About Match
Richards Bay (13th, 3 pts) visit Orlando Pirates (2nd, 13 pts) with 10 points between them. Per game in the league, Orlando Pirates score 2.4 and conceding 0.2, Richards Bay 1.2 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.18 goals per team per game. Victory would move Orlando Pirates to 16 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
Defeat has not touched Orlando Pirates in 9 games. Richards Bay have gone 10 games without a win. From the last five rounds, Orlando Pirates hold 13 points of 15 and Richards Bay 3.
9 meetings are on record — 5 won by Orlando Pirates, 1 by Richards Bay, 3 drawn, at 1.33 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 22% of those meetings. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 11% of meetings.
The venue is Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, with room for 40,000 spectators.