National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Orlando Pirates or Sekhukhune United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Orlando Pirates nor Sekhukhune United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Orlando Pirates so far this season.
Orlando's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Real Kings. The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The forward Lepasa won the honour of being "man of the match" for Orlando Pirates with the rating of 8.44/10. Lepasa scored two goals and hit one key pass.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Stellenbosch.At Orlando Stadium, Orlando Pirates has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Sekhukhune United form and stats
The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
It's the second away game in a row for Sekhukhune United, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ajax Cape Town last time out. Webber got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Webber served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Mamelodi Sundowns.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sekhukhune United has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Orlando-Sekhukhune United H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Orlando Pirates three wins, Sekhukhune United one win, one draw. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Lepasa 2 goals |  B. Shandu 1 goals |  M. Saleng 1 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Sekhukhune United missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Sekhukhune United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 47% | ||
| 5.7 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Cape Town City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Polokwane City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Golden Arrows | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | TS Galaxy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Orlando Pirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sekhukhune United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Moroka Swallows | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 13 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Real Kings | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Richards Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Ajax Cape Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
