Orlando Pirates and Al Ahli Benghazi get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this CAF Confederations Cup Group Stage fixture.
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!
Orlando Pirates form and stats
Orlando Pirates have performed here at FNB Stadium this season with 5 wins from 10 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 0. On the other hand, in the CAF Confederations Cup, Orlando Pirates has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Orlando Pirates tasted defeat here at FNB Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
A Premier League defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Kaizer Chiefs.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Orlando Pirates as they are travelling to their away game against TS Galaxy in the Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
The Orlando fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Orlando have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Ahli Benghazi form and stats
Al Ahli Benghazi's mission in CAF Confederations Cup last season failed in the play-offs against NA Hussein Dey.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Al Ahli Benghazi playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the CAF Confederations Cup stats, they have 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Benghazi as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Al Ahli Benghazi on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Al Ahli Benghazi has managed 4 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Al Ahli Benghazi - Orlando 0-0.Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Hotto Kavendji 4 goals | ![]() M. Pule 4 goals | ![]() F. Makaringe 3 goals |
Orlando Pirates missing players
Al Ahli Benghazi missing players
| Orlando Pirates | Al Ahli Benghazi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 20 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Enyimba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Orlando Pirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Al Ahli Benghazi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | ES Setif | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 43 |
| 2 | AmaZulu | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Golden Arrows | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 37 |
| 4 | Orlando Pirates | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | SuperSport United | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Moroka Swallows | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Cape Town City | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | TS Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Kaizer Chiefs | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Stellenbosch | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Baroka | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -8 | 23 |
| 13 | Maritzburg United | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Tshakhuma | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 19 |
| 15 | Chippa United | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Black Leopards | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -20 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al-Akhdar | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Al-Nasr | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Al-Tahaddi | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Al Ahli Benghazi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Al Ta'awon | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Al Sadaqa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Khaleej Sart | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ngom Egdabya | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 10 | Darnes | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Shabaab Al Jabal | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Al-Anwar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 1 |