Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Orlando Pirates 1st with 13, Al-Ittihad 2nd with 11. On recent form Al-Ittihad sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall.
Orlando Pirates entered with three wins in a row.
S. Uwikunda took charge of the match — our records show 25 games refereed with an average of 2.6 yellow cards per game. Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.