Swallows (0-0) L 1-3 Shabangu 49’

2 17/08/11 A Wits (0-0) L 0-1

3 24/08/11 H Ajax (0-1) L 0-1

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

5 17/09/11 H Celtic (1-0) W 2-1 Songwiqi 29’ pen, Wana 63’

6 24/09/11 A Arrows (2-0) W 3-1 Skippers 11’, Wana 31’, King 80’

7 28/09/11 H Leopards (0-1) D 1-1 Rodgers 89’

8 15/10/11 A P Stars (0-1) L 1-4 Isaacs 52’

League position – 12th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 4

Away 4 1 0 3 4 7 -3 3

Overall 8 2 1 5 8 13 -5 7

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

7 28/09/11 H P Stars (0-0) W 2-1 Obada 85’, Diouf 90+3’

8 14/10/11 A SuperSport (0-3) L 0-7

League position – 6th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10

Away 4 0 3 1 2 9 -7 3

Overall 8 3 4 1 10 13 -3 13

League standings

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 SuperSport United 8 5 3 0 20 6 +14 18

2 Kaizer Chiefs 8 5 1 2 12 7 +5 16

3 Moroka Swallows 8 5 1 2 12 10 +2 16

4 Mamelodi Sundowns 8 4 3 1 14 7 +7 15

5 Ajax Cape Town 8 4 2 2 11 12 -1 14

6 Maritzburg United 8 3 4 1 10 13 -3 13

7 Bloemfontein Celtic 8 3 2 3 10 7 3 11

8 Orlando Pirates 8 3 2 3 6 5 +1 11

9 Free State Stars 8 3 2 3 6 7 -1 11

10 Platinum Stars 8 3 1 4 12 12 0 10

11 Bidvest Wits 8 2 3 3 10 11 -1 9

12 Santos 8 2 1 5 8 13 -5 7

13 Golden Arrows 8 2 1 5 8 15 -7 7

14 AmaZulu 8 1 3 4 6 7 -1 6

15 Black Leopards 8 1 3 4 5 12 -7 6

16 Jomo Cosmos 8 0 4 4 4 10 -6 4