Get ready for the return leg of the CAF Confederations Cup Semi-finals between Orlando Pirates and Al Ahli Tripoli. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!
Orlando Pirates form and stats
Orlando Pirates was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the CAF Confederations Cup. Raja Casablanca was too strong.The story so far in the Premier League for Orlando Pirates at their home stadium (Orlando Stadium) is 6 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Makaringe was the last player to score a league goal for Orlando Pirates and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Orlando haven't scored in 278 minutes.
Orlando Pirates are returning here after visiting Al Ahli Tripoli in a CAF Confederations Cup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at TS Galaxy in the Premier League.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Orlando's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 4 matches, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Orlando Pirates has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Orlando Pirates are not conceding a lot of goals here at Orlando Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Al Ahli Tripoli form and stats
They also participated in CAF Confederations Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round, when Monastir drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W4-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a CAF Confederations Cup home loss versus Orlando Pirates with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League away draw versus Alittihad Misurata that ended 1-1.Tripoli are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Orlando Pirates and Al Ahli Tripoli have met earlier this season: Al Ahli Tripoli - Orlando Pirates 0-2.Top Goalscorers
  D. Hotto Kavendji 6 goals | K. Peprah 5 goals | O. Mntambo 3 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Al Ahli Tripoli missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Al Ahli Tripoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 36% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | ||
| 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | ||
| 6.9 | 5.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 29 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 35 | 62 |
| 2 | Cape Town City | 29 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 49 |
| 3 | Real Kings | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 46 |
| 5 | Stellenbosch | 29 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | AmaZulu | 29 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | SuperSport United | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 29 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 37 |
| 10 | Tshakhuma | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Sekhukhune United | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 29 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 29 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 28 |
| 14 | TS Galaxy | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -17 | 27 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 29 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 25 |
| 16 | Baroka | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 31 | -17 | 25 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al-Ittihad | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Al Ahli Tripoli | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Sudtirol | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Olympic Azzaweya | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Alittihad Misurata | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Al-Madina | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Abu Salim | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 20 |
| 7 | Asswehly | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Almahalla | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 17 |
| 9 | Al-Khmes | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Al Shat | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -21 | 4 |
