Orlando Pirates 2-1 Durban City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — South Afrika - Cup, 8 Aug 2026

📅08/08/2026 · 🕒16:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-0 2nd Score 4-0
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
80%
1.33
Draw
12%
4.62
Away
8%
7.18
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
43%
2.15
Over 2.5
57%
1.64
Both Teams to Score
Yes
47%
2.03
No
53%
1.7
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
3.88
2-3 Goals
45%
1.81
4-5 Goals
19%
2.94
6+ Goals
12%
9.21
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
41%
1/2
3%
1/X
4%
X/1
28%
X/2
3%
X/X
5%
2/1
10%
2/2
3%
2/X
3%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
79%
Home Win
71%
+8.9pp
12%
Draw
18%
-6.1pp
8%
Away Win
11%
-2.8pp
43%
Under 2.5
43%
+0.6pp
57%
Over 2.5
57%
-0.6pp
47%
BTTS Yes
45%
+1.8pp
53%
BTTS No
55%
-1.8pp
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 Orlando Pirates EU Bookmakers 75%
Head to Head
AWAY Durban City EU Bookmakers 14%
+15% / +15% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +0% / +0%
–/– Expected GoalsScored / Conceded –/–
+50% / +116% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) /
58% Ball Possession 42%
16 Total Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
419 · 85% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 265 · 77%
26.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
17.3 Crosses
2.8 Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Orlando Pirates
1W-1D-0L
AWAY Durban City
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 0.00
1.55 xG 0.33
67% Ball Possession 33%
20 Total Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 0
10 Corners 1
411 Passes 171
79% Pass Accuracy 63%
34 Box Touches 10
26 Crosses 6
2 Yellow Cards 4
16.05.2026 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 0-0 HT 0-0 Durban City Durban City GAFPSL
29.11.2025 Durban City Durban City 0-2 HT 0-1 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Orlando Pirates
2-1
AWAY Durban City
3.97 xG 0.68
39 Total Shots 6
11 Shots on Target 2
11 Corners 1
685 Passes 196
61 Box Touches 10
37 Crosses 8
2 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Orlando Pirates vs Durban City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Orlando Pirates squeezed past Durban City 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Orlando Pirates as the likeliest winner at 79%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (57%) came in.

On the day, shots finished 39-6, expected goals 3.97 to 0.68 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold Orlando Pirates's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 2 meetings in our records, Orlando Pirates had the better of it with 1 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Orlando Pirates and 0.00 for Durban City.

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

Orlando Pirates 2-1 Durban City in the South Afrika - Cup on 08/08/2026. 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 Durban City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Orlando Pirates win the most likely single outcome at about 79%, with the full match-result split Orlando Pirates 79%, draw 12%, Durban City 8%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Orlando Pirates), Over 2.5 — while BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Orlando Pirates) ✓ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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