Maritzburg United, Supersport share spoils

SUPERSPORT United missed an opportunity to move into fourth spot in the standings when they were held to a goalless draw by Maritzburg United in their Absa Premiership clash at Lucas Moripe Stadium last night.

A dull first half was followed by a livelier second, but neither side were able to put their opponents under enough pressure, leaving the scores unchanged at the final whistle.

In the only real action of an uninspired first half, five minutes before the break, Maritzburg goalkeeper Shuaib Walters handled the ball outside his area, but Sameegh Doutie failed to capitalise on the mistake, sending his free kick high and wide of his team-mates in the area.

Two minutes later, the visitors replied through Cuthbert Malajila, who received a long ball over the SuperSport defence, but the Zimbabwean drilled his attempt into the sidenetting on its way past goalkeeper Ronwen Williams.

With little in the line of chances during the first half, Matsatsantsa had to wait until the hour mark for their first sniff in the second period, after Doutie played a low ball across the face of goal which found Bradley Grobler, but the attacker nudged a tame effort straight at Walters, who made a simple stop in goal.

SuperSport, who stretched their unbeaten run to eight consecutive league games, remained fifth in the table – one point behind Wits – though they held a game in hand over most other teams.

The Pretoria outfit retained their one-point advantage over sixth-placed Maritzburg. – Sapa