Match Report
34 points separated the sides: Orlando Pirates 2nd on 61, Cape Town City 15th on 27. Cape Town City had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Per game in the league, Orlando Pirates were scoring 1.54 and conceding 0.71, Cape Town City 0.54 and 1.11, against a competition average of 1.01 goals per team per game.
Cape Town City had gone 5 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Orlando Pirates 12/15, Cape Town City 1/15.
Across 7 recorded meetings, Orlando Pirates have 3 wins to Cape Town City's 1, with 3 draws, at 1.86 goals per meeting. Historically tight: 14% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg (capacity 40,000). On the scoreboard, Cape Town City led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Orlando Pirates: Tshegofatso Mabasa (67'), Goodman Mosele (87') · Cape Town City: Domingo (21')