Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Orlando Pirates & Cape Town City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Mtn 8 Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cape Town City, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
Orlando participated in Mtn 8 Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.32 points is a decent return from 15 Premier League games here at Orlando Stadium for Orlando Pirates. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. Orlando has recorded two wins in a row here at Orlando Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Orlando goalkeeper Wayne Sandilands is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 229 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.
A nice win for Orlando last time playing, versus Stellenbosch. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with F. Mhango scoring for the victors. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Maritzburg United.
A decent goal production from Orlando in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Orlando have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Cape Town City form and stats
Cape's mission in Mtn 8 Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cape Town City so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-7 (win-draw-lose).
Cape Town City won their last game, 1-0 versus SuperSport United played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Highlands Park's place.
The visiting Cape have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Cape Town City rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Orlando Pirates-Cape Town City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Orlando Pirates two wins, Cape Town City three wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Mhango 16 goals |  K. Erasmus 13 goals | T. Mabaso 7 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Cape Town City missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Cape Town City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 27 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 276 | 145 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 213 | ||
| 121 | 63 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 71 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 59 |
| 2 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 21 | 57 |
| 3 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 52 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | SuperSport United | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 50 |
| 6 | Cape Town City | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 42 |
| 8 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 43 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 39 |
| 9 | Highlands Park | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 39 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 36 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 34 |
| 12 | Golden Arrows | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 34 |
| 13 | AmaZulu | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 30 |
| 14 | Baroka | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Black Leopards | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 28 | -17 | 29 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 22 | -19 | 25 |