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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

A key match in Premier League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Cape Town City form and stats

When playing at home, Cape Town City, who have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League, have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 14 games. The Cape Town City fans aren't used to losing here and will expect new points from this game. Cape Town City has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Happy days for Cape Town City in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Chippa United that ended with a 2-0 victory. Before that, Cape Town City drew at home versus Highlands Park.

Cape Town City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 26 goals in 14 matches. On the other hand, Cape Town City have conceded 16 goals.

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Orlando Pirates form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses. The fact that Orlando Pirates have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Momentum is building for Orlando Pirates in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

It's the second away game in a row for Orlando Pirates, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Maritzburg United in the Premier League last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Free State Stars.

Orlando Pirates have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, 14 away games. It's not easy to score on Orlando Pirates as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Orlando Pirates - Cape Town City 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cape Town City won 3, Orlando Pirates won 3 and 4 draws.

Cape Town City missing players

Orlando Pirates missing players

Cape Town City Orlando Pirates
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
28 14 3 Played 3 14 28
13 7 2 Won 1 8 14
8 5 0 Drew 1 4 11
7 2 1 Lost 1 2 3
45 26 4 Scored 1 17 39
32 16 3 Conceded 1 10 22
89% 86% 100% Over 0.5 67% 93% 86%
75% 86% 100% Over 1.5 0% 50% 61%
54% 57% 33% Over 2.5 0% 36% 39%
36% 43% 0% Over 3.5 0% 14% 21%
21% 29% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 7%
50% 57% 33% BTTS 0% 50% 57%
36% 36% 33% Clean Sheets 67% 36% 32%
25% 21% 33% Failed To Score 67% 21% 25%
 
4.2 4.7 4.7 Corners For (avg) 4 4.9 5.9
4.4 3.2 3 Corners Against (avg) 5.3 4.6 4.4
1.7 1.8 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 1.9 1.6
4 3 0 Red Cards 0 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Cape Town City is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Cape Town City
All Mtn 8 Cup CAF Confederations Cup League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup
All Home Away
02-03-19 PL Bidvest Wits 2 - 3 Cape Town City
05-03-19 PL Cape Town City 2 - 1 Mamelodi Sundowns
15-03-19 PL Cape Town City 0 - 0 Polokwane City
31-03-19 NC Kaizer Chiefs 2 - 0 Cape Town City
06-04-19 PL Golden Arrows 1 - 0 Cape Town City
14-04-19 PL Bloemfontein Celtic 0 - 3 Cape Town City
23-04-19 PL Cape Town City 1 - 1 Highlands Park
26-04-19 PL Chippa United 0 - 2 Cape Town City
04-05-19 PL Cape Town City 13:00 Orlando Pirates
11-05-19 PL Black Leopards 13:00 Cape Town City
Orlando Pirates
All League Cup Premier League Nedbank Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
05-03-19 PL Orlando Pirates 1 - 1 Bloemfontein Celtic
08-03-19 CCL Orlando Pirates 2 - 2 Platinum
16-03-19 CCL Horoya 2 - 1 Orlando Pirates
01-04-19 PL Orlando Pirates 0 - 0 Mamelodi Sundowns
06-04-19 PL Bidvest Wits 0 - 1 Orlando Pirates
10-04-19 PL Orlando Pirates 2 - 0 Black Leopards
13-04-19 PL Orlando Pirates 2 - 1 Free State Stars
24-04-19 PL Maritzburg United 0 - 1 Orlando Pirates
04-05-19 PL Cape Town City 13:00 Orlando Pirates
11-05-19 PL Orlando Pirates 13:00 Polokwane City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Orlando Pirates 28 14 11 3 39 22 14 6 7 1 22 12 14 8 4 2 17 10 17 53
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 27 13 11 3 35 23 14 5 7 2 16 12 13 8 4 1 19 11 12 50
3 Cape Town City 28 13 8 7 45 32 14 7 5 2 26 16 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 47
4 Bidvest Wits 27 14 5 8 40 27 14 6 2 6 19 14 13 8 3 2 21 13 13 47
5 SuperSport United 27 12 7 8 27 23 13 7 3 3 16 9 14 5 4 5 11 14 4 43
6 Polokwane City 27 10 11 6 35 29 14 6 4 4 22 18 13 4 7 2 13 11 6 41
7 Kaizer Chiefs 27 9 11 7 32 26 14 5 4 5 14 14 13 4 7 2 18 12 6 38
8 Highlands Park 27 7 14 6 32 30 13 6 5 2 19 14 14 1 9 4 13 16 2 35
9 Bloemfontein Celtic 27 9 7 11 31 35 13 4 3 6 14 16 14 5 4 5 17 19 -4 34
10 Golden Arrows 27 7 12 8 25 27 13 5 3 5 13 13 14 2 9 3 12 14 -2 33
11 AmaZulu 27 10 6 11 31 36 14 7 5 2 19 9 13 3 1 9 12 27 -5 30
12 Free State Stars 27 6 8 13 29 43 14 4 5 5 19 20 13 2 3 8 10 23 -14 26
13 Black Leopards 26 6 8 12 26 41 12 5 4 3 14 10 14 1 4 9 12 31 -15 26
14 Baroka 27 5 10 12 24 33 13 1 6 6 12 18 14 4 4 6 12 15 -9 25
15 Chippa United 28 5 9 14 23 34 14 3 4 7 10 14 14 2 5 7 13 20 -11 24
16 Maritzburg United 27 4 8 15 16 29 14 3 6 5 12 14 13 1 2 10 4 15 -13 20

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