2023/2024| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moroka Swallows | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5/15 | 4-7 |
| Orlando Pirates | 15 | L1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10/15 | 15-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2021-12-14 – 2023-12-05) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-05 | Orlando Pirates | 2-0 | Moroka Swallows |
| 2021-12-14 | Moroka Swallows | 1-1 | Orlando Pirates |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moroka Swallows | 14 | 30 | 32 | -12 | WLWLL | 7 | +7 |
| Orlando Pirates | 2 | 30 | 50 | 18 | WWLLD | 6 | -4 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2024-04-03
On paper the standings were lopsided — Orlando Pirates 2nd with 50 points, Moroka Swallows 14th with 32, 18 apart. Moroka Swallows ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Moroka Swallows 0.8 scored and 1.2 conceded per game, Orlando Pirates 1.47 and 0.87, with the league averaging 1.02.
Moroka Swallows led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
