Let's look at this interesting fixture in the Premier League. Orlando Pirates is in the 11th position after completing three games. They welcome Cape Town City who are placed 8th after four fixtures.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the CAF Champions League. This match was also played here at Orlando Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cape Town City have had more rest.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
Orlando Pirates have only played one Premier League game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 15 matches.
Orlando's previous match was a CAF Champions League game also played at home, ending 3-0 against Djabal Club. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Before that game, a fine away win at Djabal Club. A CAF Champions League game. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Orlando Pirates have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Orlando Pirates at home in the league. 4 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Cape Town City form and stats
Cape Town City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
The attacking players of Cape have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 217 minutes.
Cape Town City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sekhukhune United (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Heerden, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. Heerden won 13 of 18 duels.
Prior to that match, the Cape manager Tinkler faced defeat when travelling to SuperSport United and losing 0-1.We have checked recent matches where Cape Town City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Cape Town City has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Orlando Pirates, five draws and two wins for Cape Town City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Shandu 2 goals |  Z. Lepasa 2 goals |  M. Saleng 1 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Cape Town City missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Cape Town City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 12.8 |
| 5.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Orlando Pirates | Last season | Cape Town City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 34 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 87% | ||
| 63% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 40% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 13% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 37% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 37% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 6.1 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Golden Arrows | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 4 | TS Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Polokwane City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sekhukhune United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Stellenbosch | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Cape Town City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Chippa United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Moroka Swallows | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Orlando Pirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Kaizer Chiefs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Real Kings | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | AmaZulu | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Richards Bay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Ajax Cape Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 70 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 54 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 51 |
| 4 | Cape Town City | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 5 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Sekhukhune United | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -7 | 40 |
| 9 | Golden Arrows | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 38 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 35 |
| 11 | Real Kings | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | AmaZulu | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 33 |
| 13 | Richards Bay | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 33 |
| 14 | Chippa United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -16 | 30 |
| 16 | Tshakhuma | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 29 |
