Saturday, April 5, 2014

Absa Premiership Match Press Kits Maritzburg United v Golden Arrows 6 April


ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season
MATCH PRESS KIT
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Maritzburg United v Golden Arrows

Harry Gwala Stadium
Sunday 06 April 2014
15h00 kick-off


Match background   

-       KwaZulu-Natal rivals Maritzburg United and Golden Arrows will meet in an Absa Premiership derby at the Harry Gwala Stadium on Sunday, 06 April 2014, kick-off at 15h00.

-       Maritzburg ended a winless streak in the league at three games when they claimed a 3-1 victory at SuperSport United in midweek.

-       The KwaZulu-Natal side has claimed 15 points from 12 home matches so far this season.

-       Their next three league opponents are Polokwane City, Orlando Pirates (both away), Ajax Cape Town (home).

-       The Team of Choice is placed 13th on the Absa Premiership log with 27 points from 24 matches.

-       Arrows suffered a sixth successive defeat (and a 12th loss from their last 13 league matches) when they went down 2-0 away to Kaizer Chiefs in midweek.

-       The Durban side has claimed just three points from 11 away matches so far this season.

-       Their next three league opponents are Ajax Cape Town (away), Bloemfontein Celtic (home) and Platinum Stars (away).

-       Abafana Bes’thende are placed 16th on the Absa Premiership log with 13 points from 23 matches.

-       In head-to-head stats, Maritzburg and Arrows have met in 15 league matches since 2005/06.

-       Abafana Bes’thende have nine wins compared to three for the Team of Choice, while three matches have been drawn.

-       Maritzburg have won two of their seven home matches against Arrows, suffering three defeats in the process.

-       When the teams met earlier this season in Durban, Abafana Bes’thende claimed a 2-1 home win thanks to goals from Khuboni and Ntuli.

-       Maritzburg’s line-up from their 3-1 win over SuperSport: Vries, Cloete, M. Booysen, D. Booysen, Evans, Mkhize, Hartog, Isaacks (Awal 70’), Lentjies (Morton 57’), Jayiya, Smeekes (Mandaza 74’).

-       Arrows’ line-up from their 2-0 loss to Chiefs: Bartman, Zwane, Musonda, Nene, Ntombayithethi, Shange (Bester 75’), Sikhakhane, Moholo (Khuboni 78’), Mlotshwa (Ntuli 56’), Mngwengwe, Katongo.
                                                                                                                       
Previous meetings   

Last ten league meetings

Season          Result                                                Scorers

2008/09          Arrows 5-2 Maritzburg         Kola, N. Zothwane, R. Henyekane 2, Musonda; Dhladhla, Tsabedze
2009/10          Arrows 1-1 Maritzburg         R. Henyekane; Obada
2009/10          Maritzburg 1-0 Arrows         Davids
2010/11          Maritzburg 0-3 Arrows         Mlotshwa, Tom, Bilankulu
2010/11          Arrows 3-0 Maritzburg         Mbesuma (pen), Sithole, Manqana
2011/12          Maritzburg 2-0 Arrows         Obada, Lentjies
2011/12          Arrows 4-1 Maritzburg         Nkosi 2, Mbesuma 2; Diouf
2012/13          Arrows 0-1 Maritzburg         Evans
2012/13          Maritzburg 2-2 Arrows         Smeekes, Malajila; Ntuli 2
2013/14          Arrows 2-1 Maritzburg         Khuboni (pen), Ntuli; Nkosi

Head-to-Head
(League only, since 2005/06)

Home                                    
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Maritzburg     7          2          2          3          7          9
Arrows            8          6          1          1          19        8

Away
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Maritzburg     8          1          1          6          8          19
Arrows            7          3          2          2          9          7

Total 
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
Maritzburg     15        3          3          9          15        28
Arrows            15        9          3          3          28        15

Fixtures and results

Maritzburg United

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1          03/08/13         H         Polokwane    (0-0) W 1-0    Mohammed 68’
2          28/08/13         A         FS Stars         (0-1) L 0-2
3          31/08/13         H         U Pretoria      (0-0) D 0-0
4          14/09/13         A         Chiefs                        (0-1) L 0-2
5          18/09/13         H         Aces               (2-0) W 2-0    Nkosi 4’, M. Booysen 7’
6          21/09/13         A         Swallows       (0-0) D 1-1     Sekotlong 69’
7          23/10/13         H         SuperSport    (0-0) L 0-1
8          27/10/13         A         AmaZulu       (0-0) W 2-0    van Heerden og 47’, Sekotlong 60’
9          03/11/13         A         Celtic              (0-0) D 0-0
10        08/11/13         H         P Stars           (0-1) L 1-2      Sarr og 58’
11        24/11/13         A         Arrows            (0-0) L 1-2      Nkosi 71’
12        27/11/13         H         Pirates            (0-1) L 0-1
13        06/12/13         A         Ajax                (0-2) L 1-3      Buckley 62’
14        16/12/13         H         Wits                (0-1) L 1-3      Sekotlong 82’
15        20/12/13         A         Sundowns    (1-1) D 2-2     Smeekes 35’, M. Booysen 71’
16        05/02/14         A         U Pretoria      (0-1) W 3-2    Lentjies 82’ pen, M. Booysen 85’, Jayiya 90+4’
17        11/02/14         H         Chiefs                        (2-1) D 2-2     De Jongh 2’, Jayiya 35’ pen
18        16/02/14         A         Aces               (1-2) L 1-2      Smeekes 12’
19        28/02/14         H         Swallows       (1-0) W 1-0    Sekotlong 4’
20        11/03/14         H         FS Stars         (2-0) W 3-2    Evans 6’ 21’, Jayiya 71’
21        14/03/14         H         AmaZulu       (1-0) L 1-3      Lentjies 45’ pen
22        19/03/14         H         Celtic              (0-0) D 1-1     Sekotlong 47’
23        29/03/14         A         P Stars           (0-0) L 1-2      Mandaza 65’
24        02/04/14         A         SuperSport    (2-1) W 3-1    Isaacks 22’, D. Booysen 27’, Mandaza 84’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

25        06/04/14         H         Golden Arrows
26        09/04/14         A         Polokwane City
27        15/04/14         A         Orlando Pirates
28        18/04/14         H         Ajax Cape Town
29        26/04/14         A         Bidvest Wits
30        10/05/14         H         Mamelodi Sundowns         

League position – 13th

                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
Home             12        4          3          5          13        15        -2         15
Away              12        3          3          6          15        19        -4         12
Overall           24        7          6          11        28        34        -6         27

Golden Arrows

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1          03/08/13         H         Ajax                (0-0) D 1-1     Wadwaba 48’
2          28/08/13         A         Wits                (0-1) L 0-1
3          31/08/13         H         Sundowns    (0-0) L 0-1
4          15/09/13         A         Polokwane    (0-0) W 2-1    Shange 62’, Khuboni 70’ pen
5          18/09/13         H         FS Stars         (0-1) L 0-1
6          22/09/13         A         U Pretoria      (0-1) L 0-2
7          26/10/13         A         Aces               (0-1) L 0-1
8          06/11/13         H         Swallows       (2-0) W 2-1    Khuboni 13’ pen, Ntuli 19’
9          09/11/13         A         SuperSport    (1-1) L 1-3      Shange 20’
10        24/11/13         H         Maritzburg     (0-0) W 2-1    Khuboni 63’ pen, Ntuli 66’
11        30/11/13         H         P Stars           (1-0) L 1-2      Nene 36’
12        04/12/13         A         Celtic              (0-3) L 0-3
13        16/12/13         H         AmaZulu       (0-3) L 0-3
14        19/12/13         H         Chiefs                        (0-0) L 0-1
15        22/12/13         A         Pirates            (1-2) L 1-3      Sithole 15’
16        05/02/14         A         Sundowns    (0-1) L 0-2
17        08/02/14         H         Polokwane    (2-2) W 3-2    Khuboni 32’ pen 42’ pen, Bester 90+3’
18        15/02/14         A         FS Stars         (0-1) L 1-2      Ntuli 84’
19        01/03/14         H         U Pretoria      (1-1) L 2-4      Ntuli 30’, Khuboni 78’ pen
20        12/03/14         H         Aces               (0-1) L 1-2      Bester 62’
21        18/03/14         A         Swallows       (0-0) L 0-1
22        29/03/14         H         Wits                (0-1) L 0-1
23        02/04/14         A         Chiefs                        (0-0) L 0-2

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

-           N/A                 H         SuperSport United – Postponed
25        06/04/14         A         Maritzburg United
26        09/04/14         A         Ajax Cape Town
27        16/04/14         H         Bloemfontein Celtic
28        19/04/14         A         Platinum Stars
29        28/04/14         A         AmaZulu
30        10/05/14         H         Orlando Pirates

League position – 16th

                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
Home             12        3          1          8          12        20        -8         10
Away              11        1          0          10        5          21        -16      3
Overall           23        4          1          18        17        41        -24      13

League standings

Pos     Team                                      P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts

1          Kaizer Chiefs                                    23        16        4          3          36        14        +22     52
2          Mamelodi Sundowns          24        15        4          5          43        24        +19     49
3          Bidvest Wits                          22        12        5          5          28        17        +11     41
4          Orlando Pirates                    23        11        4          8          24        17        +7        37
5          Mpumalanga Black Aces   24        10        7          7          28        25        +3        37
6          Platinum Stars                      24        9          8          7          26        25        +1        35
7          AmaZulu                               25        9          8          8          24        30        -6         35
8          SuperSport United               23        9          7          7          31        27        +4        34
9          Bloemfontein Celtic             24        7          12        5          30        28        +2        33
10        Moroka Swallows                 24        8          6          10        27        30        -3         30
11        University of Pretoria           24        8          4          12        21        23        -2         28
12        Ajax Cape Town                   24        7          7          10        21        27        -6         28
13        Maritzburg United                24        7          6          11        28        34        -6         27
14        Free State Stars                   23        5          6          12        22        34        -12      21
15        Polokwane City                    24        5          5          14        24        34        -10      20
16        Golden Arrows                     23        4          1          18        17        41        -24      13

Round fixtures

Friday 04 April 2014

20h00 – Moroka Swallows v Ajax Cape Town – Dobsonville Stadium

Saturday 05 April 2014

15h00 – SuperSport United v Orlando Pirates – Lucas Moripe Stadium
15h00 – Mpumalanga Black Aces v Bidvest Wits – Mbombela Stadium
18h00 – University of Pretoria v Polokwane City – Tuks Stadium
18h00 – AmaZulu v Free State Stars – Moses Mabhida Stadium
20h15 – Kaizer Chiefs v Mamelodi Sundowns – FNB Stadium

Sunday 06 April 2014

15h00 – Bloemfontein Celtic v Platinum Stars – Kaizer Sebothelo Stadium
15h00 – Maritzburg United v Golden Arrows – Harry Gwala Stadium

Club information

Maritzburg United

Nickname: The Team of Choice
Formed: 1979
Major honours: None
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
312     77        99        136     287     457     -170    330

Golden Arrows

Nickname: Abafana Bes’thende
Formed: 1943
Major honours: Top Eight Cup titles: 1 (2009)
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts

398     127     118     153     446     474     -28      499

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