Premier League prediction and guide: Orlando Pirates odds-on front runner to top Stellenbosch

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Competition: South Africa Premier League
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Orlando Stadium (40000 seats)

Turn on the lights for Orlando Pirates - Stellenbosch! Even considering the recent results, this game could be a riot!

Insights:
  • Orlando Pirates have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Stellenbosch have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier League

It's quite the trip for Stellenbosch when visiting Orlando Pirates as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.

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!

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Orlando Pirates form and stats

Orlando Pirates have played 8 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Orlando Pirates's last game was hosting Golden Arrows (placed 12th) and winning 3-1. Finally, a league victory after three matches without.

Prior to that, an away loss at Cape Town City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orlando handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

It should be noted that a glance at the 14 most recent league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Orlando Pirates have only conceded 4 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.

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Stellenbosch form and stats

There's been little loot from Stellenbosch's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Premier League. Stellenbosch only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 5 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Stellenbosch in their previous game as they lost hosting Sekhukhune United, 0-1. That loss was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tshakhuma.

We have checked recent matches where Stellenbosch have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's latest 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.

The attacking power of Stellenbosch when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Orlando Pirates have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive games without losing (2-4-0) when facing Stellenbosch.

These sides played each other before this campaign: Stellenbosch - Orlando 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

StellenboschJ. Mendieta
J. Mendieta
5 goals
Orlando PiratesM. Saleng
M. Saleng
3 goals
StellenboschS. Mngomezulu
S. Mngomezulu
3 goals

Orlando Pirates missing players

Stellenbosch missing players

Orlando Pirates Stellenbosch
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 2 8 17
6 4 4 Won W 0 1 3
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
6 2 0 Lost L 1 2 6
13 8 7 Scored S 1 5 16
12 4 1 Conceded C 2 8 20
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
50% 38% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 76%
12% 12% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 35%
6% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 59%
44% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 18%
44% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 35%
 
7.2 9.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 9 4.8 4.5
3.1 2.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.2 3.1
2 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 11.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.5 7.7
3.2 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.4
25% 31% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 19% 28%
 
6.8 5.8 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.4 7.6
2.5 1.8 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Orlando Pirates have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Orlando Pirates have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stellenbosch have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Premier League

  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 17 14 1 2 33 6 10 9 0 1 18 3 7 5 1 1 15 3 27 43
2 Richards Bay 16 8 5 3 14 8 8 3 3 2 3 3 8 5 2 1 11 5 6 29
3 SuperSport United 16 8 3 5 20 15 7 4 3 0 11 5 9 4 0 5 9 10 5 27
4 Sekhukhune United 17 6 6 5 16 15 8 4 3 1 10 6 9 2 3 4 6 9 1 24
5 Kaizer Chiefs 16 7 3 6 18 20 7 3 2 2 9 6 9 4 1 4 9 14 -2 24
6 Cape Town City 17 6 5 6 17 17 10 5 3 2 10 7 7 1 2 4 7 10 0 23
7 Orlando Pirates 16 6 4 6 13 12 8 4 2 2 8 4 8 2 2 4 5 8 1 22
8 AmaZulu 16 5 6 5 15 13 8 4 1 3 11 7 8 1 5 2 4 6 2 21
9 Chippa United 17 5 5 7 19 23 7 2 3 2 7 8 10 3 2 5 12 15 -4 20
10 Real Kings 16 6 2 8 18 23 9 4 2 3 9 8 7 2 0 5 9 15 -5 20
11 TS Galaxy 17 3 10 4 8 9 7 1 4 2 3 3 10 2 6 2 5 6 -1 19
12 Golden Arrows 16 5 4 7 18 21 9 3 3 3 11 11 7 2 1 4 7 10 -3 19
13 Stellenbosch 17 3 8 6 16 20 9 2 3 4 11 12 8 1 5 2 5 8 -4 17
14 Moroka Swallows 17 4 5 8 15 21 8 4 1 3 13 10 9 0 4 5 2 11 -6 17
15 Maritzburg United 16 4 5 7 11 22 9 3 2 4 9 14 7 1 3 3 2 8 -11 17
16 Tshakhuma 17 2 8 7 11 17 8 1 5 2 5 7 9 1 3 5 6 10 -6 14