Match Report
The points column showed no gap: 30 apiece, Chippa United 14th and Maritzburg United 15th. On the form table Maritzburg United stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Per game in the league, Chippa United were scoring 0.97 and conceding 1.47, Maritzburg United 0.8 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.05 goals per team per game.
Chippa United's winless run stood at 15.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Chippa United, 0 by Maritzburg United, 3 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 0% of the meetings.
The match was played at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth (capacity 46,082). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.