August 16th features a match where Cape Town City and Maritzburg United will play a match in Cape Town in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 30 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, Cape Town City recorded a 2-3 loss against Moroka Swallows. Waseem Isaacs struck first for Moroka Swallows in the 16th minute on a feed from Pentjie Zulu, then Tshediso Patjie added another in the 23rd minute. Cape Town City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while maritzburg United sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Moroka Swallows. Neither Maritzburg United nor Moroka Swallows could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Cape Town City won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Clayton Daniels and Friday Samy are the top scorers for Maritzburg United in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Cape Town City’s most prolific scorer has been Darwin González Mendoza. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.