Orlando Pirates 2-0 Polokwane City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — South Afrika - Cup, 2 Aug 2025

📅02/08/2025 · 🕒16:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-0 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
69%
1.37
Draw
19%
4.08
Away
12%
7.37
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
49%
1.74
Over 2.5
51%
2.0
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
2.44
No
50%
1.49
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
26%
2.71
2-3 Goals
43%
1.72
4-5 Goals
22%
3.88
6+ Goals
9%
18.05
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
35%
1/2
4%
1/X
8%
X/1
25%
X/2
4%
X/X
6%
2/1
9%
2/2
4%
2/X
5%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
69%
Home Win
68%
+0.4pp
19%
Draw
21%
-2.4pp
12%
Away Win
11%
+1.8pp
49%
Under 2.5
54%
-5.0pp
51%
Over 2.5
46%
+5.0pp
50%
BTTS Yes
37%
+13.5pp
50%
BTTS No
63%
-13.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Orlando Pirates EU Bookmakers 73%
Head to Head
AWAY Polokwane City EU Bookmakers 14%
+15% / +15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -3% / -3%
3.22/1.17 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.67/2.13
+88% / +80% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -100% / +14%
57% Ball Possession 43%
15 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 4
454 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 216 · 69%
29.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 14.4
19.5 Crosses 18.7
2.8 Yellow Cards 3.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Orlando Pirates
5W-1D-0L
AWAY Polokwane City
2.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
1.21 xG 0.48
58% Ball Possession 42%
14 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
384 Passes 187
82% Pass Accuracy 68%
24 Box Touches 9
16 Crosses 9
1 Yellow Cards 2
05.04.2025 Polokwane City Polokwane City 0-1 HT 0-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
24.09.2024 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 3-0 HT 0-0 Polokwane City Polokwane City GAFPSL
02.03.2024 Polokwane City Polokwane City 0-1 HT 0-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
27.10.2023 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 1-1 HT 1-0 Polokwane City Polokwane City GAFPSL
07.01.2020 Polokwane City Polokwane City 1-4 HT 0-4 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
26.11.2019 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 3-2 HT 1-1 Polokwane City Polokwane City GAFPSL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Orlando Pirates
2-0
AWAY Polokwane City
1.31 xG 0.15
66% Ball Possession 34%
9 Total Shots 7
2 Shots on Target 0
4 Corners 5
457 Passes 198
88% Pass Accuracy 78%
19 Box Touches 12
12 Crosses 16
3 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Orlando Pirates vs Polokwane City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Orlando Pirates beat Polokwane City 2-0.

As we said in the preview, our model had Orlando Pirates as the likeliest winner at 69%, and the 2-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 51% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Orlando Pirates had 66% of the ball to Polokwane City's 34%, shots finished 9-7, expected goals 1.31 to 0.15.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Orlando Pirates had the better of it with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.17 goals for Orlando Pirates and 0.67 for Polokwane City.

What was the final score of Orlando Pirates vs Polokwane City?

Orlando Pirates 2-0 Polokwane City in the South Afrika - Cup on 02/08/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Orlando Pirates vs Polokwane City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Orlando Pirates win the most likely single outcome at about 69%, with the full match-result split Orlando Pirates 69%, draw 19%, Polokwane City 12%. The final score 2-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Orlando Pirates) — while Over 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Orlando Pirates) ✗ Over 2.5
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