Orlando Pirates host Cape Town City for what will be their 15th league clash.
The match will take place at Orlando Pirates’ home ground - Orlando Stadium which hosted this fixture on six occasions.
The only other time Pirates hosted Cape Town City at a different stadium was on 19 September 2017 at FNB Stadium.
Of the 14 games played Orlando Pirates and Cape Town City have each won on three occasions while 8 games have ended in a draw
Both games in the 2016/17 season ended in a draw in what was Cape Town City’s inaugural season in the top flight.
The most goals scored in this fixture is six which came in a 3-3 draw on 28 September 2019 at Orlando Stadium. The goals were scored by Thabo Nodada, Kermit Erasmus,Shane Roberts (Cape Town City) , Happy Jele,Tshegofatso Mabaso and Alfred Ndengane (All Orlando Pirates)
There has been a combined 35 goals scored in this fixture and there has been 27 goal-scorers, Vincent Pule and Ayanda Patosi have scored the most goals (3) in this fixture.
Orlando Pirates are on the back of a 3-0 win over Djabal in the CAF Champions league, however, their last league game ended in a 1-1 draw against Chippa United on 15 August.
Cape Town City’s last league game ended in a 1-0 defeat by Sekhukhune United.
So far this season Orlando Pirates have played three league games having won one, losing one and drawing the other (W1 D1 L1) which leaves them in 10th position on the log standings.
The Citizens have kept two clean sheets in their campaign compared to Pirates 0.
Pirates have conceded the least number of fouls this season with 35, while their opponents - City, is the team with the second highest number of fouls conceded 67.
All of the six league games in this fixture that have produced a winner has seen the home team win there is yet to be an away winner in this fixture.
Last season the home team were winners when these sides clashed with each team winning 2-1.
Eight games between the teams have ended in draws with two 0-0 fixtures both hosted by Pirates in 2016-17 and 2021-22., while four of these games have ended 2-2, there has been one 1-1 draw and one 3-3 draw.
In eight of the previous 14 clashes between the sides both teams have managed to score, with the exceptions being two 0-0 draws.
Head to head League Games
P W D L GF GA GD
Orlando Pirates 14 3 8 3 18 17 1
Cape Town City 14 3 8 3 17 18 -1
Orlando Pirates:
Orlando Pirates last league game ended in a 1-1 draw away against Chippa United, their only home game of the season ended in a 4-2 win over Royal AM on the 8th August.
Orlando Pirates are looking to keep their first clean-sheet of the season, having conceded four goals in four league outings thus far.
In all the three games played by the Buccaneers, they have scored five goals in their league campaign so far this season.
Pirates have scored all their goals from inside the box, they’ve placed 13 shots on target inside the box and 2 shots on target from outside the box.
They are the team with the third most successful passes, which is 1362.
Pirates duo Zakhele Lepasa and Bandile Shandu both have two goals each for the Buccaneers and will be looking to extend their tally.
Monnapule Saleng has scored 1 goal for Pirates in their league campaign, he was Pirates top goal contributor last season with 19 goal contributions scoring 11 and making 8 assists.
Pirates have the most goals scored using their right foot this season, they hold this record together with Royal AM at 4 each.
The Buccaneers are among five teams that have committed an error which has led to a goal.
Pirates are the only team in the league to have played the least amount of games this season (3). They have registered 1 away win, 1 home win and 1 away draw in their opening campaign.
There are five players from Pirates team waiting to make their first appearance of the season - Bienvenu Eva Nga, Melusi Buthelezi, Souaibou Marou, Richard Ofori and Sandile Mthethwa.
Cape Town City:
For Cape Town City, they have played four games - two wins, two losses and are yet to draw which sees them in 8th position (W2 L2).
In their four matches they have scored two goals which come from inside the box. They have had 11 shots on target inside the box, 5 shots on target outside the box.
City have recorded 1 win at home, 2 losses away and 1 loss at home to see them collect 6 points.
Cape Town City have 6 points this season and have scored two goals, meaning each goal that they have scored has been worth three points.
Both Taahir Goedeman and Jó Paciência will also be looking to add their names on the scoresheet for the Citizens.
There are only three teams in the league that have scored two goals in their campaign - Cape Town City, Chippa United and TS Galaxy.
City have the second least number of tackles won (31) in the DStv Premiership. They are also the club with the second most duels lost by 252.
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