Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Absa premiership press kit SuperSport United v Maritzburg United 2 April 2014

ABSA PREMIERSHIP

2013/14 Season
MATCH PRESS KIT
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SuperSport United v Maritzburg United

Lucas Moripe Stadium
Wednesday 02 April 2014
19h30 kick-off

Match background   

-       SuperSport United and Maritzburg United will both be looking to break winless streaks in the Absa Premiership when they meet at the Lucas Moripe Stadium on Wednesday, 02 April 2014, kick-off at 19h30.

-       SuperSport have not won any of their last three league matches and were held to a 1-1 home draw by Platinum Stars in their last outing.

-       The Tshwane side has claimed 18 points from their 11 home matches so far this season.

-       Their next three league opponents are Orlando Pirates (home), Free State Stars and Ajax Cape Town (both away).

-       Matsatsantsa are placed seventh on the Absa Premiership log with 34 points from 22 matches.

-       Maritzburg have gone three league matches without a win and suffered a 2-1 away loss to Platinum Stars on Saturday.

-       The KwaZulu-Natal team has claimed nine points from their 11 away matches so far this season.

-       Their next three league opponents are Golden Arrows (home), Polokwane City and Orlando Pirates (both away).

-       The Team of Choice is placed 13th on the Absa Premiership log with 24 points from 23 matches.

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

-       Matsatsantsa boast an unbeaten record against the Team of Choice, with eight wins and seven draws to their name.

-       SuperSport have won five of their seven home matches against Maritzburg, with the other two matches ending in draws.

-       When the teams met earlier this season in KwaZulu-Natal, Matsatsantsa claimed a 1-0 away win thanks to a goal from Mathebua.

-       SuperSport’s line-up from their 1-1 draw with Stars: Williams, Moeketsi, Diouf, September, Khumalo, Gyimah, Mokeke (Olivieira 75’), Doutie, Phala, Manyama, Ndlovu (Niang 56’).

-       Maritzburg’s line-up from their 2-1 loss to Stars: Vries, Cloete, M Booysen, Evans, D Booysen, Mkhize, Hartog, Lentjies (Buckley 81’), Jayiya (Sheppard 69’), Sekotlong (Mandaza 32’), Isaacks.
                                                                                                                       
Previous meetings   

Last ten league meetings

Season          Result                                                            Scorers

2008/09          Maritzburg 1-3 SuperSport             Pule; Gould, Pelembe 2
2009/10          Maritzburg 1-1 SuperSport             Chivuta (pen); Gould
2009/10          SuperSport 3-2 Maritzburg             Maluleke, Laffor 2; Aka, Bester
2010/11          Maritzburg 2-2 SuperSport             Sibisi, Bester; Maluleke 2
2010/11          SuperSport 1-0 Maritzburg             Erasmus
2011/12          SuperSport 7-0 Maritzburg             Nyondo, Hendricks (og), Langerman, Gabonamong, Maluleke 2, Hartog
2011/12          Maritzburg 0-0 SuperSport
2012/13          Maritzburg 0-0 SuperSport
2012/13          SuperSport 0-0 Maritzburg
2013/14          Maritzburg 0-1 SuperSport             Mathebula

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

Home                                    
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
SuperSport    7          5          2          0          20        3
Maritzburg     8          0          5          3          3          8

Away
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
SuperSport    8          3          5          0          8          3
Maritzburg     7          0          2          5          3          20

Total 
                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA
SuperSport    15        8          7          0          28        6
Maritzburg     15        0          7          8          6          28

Fixtures and results

SuperSport United

2013/14 Absa Premiership results

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

1          03/08/13         H         FS Stars         (1-1) W 4-1    Niang pen 45’ 90+3’, Chenene 49’, Doutie 85’
2          28/08/13         A         U Pretoria      (1-0) W 1-0    Maluleka 26’
3          31/08/31         H         Chiefs                        (0-1) W 3-1    Mkbahela 53’, Chenene 70’, Grobler 73’ pen
4          15/09/13         A         Aces               (0-1) D 1-1     Mathebula 79’
5          18/09/13         H         Swallows       (0-1) L 1-2      Gyimah 73’
6          21/09/13         A         AmaZulu       (1-1) D 1-1     Phala 9’
7          23/10/13         A         Maritzburg     (0-0) W 1-0    Mathebula 82’
8          27/10/13         H         Celtic              (0-1) D 1-1     Niang 80’ pen
9          03/11/13         A         P Stars           (0-1) L 0-3
10        09/11/13         H         Arrows            (1-1) W 3-1    Chenene 10’, Grobler 57’, Mathebula 64’
11        26/11/13         H         Ajax                (0-1) L 1-2      Zuma 86’
12        16/12/13         H         Sundowns    (1-0) D 1-1     Khumalo 21’
13        21/12/13         A         Polokwane    (1-0) D 1-1     Diouf 12’
14        18/01/14         A         Pirates            (0-0) W 2-1    Niang 56’, Ndlovu 67’
15        28/01/14         H         AmaZulu       (0-0) L 0-1
16        31/01/14         H         U Pretoria      (1-0) W 1-0    Manyama 9’
17        05/02/14         A         Chiefs                        (0-1) L 0-1
18        12/02/14         H         Aces               (1-0) W 2-0    Phala 28’, Chenene 60’
19        19/02/14         A         Swallows       (1-1) W 2-1    Chenene 36’, Ndlovu 51’
20        25/02/14         A         Wits                (1-1) L 2-3      Khumalo 22’, Doutie 84’
21        16/03/14         A         Celtic              (1-0) D 1-1     Niang 3’
22        19/03/14         H         P Stars           (0-1) D 1-1     Phala 62’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

N/A     -                       A         Golden Arrows – Postponed
24        02/04/14         H         Maritzburg United
25        05/04/14         H         Orlando Pirates
26        08/04/14         A         Free State Stars
27        15/04/14         A         Ajax Cape Town
28        19/04/14         H         Bidvest Wits
29        26/04/14         A         Mamelodi Sundowns
30        10/05/14         H         Polokwane City       

League position – 7th

                        P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
Home             11        5          3          3          18        11        +7        18
Away              11        4          4          3          12        13        -1         16
Overall           22        9          7          6          30        24        +6        34

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’

2013/14 Absa Premiership fixtures

No       Date                H/A     Opponent

24        02/04/14         A         SuperSport United
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              11        2          3          6          12        18        -6         9
Overall           23        6          6          11        25        33        -8         24

League standings

Pos     Team                                      P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts

1          Kaizer Chiefs                                    22        15        4          3          34        14        +20     49
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                    22        11        4          7          24        16        +8        37
5          Platinum Stars                      23        9          8          6          26        24        +2        35
6          AmaZulu                               25        9          8          8          24        30        -6         35
7          SuperSport United               22        9          7          6          30        24        +6        34
8          Mpumalanga Black Aces   23        9          7          7          27        25        +2        34
9          Bloemfontein Celtic             24        7          12        5          30        28        +2        33
10        University of Pretoria           24        8          4          12        21        23        -2         28
11        Ajax Cape Town                   24        7          7          10        21        27        -6         28
12        Moroka Swallows                 23        7          6          10        26        30        -4         27
13        Maritzburg United                23        6          6          11        25        33        -8         24
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                     22        4          1          17        17        39        -22      13

Round fixtures

Tuesday 01 April 2014

18h30 – Platinum Stars v Moroka Swallows – Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Wednesday 02 April 2014

19h30 – Kaizer Chiefs v Golden Arrows – FNB Stadium
19h30 – Orlando Pirates v Mpumalanga Black Aces – Orlando Stadium
19h30 – SuperSport United v Maritzburg United – Lucas Moripe Stadium

Club information

SuperSport United

Nickname: Matsatsantsa
Formed: 1994
Major honours: League titles: 3 (2008, 2009, 2010); Top Eight Cup titles: 1 (2004); National Cup titles: 3 (1999, 2005, 2012).
All-time PSL record: (Not including 2013/14 season results)
P         W        D         L          GF       GA      GD      Pts
534     216     173     145     722     546     +176   821

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

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