On the 20th of August, Maritzburg United will host Chippa United in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 13th placed Maritzburg United, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Cape Town City. Neither Cape Town City nor Maritzburg United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Maritzburg United looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Chippa United is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Orlando Pirates. Abdi Banda scored the first goal for Chippa United in the 86th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Orlando Pirates was frustrated by Chippa United’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chippa United ended the match with the shutout victory. Chippa United is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Chippa United won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Chippa United is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ronald Pfumbidzai and Diego Appollis each only have 1 goal in their last five. Samy and Bongani Sam are the top scorers for Maritzburg United in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.