Dec 30th features a match where Mamelodi Sundowns will play host to Orlando Pirates in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, a perfect day for football. Mamelodi Sundowns sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Royal AM. Maema scored the first goal for Mamelodi Sundowns in the 45th minute, then Cassius Mailula added another in the 86th minute In the end, Royal AM was frustrated by Mamelodi Sundowns’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mamelodi Sundowns ended the match with the shutout victory. Mamelodi Sundowns looks to continue their winning ways, having won 8 of their last 10, while orlando Pirates is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Kaizer Chiefs. Moegamat Maart scored the first goal for Kaizer Chiefs in the 74th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Orlando Pirates was frustrated by Kaizer Chiefs’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kaizer Chiefs ended the match with the shutout victory. Orlando Pirates is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Mamelodi Sundowns won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Orlando Pirates’s most prolific scorer has been Monnapule Saleng. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Cassius Mailula has been the most effective weapon for Mamelodi Sundowns lately. The midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches.