Match Report
Kaizer Chiefs (5th, 44 pts) visited Maritzburg United (15th, 30 pts) with 14 points between them. Kaizer Chiefs ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Against a league average of 1.05 goals per team per game, Maritzburg United ran at 0.8 scored and 1.33 conceded, Kaizer Chiefs at 1.07 and 1.1.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Maritzburg United. Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Kaizer Chiefs. Over the last five, Maritzburg United had taken 1 of 15 points to Kaizer Chiefs's 12.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Maritzburg United, 1 for Kaizer Chiefs and 2 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 25% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg (capacity 12,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-3.