On Aug 24th, Maritzburg United will travel to Durban to battle Royal AM in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. Royal AM sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Orlando Pirates. Deon Hotto struck first for Orlando Pirates in the 34th minute on a feed from Thabiso James Monyane, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Royal AM couldn’t manage to score, and Orlando Pirates took the shutout win. Royal AM is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 9th placed Maritzburg United, recorded a 2-1 win against Chippa United. Ighodaro scored the first goal for Chippa United in the 34th minute, but Samy got the equalizer for Maritzburg United in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 91st minute on a goal by Amadou Soukouna. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Maritzburg United hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Bongani Sam and Amadou Soukouna, and they each have 1 goal. Andre De Jong has been the most prolific scorer on Royal AM in the last five matches with three goals.