On Aug 17th, Royal AM will host Orlando Pirates at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. Royal AM sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Stellenbosch. Van Wyk scored the first goal for Stellenbosch in the 2nd minute, then Ricardo Nascimento added another on an own goal in the 49th minute. Royal AM is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Orlando Pirates, recorded a 1-1 draw against Stellenbosch. Nkosinathi Sibisi scored the first goal for Orlando Pirates in the 45th minute, then Júnior Mendieta got the equalizer for Stellenbosch in the 54th minute on a feed from Fawaaz Basadien earning Stellenbosch at least a draw. Orlando Pirates is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Both Kwame Peprah and Deon Hotto have been the hottest scorers for Orlando Pirates in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Andre De Jong has been the most prolific scorer on Royal AM in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.