Mkhambathi 2-1 Lions — Result, Statistics & Match Review — South Afrika - Cup, 8 Feb 2026

📅08/02/2026 · 🕒16:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 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
33%
2.94
Draw
26%
3.54
Away
41%
2.03
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
58%
1.9
Over 2.5
42%
1.82
Both Teams to Score
Yes
44%
1.73
No
56%
1.99
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
35%
2-3 Goals
38%
4-5 Goals
20%
6+ Goals
7%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
13%
1/2
7%
1/X
9%
X/1
16%
X/2
21%
X/X
13%
2/1
3%
2/2
14%
2/X
4%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
32%
Home Win
30%
+2.2pp
26%
Draw
25%
+1.7pp
41%
Away Win
45%
-3.9pp
58%
Under 2.5
49%
+9.3pp
42%
Over 2.5
51%
-9.3pp
44%
BTTS Yes
54%
-9.4pp
56%
BTTS No
46%
+9.4pp
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 Mkhambathi EU Bookmakers 34%
Head to Head
AWAY Lions EU Bookmakers 49%
+0% / +0% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +0%
–/– Expected GoalsScored / Conceded –/–
/ Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) /
50% Ball Possession 50%
10 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
298 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 327 · 77%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
POST-MATCH Mkhambathi vs Lions
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Mkhambathi edged past Lions 2-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Our pre-match lean was Lions at 41%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. The goals read — under 2.5 goals (58%), no to both teams scoring (56%) — went the other way, though.

What was the final score of Mkhambathi vs Lions?

Mkhambathi 2-1 Lions in the South Afrika - Cup on 08/02/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Mkhambathi vs Lions?

Before kick-off our model rated an Lions win the most likely single outcome at about 41%, with the full match-result split Mkhambathi 32%, draw 26%, Lions 41%. The final score 2-1 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Lions) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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