Royal AM vs Orlando Pirates Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Royal AM

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Royal AM enter this fixture following a 1-1 Premier Division draw versus Golden Arrows.

In that match, Royal AM managed 57% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Golden Arrows had 2 shots on goal with 0 on target.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Royal AM have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Royal AM have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 10 goals along the way. While that may be of interest, time will tell if that trend will continue on in this next match or not.

Orlando Pirates

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Orlando Pirates will go into the encounter following on from a 1-0 Premier Division win with the eclipse of AmaZulu in their most recent outing.

In that match, Orlando Pirates managed 68% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. On the other side, AmaZulu had 5 shots on goal with 2 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Orlando Pirates have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in all. In defence, Orlando Pirates could really do with shoring things up.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The last league clash featuring these sides was Premier Division match day 1 on 08/08/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Orlando Pirates 4-2 Royal AM.

In that game, Orlando Pirates managed 58% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target.

On the other side, Royal AM got 6 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

📰 Team News: Royal AM

The Royal AM manager has a full complement, with no fitness concerns to speak of before this game owing to a completely injury-free squad ready to go.

📰 Team News: Orlando Pirates

Owing to a completely healthy group to pick from, the Orlando Pirates boss Rhulani Mokwena has no fitness worries to report coming into this game.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Royal AM will need to apply a lot of pressure to find the net against this Orlando Pirates outfit who we think will likely gain the upper hand.

We’re going for a narrow 0-1 winning score for Orlando Pirates when the referee blows for full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 19:15 26/04/2024