Orlando Pirates perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Stellenbosch can look both up and down from their 10th position.
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 Stellenbosch.
These teams have little in common geographically as Stellenbosch have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Orlando Pirates can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. For Stellenbosch most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 14 Premier League games here at Orlando Stadium for Orlando Pirates. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss.
A good away victory last time out for Orlando, who won 1-0 against Maritzburg United (placed 6th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting SuperSport United in a game that was won 2-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Zinnbauer when F. Mhango scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute.
A decent goal production from Orlando Pirates in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. Orlando are not conceding a lot of goals here at Orlando Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches.
Stellenbosch form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stellenbosch so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose). With three draws in a row for Stellenbosch the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Stellenbosch's last game was the home draw against AmaZulu (1-1). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Chippa United.
Stellenbosch find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. Stellenbosch have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Stellenbosch - Orlando 1-0. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Orlando victory, zero draws and one Stellenbosch win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Mhango 15 goals |  W. Isaacs 8 goals | T. Mabaso 7 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Stellenbosch missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Stellenbosch | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 39 | 22 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 29 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 79% | 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 52% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 59% |
| 45% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 34% |
| 31% | 36% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 17% |
| 17% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 48% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 41% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 38% |
| 34% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 305 | 158 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 105 | 235 |
| 123 | 64 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 41 | 89 |
| 31% | 34% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 37% | 29% |
- Orlando Pirates have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stellenbosch have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stellenbosch 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 | Kaizer Chiefs | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 56 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 56 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 50 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 49 |
| 5 | Bidvest Wits | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 49 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 29 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 42 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 39 |
| 8 | Highlands Park | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | Stellenbosch | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -7 | 36 |
| 11 | Golden Arrows | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 34 |
| 12 | Chippa United | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 13 | AmaZulu | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 29 |
| 14 | Black Leopards | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 25 | -14 | 29 |
| 15 | Baroka | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 28 |
| 16 | Polokwane City | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 25 |