Maritzburg United v Bidvest Wits

Round 06

Harry Gwala Stadium, Pietermaritzburg

Friday 28 September 2012

20h00 kick-off

Match background

• Maritzburg United will look to keep up their unbeaten start to the Absa Premiership when they host Bidvest Wits at Harry Gwala Stadium on Friday, 28 September 2012, kick-off at 20h00.

• Maritzburg extended their unbeaten run to five matches this season when they drew 2-2 away to Black Leopards on Tuesday night.

• The KwaZulu-Natal team will go in search of their second home win after a 2-0 victory over AmaZulu and a 1-1 draw with Free State Stars in their two previous home matches.

• The Team of Choice are placed third on the Absa Premiership log with nine points from five matches.

• Wits suffered their first home defeat of the season in their last outing, going down 3-1 to log leaders Kaizer Chiefs.

• The Johannesburg team have yet to win on the road this term, having recorded a 2-0 loss at Free State Stars and a 1-1 draw at Chippa United.

• The Clever Boys are placed 12 th on the Absa Premiership log with five points from as many matches.

• In head-to-head stats, Maritzburg and Wits have met in 10 league matches since 2006/07.

• Six of the 10 encounters have ended in draws, while each side has claimed two wins against the other.

• Maritzburg are unbeaten at home to Wits, having recorded one win and four draws from five matches in KwaZulu-Natal.

• Last season both encounters between the teams ended in draws: 2-2 in Pietermaritzburg and 0-0 in the return game in Johannesburg.

• Maritzburg’s line-up from their 2-2 draw with Leopards: Walters, Petersen, Cloete, Awal, M. Booysen, Cloete, Smeekes (De Jongh 79’), Morton (Hendricks 46’), D. Booysen, Buckley, Yende, Malajila.

• Wits’ line-up from their 3-1 loss to Chiefs: Hoffman, Moon, Mabizela, Mokoena, Mayinga (Seedat 83’), Nato (Langwe 46’), Pattison, Nengomasha, Kadi, Isaacs (Chapman 75’), Fanteni.

Previous meetings

Last ten 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

2011/12 Maritzburg 2-2 Wits Sibisi (pen), Matle; Mabizela, Spencer

2011/12 Wits 0-0 Maritzburg

Head-to-Head

(League only, since 2006/07)

Home

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 5 1 4 0 6 5

Wits 5 2 2 1 9 4

Away

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 5 1 2 2 4 9

Wits 5 0 4 1 5 6

Total

P W D L GF GA

Maritzburg 10 2 6 2 10 14

Wits 10 2 6 2 14 10

Fixtures and results

Maritzburg United

2012/13 Absa Premiership results

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

1 12/08/12 A U Pretoria (0-0) D 1-1 M. Booysen 90+1’

2 21/08/12 H AmaZulu (0-0) W 2-0 Malajila 65’ 77’

3 02/09/12 A Sundowns (0-0) W 2-1 Buckley 71’ 74’

4 14/09/12 H FS Stars (0-0) D 1-1 M. Booysen 70’

5 25/09/12 A Leopards (0-1) D 2-2 Cloete 63’, Malajila 82’

2012/13 Absa Premiership fixtures

No Date Time H/A Opponent Venue

6 28/09/12 20h00 H Wits Harry Gwala Stadium

7 05/10/12 20h00 A Chippa Athlone Stadium

8 26/10/12 20h00 H Chiefs Harry Gwala Stadium

9 07/11/12 19h30 H Celtic Harry Gwala Stadium

10 10/11/12 18h00 A Arrows Princess Magogo Stadium

11 20/11/12 19h30 H SuperSport Harry Gwala Stadium

12 24/12/12 20h15 A Swallows Dobsonville Stadium

13 04/12/12 19h30 H P Stars Harry Gwala Stadium

14 07/12/12 20h00 A Ajax Cape Town Stadium

15 14/12/12 20h00 H Pirates Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

16 18/12/12 19h30 H U Pretoria Harry Gwala Stadium

17 12/02/13 19h30 A AmaZulu Moses Mabhida Stadium

18 15/02/13 20h00 H Sundowns Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

19 20/02/13 19h30 A FS Stars Charles Mopeli Stadium

20 03/03/13 15h30 H Leopards Harry Gwala Stadium

21 06/03/13 19h30 A Wits Bidvest Stadium

22 31/03/13 15h30 H Chippa Harry Gwala Stadium

23 03/04/13 19h30 A Chiefs Soccer City

24 07/04/13 15h00 A Celtic Botshabelo Stadium

25 17/04/13 19h30 H Arrows Harry Gwala Stadium

26 20/04/13 18h00 A SuperSport Lucas Moripe Stadium

27 26/04/13 20h00 H Swallows Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

28 01/05/13 19h30 A P Stars Royal Bafokeng Stadium

29 11/05/13 15h00 H Ajax Harry Gwala Stadium

30 18/05/13 15h00 A Pirates Orlando Stadium

League position – 3rd

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4

Away 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5

Overall 5 2 3 0 8 5 +3 9

Bidvest Wits

2012/13 Absa Premiership results

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

1 11/08/12 A FS Stars (0-2) L 0-2

2 22/08/12 H Leopards (2-1) D 2-2 Kadi 40’, Chapman 45+1’

3 01/09/12 H Celtic (0-0) W 2-0 Kadi 50’, Fanteni 73’

4 16/09/12 A Chippa (0-1) D 1-1 Isaacs 89’

5 24/09/12 H Chiefs (0-2) L 1-3 Kadi 80’

2012/13 Absa Premiership fixtures

No Date Time H/A Opponent Venue

6 28/09/12 20h00 A Maritzburg Harry Gwala Stadium

7 06/10/12 15h30 H Arrows Bidvest Stadium

8 27/10/12 15h30 A SuperSport Lucas Moripe Stadium

9 06/11/12 19h30 H Swallows Bidvest Stadium

10 10/11/12 15h30 A P Stars Royal Bafokeng Stadium

11 20/11/12 19h30 H Ajax Bidvest Stadium

12 24/11/12 18h00 A Pirates Orlando Stadium

13 05/12/12 19h30 H U Pretoria Bidvest Stadium

14 08/12/12 18h00 A AmaZulu Moses Mabhida Stadium

15 15/12/12 20h15 H Sundowns Bidvest Stadium

16 19/12/12 19h30 H FS Stars Bidvest Stadium

17 13/02/13 19h30 A Leopards Peter Mokaba Stadium

18 17/02/13 15h30 A Celtic Botshabelo Stadium

19 20/02/13 19h30 H Chippa Bidvest Stadium

20 02/03/13 18h00 A Chiefs Soccer City

21 06/03/13 19h30 H Maritzburg Bidvest Stadium

22 30/03/13 15h30 A Arrows Princess Magogo

23 02/04/13 19h30 H SuperSport Bidvest Stadium

24 05/04/13 20h00 A Swallows Dobsonville Stadium

25 16/04/13 19h30 H P Stars Bidvest Stadium

26 19/04/13 20h00 A Ajax Cape Town Stadium

27 27/04/13 18h00 H Pirates Bidvest Stadium

28 01/05/13 19h30 A U Pretoria TUKS Stadium

29 11/05/13 15h00 H AmaZulu Bidvest Stadium

30 18/05/13 15h00 A Sundowns Lucas Moripe Stadium

League position – 12th

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Home 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4

Away 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1

Overall 5 1 2 2 6 8 -2 5

League standings

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts

1 Kaizer Chiefs 5 4 1 0 13 3 +10 13

2 Orlando Pirates 5 3 1 1 5 4 +1 10

3 Maritzburg United 5 2 3 0 8 5 +3 9

4 Free State Stars 5 2 3 0 6 3 +3 9

5 University of Pretoria 5 2 3 0 5 3 +2 9

6 SuperSport United 5 1 4 0 4 1 +3 7

7 Moroka Swallows 5 2 0 3 10 9 +1 6

8 Black Leopards 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 6

9 Bloemfontein Celtic 5 2 0 3 7 9 -2 6

10 Chippa United 5 1 2 2 4 5 -1 5

11 Golden Arrows 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 5

12 Bidvest Wits 5 1 2 2 6 8 -2 5

13 Ajax Cape Town 5 1 1 3 7 9 -2 4

14 Mamelodi Sundowns 5 1 1 3 3 5 -2 4

15 Platinum Stars 5 1 1 3 5 8 -3 4

16 AmaZulu 5 1 1 3 2 12 -10 4

Round fixtures

Friday 28 September 2012

20h00 – Maritzburg United v Bidvest Wits – Harry Gwala Stadium

Saturday 29 September 2012

15h00 – Platinum Stars v AmaZulu – Royal Bafokeng Stadium

15h00 – Ajax Cape Town v University of Pretoria – Cape Town Stadium

18h00 – Golden Arrows v Black Leopards – King Zwelithini Stadium

18h00 – SuperSport United v Free State Stars – Lucas Moripe Stadium

20h15 – Kaizer Chiefs v Chippa United – Soccer City

Sunday 30 September 2012

15h00 – Moroka Swallows v Mamelodi Sundowns – Dobsonville Stadium

15h00 – Bloemfontein Celtic v Orlando Pirates – Free State Stadium

Club information

Maritzburg United

Coach: Ernst Middendorp (Germany)

Nickname: The Team of Choice

Formed: 1979

Major honours: None

All-time PSL record: (Not including 2012/13 season results)

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

282 68 87 127 256 426 -170 291

Bidvest Wits

Coach: Antonio Lopez Habas (Spain)

Nickname: The Clever Boys

Formed: 1921

Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 2 (1984, 1995); League Cup titles: 2 (1985, 1995); National Cup titles: 2 (1978, 2010).

All-time PSL record: (Not including 2012/13 season results)

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

474 155 163 156 518 504 +14 628