On the 14th of January, Orlando Pirates will host Golden Arrows in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Orlando Pirates is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Cape Town City. Deon Hotto scored the first goal for Orlando Pirates in the 20th minute, then Juan Zapata Londoño tied it up for Cape Town City in the 31st minute on a feed from Lyle Lakay Finally they completed the comback victory in the 74th minute on a goal by Darwin González Mendoza to cap off a wild match. Orlando Pirates is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Golden Arrows recorded a 2-1 win against SuperSport United. Sibiya scored the first goal for Golden Arrows in the 19th minute, then Mutizwa added another in the 41st minute. Golden Arrows is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
On Tue Oct 18th, Golden Arrows hosted Orlando Pirates at the Princess Magogo Stadium in their last match together. Orlando Pirates took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Monnapule Saleng scored the first goal for Orlando Pirates in the 6th minute, then Monnapule Saleng added another in the 24th minute In the end, Golden Arrows couldn’t muster any offence and Orlando Pirates ran away with the shutout win.
Ryan Moon has been the most effective weapon for Golden Arrows lately. The attacker has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Monnapule Saleng has been the most prolific scorer on Orlando Pirates in his last five matches with two goals.