10 key stats from Kaizer Chiefs' Soweto Derby win over Orlando Pirates

No player had a better shot accuracy than Thembinkosi Lorch – 3 shot on target from 3 – 100 percent.

No Pirates player had more touches of the ball than Innocent Maela – 77

No player won more balls than Erick Mathoho – 22

Pirates completed 381 successful passes of the 471 they attempted, while Chiefs managed just 201 successful passes from 311 attempted.

No player on the pitch lost more balls than Vincent Pule – 21

Pirates had 6 of their 19 shots on target, compared to Chiefs’ 1 of 12.

No Chiefs player had more touches of the ball than Kgotso Moleko – 53

Pirates had 13 corners compared to Chiefs’ 3.

Pirates enjoyed 57,4 percent possession of the ball, to Chiefs’ 42,6 percent.

No player made more defensive clearances than Ntsikelelo Nyauza – 11

snl24.com/kickoff does a Soweto Derby post-mortem to establish how Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates performed independent of the final scoreline.

The 1-0 result may have gone in Chiefs’ favour, along with the three points added to their tally to stretch their lead at the top of the table to seven points, but many may be wondering how they fared statistically.

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It is widely known that Pirates were well in the game when it came to chances created, with Daniel Akpeyi having walked away with the man of the match award due to his heroics on the day, but were they really that unlucky to come away without even a point?

A look inside the two sides’ numbers in terms of shots, possession, passing, corners as well as some of the stand-out individuals tells the story of who the better team on the day was. Though, fact remains the more effective team walked away with the positive outcome.

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Nonetheless, for interest’s sake, check out 10 of the key statistics from Saturday’s Soweto Derby in the gallery above…