SUPERSPORT United and AmaZulu meet at Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, tomorrow (3pm kickoff) in a clash of two teams looking for their first win of the new Absa Premiership season and both with miserable form in front of goal.
Cup form aside, coach Gavin Hunt's United have been frustrated by two goalless draws - against University of Pretoria and Orlando Pirates - and a 1-1 draw with Ajax Cape Town that marked yet another tentative league start by the former champions.
Usuthu, without a goal or a win in the new campaign, managed to stem the flow of goals leaking through their defence when they played to a 0-0 draw with neighbours Lamontville Golden Arrows in their last game.
But Usuthu are still attacking with blunt spears and are the early Premiership log cellar dwellers.
An Ayanda Dlamini toe-poke gave AmaZulu a 1-0 win over Matsatsantsa in the corresponding fixture last season.
The week-long international window could have slowed momentum from that game but Usuthu coach Roger Palmgren said the break worked in their favour in that injured players and those unavailable through work permit issues would be back.