Orlando Pirates 1-1 Mamelodi Sundowns — Result, Statistics & Match Review — South Afrika - Cup, 16 Aug 2025

📅16/08/2025 · 🕒16:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 0-1
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
42%
3.08
Draw
24%
2.77
Away
34%
2.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
61%
1.62
Over 2.5
39%
2.18
Both Teams to Score
Yes
41%
1.82
No
59%
1.88
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
31%
2-3 Goals
41%
4-5 Goals
23%
6+ Goals
5%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
24%
1/2
4%
1/X
6%
X/1
11%
X/2
15%
X/X
9%
2/1
7%
2/2
15%
2/X
9%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
42%
Home Win
30%
+12.6pp
24%
Draw
33%
-8.8pp
34%
Away Win
37%
-3.8pp
61%
Under 2.5
58%
+2.7pp
39%
Over 2.5
42%
-2.7pp
41%
BTTS Yes
51%
-10.2pp
59%
BTTS No
49%
+10.2pp
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 32%
Head to Head
AWAY Mamelodi Sundowns EU Bookmakers 40%
+29% / +29% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +11% / +11%
1.10/0.86 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.66/0.49
+8% / +150% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -69% / +150%
51% Ball Possession 49%
10 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 5
303 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 334 · 79%
17.4 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.0
9.7 Crosses 17.0
2.0 Yellow Cards 3.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Orlando Pirates
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Mamelodi Sundowns
1.00 Avg Goals (FT) 1.33
0.87 xG 1.47
41% Ball Possession 59%
9 Total Shots 10
3 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 3
222 Passes 366
70% Pass Accuracy 80%
15 Box Touches 18
12 Crosses 10
2 Yellow Cards 4
16.03.2025 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 2-1 HT 2-0 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns GAFPSL
08.02.2025 Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns 4-1 HT 2-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
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
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Orlando Pirates
1-1
AWAY Mamelodi Sundowns
1.02 xG 1.42
44% Ball Possession 56%
14 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 6
3 Corners 6
249 Passes 332
78% Pass Accuracy 80%
14 Box Touches 12
15 Crosses 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Orlando Pirates vs Mamelodi Sundowns
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns couldn't be separated, finishing 1-1. Half-time: 0-1.

Our pre-match lean was Orlando Pirates at 42%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. On goals, under 2.5 goals (61%) landed while no to both teams scoring (59%) missed.

On the day, Orlando Pirates had 44% of the ball to Mamelodi Sundowns's 56%, shots finished 14-9, expected goals 1.02 to 1.42.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.00 goals for Orlando Pirates and 1.33 for Mamelodi Sundowns.

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

Orlando Pirates 1-1 Mamelodi Sundowns in the South Afrika - Cup on 16/08/2025. 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 Mamelodi Sundowns?

Before kick-off our model rated a Orlando Pirates win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split Orlando Pirates 42%, draw 24%, Mamelodi Sundowns 34%. The final score 1-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Under 2.5 — while Match Result (Orlando Pirates), BTTS No went the other way.

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