Orlando Pirates vs Al Ahli Tripoli Prediction: The Buccaneers won't lose here

Orlando Pirates will lock horns with Al Ahli Tripoli at the Orlando Pirates Stadium on Sunday. The home team head into this match as the clear favourite after a (2-0) advantage while the visitors have to combat aggressively if they are to make it to the finals. Can the Libyan based club score three unanswered goals here?

Orlando Pirates

Last five matches: WDLWW

The Buccaneers might finally lay their hands on the Confederation title after failing to win it in 2015, they are the only hope for South Africans in the continental tournament this season and have a two-goal advantage over the visitors.

They have won eight, drew once and lost twice in all their matches played in this competition. They finished the group phase as the table topper with two points above Al Ittihad of Libya. Their quarterfinal matches ended in a (1-1) aggregate as they progressed on penalties.

In the first leg of the semifinals, they snatched all the points away from home as two goals from Innocent Maela and G. Models gave them the victory over the Libyan giant.

This is their last hope of playing continental football next season as their chances of qualifying through the South Africa DSTV Premier League now look like a mission impossible.

Al Ahli Tripoli

Last five matches: WDDWL

Al Ahli Tripoli are second on the Libyan league table with eight points behind first-placed Al Ittihad.

They have lost just once since the commencement of the competition this year. They have beaten Pyramids, Al Ittihad and CS Sfaxien in this competition.

It looked like their journey was going to come to an end when they were paired with their fellow Libyan team, Al Ittihad in the quarterfinals but pulled up one of the greatest surprises in this year's tournament by playing out a (0-0) away from home before beating Al Ittihad (1-0) in front of their fans to progress to the semifinals.

They messed up the opportunity to win in front of their home fans in the first leg of the semifinals as the Orlando Pirates whipped them two unanswered goals to snatch all the points in that encounter.

They head into this match seeking to override the two-goal deficit which might seem to be relatively ridiculous.

Expert Betting Tips

Both teams met last week and it was Orlando Pirates who took all the points.

Orlando Pirates were the best team in the first leg played last week with nineteen (19) shots compared to the home team's nine (9). Orlando Pirates also created the most big chances (4) in that game to the home team’s (0).

Orlando Pirates are not totally there yet as anything can still happen that's why we are going to back them with a win to finish off the decent work they started, bet on a home win for 1.67.

This time, the visitors might finally get a goal,bet on both teams to score for 2.03.

With the support of the home fans, Orlando Pirates will be in their right state of mind and we predict a win and over 1.5 for the home team at 2.01.

Good luck!