Struggling Cape Town City will hope to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome top side Orlando Pirates in the upcoming league game. It’s 11th vs 5th and the home regulars will have modest confidence.
- Orlando Pirates have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Orlando Pirates, who are travelling more than 1300 kilometers to play this game.
Cape have less rest than Orlando Pirates in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Al-Nidal Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Orlando Pirates have had more rest.
Cape Town City form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Cape Town City at their home stadium (Al-Nidal Stadium) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The Cape Town City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to SuperSport United here at Al-Nidal Stadium.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Real Kings.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cape Town City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Cape aren't scoring a lot here at Al-Nidal Stadium in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cape Town City have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Orlando Pirates have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
The attacking players of Orlando Pirates have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 246 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Orlando, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Mamelodi Sundowns.
The match earlier was the Black Label Cup-battle against Mamelodi Sundowns, a home defeat (0-4). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Orlando Pirates in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Orlando Pirates, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Observe: 11 of the latest 12 league matches involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Orlando Pirates as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Orlando as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Orlando Pirates have not lost in the last 5 games (2-3-0) facing Cape Town City.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mayo 4 goals | D. González Mendoza 3 goals |  M. Saleng 2 goals |
Cape Town City missing players
Orlando Pirates missing players
| Cape Town City | Orlando Pirates | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 64% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 43% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 50% |
| 36% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 50% |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 7.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.1 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 21% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| 7.4 | 7.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 |
| 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
- Orlando Pirates have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Premier League
- Orlando Pirates have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
- Orlando Pirates have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Premier League
- Orlando Pirates have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Orlando Pirates have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 34 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Richards Bay | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Chippa United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 7 | AmaZulu | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Real Kings | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Golden Arrows | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Cape Town City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Sekhukhune United | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Stellenbosch | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 11 |
