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Platinum Stars 0-2 Orlando Pirates - January 27, 2018 / ABSA Premiership 2017/2018

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ABSA Premiership 2017/2018 - Round 19

Moruleng Stadium - Moruleng - South Africa

January 27, 2018

14 311

Platinum Stars

0 - 2

Orlando Pirates

28'

Justin Shonga (header) Assist by Innocent Maela

72'

Thembinkosi Lorch (right foot) Assist by Luvuyo Memela

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28' - Goal Justin Shonga

39' - Yellow card Manti Moholo39

45' - Yellow card Ntsikelelo Nyauza

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46' - Substitution Sibusiso Msomiis substituted by Letsie Koapeng46

62' - Substitution Gladwin Shitolois substituted by Marshall Munetsi

66' - Substitution Riyaad Norodienis substituted by Thabiso Kutumela

72' - Yellow card Letsie Koapeng72

72' - Goal Thembinkosi Lorch

78' - Substitution Manti Moholois substituted by Raymond Monama78

83' - Substitution Mpho Makolais substituted by Diamond Thopola

87' - Substitution Luvolwethu Mpetais substituted by Abia Nale87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Platinum Stars

0 - 2

Orlando Pirates

Platinum Stars Orlando Pirates

Team line-ups

Platinum Stars

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

37Ntuli

Bongi Ntuli

South Africa

B.date28/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m80

positionForward

43Rambuwane

Zama Rambuwane

South Africa

B.date24/01/1997

Age21 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

22Ng'ambi

Robert Ng'ambi

Malawi

B.date11/09/1986

Age31 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

15Msomi46

Sibusiso Msomi

South Africa

B.date31/12/1988

Age29 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

41Moholo7839

Manti Moholo

South Africa

B.date31/08/1985

Age32 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

2Mere

Vuyo Mere

South Africa

B.date05/03/1984

Age33 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

20Mpeta87

Luvolwethu Mpeta

South Africa

B.date13/01/1990

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

25Mthethwa

Sibusiso Mthethwa

South Africa

B.date26/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m75

positionCentral defender

5Sithole

Gift Sithole

South Africa

B.date01/11/1982

Age35 years

positionDefender

18De Jongh

Ryan De Jongh

South Africa

B.date26/11/1989

Age28 years

positionDefender

35Visser

Dino Visser

South Africa

B.date10/07/1989

Age28 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
35	G	Dino Visser		28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Gift Sithole		35	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Ryan De Jongh		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Sibusiso Mthethwa		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Luvolwethu Mpeta	87	28	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Vuyo Mere		33	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	M	Manti Moholo	7839	32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Sibusiso Msomi	46	29	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Robert Ng'ambi		31	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
43	M	Zama Rambuwane		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Bongi Ntuli		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Orlando Pirates

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Memela

Luvuyo Memela

South Africa

B.date18/09/1987

Age30 years

H1m67

positionLeft Winger

3Lorch72

Thembinkosi Lorch

South Africa

B.date22/07/1993

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

26Norodien66

Riyaad Norodien

South Africa

B.date26/03/1995

Age22 years

H1m68

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14Nyatama

Musa Nyatama

South Africa

B.date15/08/1987

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

5Makola83

Mpho Makola

South Africa

B.date04/05/1986

Age31 years

H1m65

positionOffensive Midfielder

23Maela

Innocent Maela

South Africa

B.date14/08/1992

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

34Nyauza45

Ntsikelelo Nyauza

South Africa

B.date10/05/1990

Age27 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

6Shitolo62

Gladwin Shitolo

South Africa

B.date10/08/1989

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

28Dube

Mthokozisi Dube

South Africa

B.date10/09/1992

Age25 years

H1m69

positionRight full-back

16Mabokgwane

Jackson Mabokgwane

South Africa

B.date19/01/1988

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Jackson Mabokgwane		30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gladwin Shitolo	62	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Mthokozisi Dube		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Ntsikelelo Nyauza	45	27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Innocent Maela		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Musa Nyatama		30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Riyaad Norodien	66	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Mpho Makola	83	31	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Thembinkosi Lorch	72	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Luvuyo Memela		30	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Mbongeni Mzimela		32
4	D	Willem Mwedihanga		32
24	D	Ennocent Mkhabela		28
8	M	Abia Nale	87	31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Lehlohonolo Masalesa		25
38	M	Raymond Monama	78	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	F	Letsie Koapeng	4672	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
40	G	Siyabonga Mpontshane		31
35	D	Diamond Thopola	83	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	D	Phetso Maphanga		24
33	M	Marshall Munetsi	62	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Thabiso Kutumela	66	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Lyle Foster		17
17	F	Ayanda Nkosi		25

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bongi Ntuli

Letsie Koapeng

OUT

Robert Ng'ambi

Sibongakonke Mbatha

OUT

Ryan De Jongh

Ennocent Mkhabela

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Riyaad Norodien

Thabiso Kutumela

OUT

Thembinkosi Lorch

Abbubaker Mobara

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roger de Sa

Success rate in this team:

21 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

de Sa vs Orlando Pirates

3 victories

7 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

de Sa vs Sredojevic

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Milutin Sredojevic

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Sredojevic vs Platinum Stars

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

Sredojevic vs de Sa

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 27, 2018

Referee

Thokozani Mkhize

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Platinum Stars1 match	General total	Orlando Pirates5 matches	3 victories	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Platinum Stars1 match	Season total	Orlando Pirates1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 27, 2018					Latest figure on December 05, 2023

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Key figures

Orlando Pirates keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 09/12/2017).

Platinum Stars keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 06/01/2018).

It's the first time Thembinkosi Lorch scores a goal in Premier Soccer League since the 07/03/2017 (with Orlando Pirates vs SuperSport United )

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

+3	12	Bidvest Wits	21 pts	19 rd
-2	13	SuperSport United	21 pts	18 rd
-1	14	AmaZulu	20 pts	18 rd
-1	15	Platinum Stars	18 pts	19 rd
	16	Ajax Cape Town	14 pts	19 rd

General ranking

	1	Mamelodi Sundowns	35 pts	19 rd
+4	2	Orlando Pirates	30 pts	19 rd
	3	Kaizer Chiefs	30 pts	19 rd
-2	4	Cape Town City	30 pts	18 rd
-1	5	Free State Stars	29 pts	19 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LPlatinum Stars 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns01/10/2017

VPlatinum Stars 1-0 Cape Town Spurs01/11/2017

LPlatinum Stars 1-2 Bloemfontein Celtic04/11/2017

DPlatinum Stars 0-0 Bloemfontein Celtic22/11/2017

LPlatinum Stars 0-1 Kaizer Chiefs09/12/2017

LPlatinum Stars 0-1 Cape Town City06/01/2018

Overall

VPolokwane City 0-1 Platinum Stars06/12/2017

LPlatinum Stars 0-1 Kaizer Chiefs09/12/2017

VBidvest Wits 0-1 Platinum Stars16/12/2017

LPlatinum Stars 0-1 Cape Town City06/01/2018

VCape Town Spurs 0-3 Platinum Stars12/01/2018

LMamelodi Sundowns 3-0 Platinum Stars20/01/2018

Current form

Away

DPolokwane City 2-2 Orlando Pirates30/09/2017

DKaizer Chiefs 0-0 Orlando Pirates21/10/2017

VGolden Arrows 0-1 Orlando Pirates28/10/2017

VBloemfontein Celtic 0-1 Orlando Pirates26/11/2017

LFree State Stars 2-1 Orlando Pirates16/12/2017

VMamelodi Sundowns 1-3 Orlando Pirates13/01/2018

Overall

DOrlando Pirates 0-0 SuperSport United05/12/2017

DOrlando Pirates 1-1 AmaZulu09/12/2017

LFree State Stars 2-1 Orlando Pirates16/12/2017

VOrlando Pirates 3-1 Baroka FC06/01/2018

VMamelodi Sundowns 1-3 Orlando Pirates13/01/2018

DOrlando Pirates 1-1 Polokwane City20/01/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	2	6
Goalless streak	3	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	4	5
Conceding streak	2	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	General ranking (Competition total)	6
16	General ranking (Home / Away)	11
709	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	673
9	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
4	Victories (Competition total)	6
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
8	Losses (Competition total)	3
5	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

12	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0.13	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.78
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.88

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

19	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robert Ng'ambi	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Thamsanqa Gabuza
Vuyo Mere	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Thamsanqa Gabuza
Bongi Ntuli	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Robert Ng'ambi	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Thembinkosi Lorch
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Mpho Makola
Vuyo Mere	1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 assists during the last 2 matches	Thembinkosi Lorch

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

2 v

5 d

8 l

14 gf

23 ga

Away

18 matches

1 v

9 d

8 l

12 gf

22 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

34 matches

4 v

14 d

16 l

28 gf

46 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

8 v

9 d

1 l

22 gf

12 ga

Away

15 matches

8 v

5 d

2 l

23 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

34 matches

16 v

14 d

4 l

46 gf

28 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 05, 2003
Home	2 - 0	April 05, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 16, 2013
Away	3 - 0	December 16, 2013

Latest head to head

October 18, 2017 - ABSA Premiership 2017/2018

Orlando Pirates

1 - 1

Platinum Stars logo Platinum Stars

February 08, 2017 - ABSA Premiership 2016/2017

Platinum Stars

0 - 0

Orlando Pirates logo Orlando Pirates

September 27, 2016 - ABSA Premiership 2016/2017

Orlando Pirates

1 - 1

Platinum Stars logo Platinum Stars

May 02, 2016 - ABSA Premiership 2015/2016

Platinum Stars

2 - 1

Orlando Pirates logo Orlando Pirates

January 09, 2016 - ABSA Premiership 2015/2016

Orlando Pirates

1 - 1

Platinum Stars logo Platinum Stars

Best historical scorers against Orlando Pirates

Mogakolodi Ngele	5 goals	2013 - 2015
Sibusiso Msomi	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Thobani Kunene	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Robert Ng'ambi	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Lucas Thwala	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Gift Sithole	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Platinum Stars

Daine Klate	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Issa Sarr	2 goals	2015 - 2016
Thabo Matlaba	2 goals	2013 - 2017
Oupa Manyisa	2 goals	2013 - 2015
Lennox Bacela	2 goals	2014 - 2015
Siyabonga Sangweni	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Orlando Pirates

Sibusiso Msomi	13 matches	2010 - 2017
Vuyo Mere	13 matches	2012 - 2017
Robert Ng'ambi	12 matches	2012 - 2017
Henrico Botes	11 matches	2008 - 2017
Solomon Mathe	10 matches	2010 - 2017
Tintswalo Tshabalala	8 matches	2012 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Platinum Stars

Oupa Manyisa	15 matches	2009 - 2017
Happy Jele	14 matches	2009 - 2017
Lucky Lekgwathi	11 matches	2009 - 2014
Thabo Matlaba	11 matches	2012 - 2017
Rooi Mahamutsa	11 matches	2008 - 2016
Senzo Meyiwa	8 matches	2008 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/11/2008. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Siyabonga Mpontshane

100 matches

19 matches

2010 - 2017

Ndumiso Mabena

94 matches

74 matches

2009 - 2017

Tshepo Gumede

88 matches

8 matches

2012 - 2016

Joseph Molangoane

66 matches

8 matches

2009 - 2014

Benson Mhlongo

62 matches

42 matches

2008 - 2014

Siphelele Mthembu

48 matches

35 matches

2008 - 2014

Total : 24 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Tlou Segolela

27 matches

121 matches

2008 - 2016

Issa Sarr

28 matches

110 matches

2013 - 2017

Ntsikelelo Nyauza

30 matches

92 matches

2011 - 2018

Ndumiso Mabena

94 matches

74 matches

2009 - 2017

Lucas Thwala

7 matches

51 matches

2006 - 2012

Lehlohonolo Masalesa

10 matches

47 matches

2010 - 2018

Total : 24 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/11/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

January 26, 2018

Cape Town Spurs

0 0

Free State Stars

Line-ups available

Maritzburg

1 1

Chippa United

Line-ups available

January 27, 2018

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

January 28, 2018

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	35	19	11	2	6	31	17	+14
+42	Orlando Pirates	30	19	7	9	3	20	14	+6
3	Kaizer Chiefs	30	19	7	9	3	17	11	+6
-24	Cape Town City	30	18	9	3	6	19	16	+3
-15	Free State Stars	29	19	8	5	6	19	20	-1
-16	Maritzburg United	28	19	7	7	5	22	11	+11
7	Chippa United	25	19	5	10	4	15	12	+3
8	Baroka FC	25	18	6	7	5	23	24	-1
9	Bloemfontein Celtic	24	18	6	6	6	15	19	-4
10	Golden Arrows	22	18	4	10	4	19	18	+1
+111	Polokwane City	21	19	4	9	6	20	23	-3
+312	Bidvest Wits	21	19	5	6	8	15	20	-5
-213	SuperSport United	21	18	5	6	7	15	20	-5
-114	AmaZulu	20	18	4	8	6	17	21	-4
-115	Platinum Stars	18	19	4	6	9	12	21	-9
16	Ajax Cape Town	14	19	3	5	11	12	24	-12

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Platinum Stars 0-2 Orlando Pirates - January 27, 2018 / ABSA Premiership 2017/2018

Platinum Stars

0 - 2

Orlando Pirates

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

de Sa vs Orlando Pirates

de Sa vs Sredojevic

Manager

Sredojevic vs Platinum Stars

Sredojevic vs de Sa

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Orlando Pirates

Best historical scorers against Platinum Stars

Players with most games played vs Orlando Pirates

Players with most games played vs Platinum Stars

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking