After the first game it's Orlando Pirates - Royal AM 0-1 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Premier League match of the season?
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Orlando Pirates and Royal AM.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
The season before, Orlando Pirates's league stats were 16 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses, resulting in 2nd position in the Premier League. During these 30 matches they scored {40 goals} and let in 21. Performing at their own stadium in the former season Orlando Pirates managed 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with {19 goals} and 10 conceded.
Orlando faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stellenbosch (0-1). Hotto was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Hotto hit two key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that result, a home win against Sekhukhune United in the Nedbank Cup.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sekhukhune United are coming to town in four days.
Royal AM form and stats
Let's have a look at how Royal AM performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded {43 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 16/29 goals scored/conceded.
Royal AM are looking to quickly end their 270 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League. The Royal goalkeeper Mondli Mpoto is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 244 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Royal AM played 0-0 against AmaZulu in their previous match. Attacker Thikazi got a player rating of 7.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Thikazi hit two key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 38 total).
Before that, Royal travelled to Richards Bay and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Head 2 Head
Orlando Pirates have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (2-3-0) against Royal AM.The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last five duels.
Orlando Pirates missing players
Royal AM missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Royal AM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Orlando Pirates | Last season | Royal AM | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Scored | S | 16 | 33 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 29 | 43 | ||
| 93% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 63% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 77% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 47% | ||
| 13% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 3% | ||
| 37% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 30% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | ||
| 6.1 | 4.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SuperSport United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Stellenbosch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Golden Arrows | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Moroka Swallows | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | AmaZulu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Royal AM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Cape Town City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ajax Cape Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | TS Galaxy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Kaizer Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Polokwane City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Sekhukhune United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Orlando Pirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Richards Bay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | Royal AM | 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 |
