Mamelodi Sundowns 4-1 Orlando Pirates — Result, Statistics & Match Review — South Afrika - Premier League, 8 Feb 2025

📅08/02/2025 · 🕒16:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-0
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
43%
2.0
Draw
35%
2.94
Away
22%
3.63
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
65%
1.48
Over 2.5
35%
2.51
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
2.13
No
53%
1.63
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
32%
2.13
2-3 Goals
45%
1.74
4-5 Goals
15%
5.2
6+ Goals
8%
34.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
22%
1/2
5%
1/X
11%
X/1
12%
X/2
4%
X/X
11%
2/1
9%
2/2
13%
2/X
13%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
43%
Home Win
46%
-2.6pp
35%
Draw
30%
+5.1pp
22%
Away Win
24%
-2.5pp
65%
Under 2.5
64%
+0.9pp
35%
Over 2.5
36%
-0.9pp
47%
BTTS Yes
43%
+3.8pp
53%
BTTS No
57%
-3.8pp
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 Mamelodi Sundowns EU Bookmakers 50%
Head to Head
AWAY Orlando Pirates EU Bookmakers 28%
+2% / +3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -20% / -20%
1.14/1.30 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.14/1.64
+26% / +97% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -5% / -34%
53% Ball Possession 47%
13 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 4
328 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 272 · 73%
19.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 25.4
14.5 Crosses 16.6
2.0 Yellow Cards 1.3
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Mamelodi Sundowns
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Orlando Pirates
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.50
1.28 xG 0.80
58% Ball Possession 42%
10 Total Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 5
373 Passes 229
81% Pass Accuracy 70%
17 Box Touches 16
8 Crosses 18
4 Yellow Cards 3
01.06.2024 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns 1-2 HT 0-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAF8K
17.02.2024 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns 1-1 HT 0-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
07.10.2023 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 0-0 HT 0-0 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns GAF8K
20.09.2023 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 0-1 HT 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns GAFPSL
04.02.2023 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 0-1 HT 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns GAFPSL
30.12.2022 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 HT 1-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Mamelodi Sundowns
4-1
AWAY Orlando Pirates
1.32 xG 0.68
39% Ball Possession 61%
12 Total Shots 10
9 Shots on Target 1
2 Corners 8
206 Passes 353
75% Pass Accuracy 83%
22 Box Touches 25
5 Crosses 14
2 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Mamelodi Sundowns vs Orlando Pirates
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Mamelodi Sundowns swept aside Orlando Pirates 4-1. Half-time: 2-0. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Mamelodi Sundowns as the likeliest winner at 43%, and the 4-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (65%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Mamelodi Sundowns had 39% of the ball to Orlando Pirates's 61%, shots finished 12-10, expected goals 1.32 to 0.68.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Mamelodi Sundowns had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Mamelodi Sundowns and 0.50 for Orlando Pirates.

What was the final score of Mamelodi Sundowns vs Orlando Pirates?

Mamelodi Sundowns 4-1 Orlando Pirates in the South Afrika - Premier League on 08/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Mamelodi Sundowns vs Orlando Pirates?

Before kick-off our model rated a Mamelodi Sundowns win the most likely single outcome at about 43%, with the full match-result split Mamelodi Sundowns 43%, draw 35%, Orlando Pirates 22%. The final score 4-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Mamelodi Sundowns) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Mamelodi Sundowns) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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