Struggling Polokwane City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Orlando Pirates in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's no vacation for neither Polokwane City nor Orlando Pirates as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Polokwane City form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Polokwane City have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 8 games.
Polokwane City's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Chippa United (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Mamelodi Sundowns.
Polokwane City are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Baroka awaits in four days.
Polokwane City have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. Polokwane City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Peter Mokaba Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Orlando Pirates form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Orlando Pirates so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Orlando Pirates, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Orlando Pirates has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bloemfontein Celtic for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Orlando Pirates secured a home win against Black Leopards with the score 3-1.
Orlando Pirates find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Orlando Pirates have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Orlando Pirates - Polokwane City 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 7 - 3 (Polokwane City wins - draws - Orlando Pirates wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Mhango 7 goals |  T. Mabaso 6 goals |   C. Mashumba 5 goals |
Polokwane City missing players
Orlando Pirates missing players
| Polokwane City | Orlando Pirates | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 80% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 67% |
| 25% | 12% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 60% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 47% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 25% | 12% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 60% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 27% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 6.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 163 | 90 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 66 | 146 |
| 47 | 25 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 22 | 51 |
| 30% | 24% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 36% | 43% |
- Orlando Pirates has the most matches over the total-line (9)
- Polokwane City has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Polokwane City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Polokwane City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Polokwane City is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Bidvest Wits | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Maritzburg United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Highlands Park | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Golden Arrows | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Chippa United | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Polokwane City | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Black Leopards | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | AmaZulu | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 16 |
| 14 | Stellenbosch | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Baroka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Cape Town City | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 13 |