Orlando Pirates 3-0 AmaZulu — Result, Statistics & Match Review — South Afrika - Premier League, 18 Apr 2026

📅18/04/2026 · 🕒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
75%
1.25
Draw
15%
5.28
Away
10%
8.9
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
51%
2.1
Over 2.5
49%
1.67
Both Teams to Score
Yes
38%
2.4
No
62%
1.5
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
27%
3.76
2-3 Goals
41%
1.78
4-5 Goals
22%
2.94
6+ Goals
10%
9.41
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.76 — our 27% vs market 20.0%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
35%
1/2
3%
1/X
7%
X/1
28%
X/2
2%
X/X
4%
2/1
12%
2/2
5%
2/X
4%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
75%
Home Win
76%
-0.7pp
15%
Draw
16%
-0.8pp
10%
Away Win
8%
+1.5pp
51%
Under 2.5
44%
+7.0pp
49%
Over 2.5
56%
-7.0pp
38%
BTTS Yes
38%
+0.7pp
62%
BTTS No
62%
-0.7pp
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 80%
Head to Head
AWAY AmaZulu EU Bookmakers 11%
-2% / -8% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -8% / -10%
2.03/0.47 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.78/1.71
+7% / +19% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -33% / +7%
62% Ball Possession 38%
19 Total Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 2
430 · 85% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 252 · 76%
28.5 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 11.2
15.6 Crosses 15.3
1.9 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Orlando Pirates
4W-2D-0L
AWAY AmaZulu
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
1.49 xG 0.53
64% Ball Possession 37%
15 Total Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 4
410 Passes 196
85% Pass Accuracy 73%
28 Box Touches 10
14 Crosses 14
3 Yellow Cards 2
03.02.2026 AmaZulu AmaZulu 0-2 HT 0-1 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
24.05.2025 AmaZulu AmaZulu 1-1 HT 0-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
25.10.2024 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 2-1 HT 2-0 AmaZulu AmaZulu GAFPSL
20.04.2024 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates 1-0 HT 0-0 AmaZulu AmaZulu GAFPSL
13.04.2024 AmaZulu AmaZulu 2-4 HT 1-1 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAF8K
24.10.2023 AmaZulu AmaZulu 0-0 HT 0-0 Orlando Pirates Orlando Pirates GAFPSL
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Orlando Pirates
3-0
AWAY AmaZulu
3.97 xG 0.33
63% Ball Possession 37%
28 Total Shots 4
14 Shots on Target 1
10 Corners 2
562 Passes 282
91% Pass Accuracy 81%
38 Box Touches 6
18 Crosses 11
1 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Orlando Pirates vs AmaZulu
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Orlando Pirates swept aside AmaZulu 3-0. Half-time: 2-0.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Orlando Pirates as the likeliest winner at 75%, and the 3-0 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — no to both teams scoring (62%) came in.

On the day, Orlando Pirates had 63% of the ball to AmaZulu's 37%, shots finished 28-4, expected goals 3.97 to 0.33.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Orlando Pirates had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Orlando Pirates and 0.67 for AmaZulu.

What was the final score of Orlando Pirates vs AmaZulu?

Orlando Pirates 3-0 AmaZulu in the South Afrika - Premier League on 18/04/2026. 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 AmaZulu?

Before kick-off our model rated a Orlando Pirates win the most likely single outcome at about 75%, with the full match-result split Orlando Pirates 75%, draw 15%, AmaZulu 10%. The final score 3-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Orlando Pirates), BTTS No — while Under 2.5 went the other way.

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