On Saturday Mar 4th, Cape Town City and Maritzburg United will play a match in Pietermaritzburg in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Maritzburg United is fresh off their 0-2 loss against SuperSport United. Kegan Johannes struck first for SuperSport United in the 69th minute, then Grobler added another in the 79th minute In the end, Maritzburg United couldn’t muster any offence and SuperSport United ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while cape Town City is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Sekhukhune United. Nodada struck first for Cape Town City in the 62nd minute on a feed from Darwin González Mendoza, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Sekhukhune United was frustrated by Cape Town City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cape Town City ended the match with the shutout victory. Cape Town City is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Cape Town City and Maritzburg United battled to a 0-0 draw. 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 0 – 0 draw,.
Taariq Fielies has been the most prolific scorer on Cape Town City in his last five matches with 2 goals. Jose Ali Meza and Kwame Peprah 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.