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Hungry Lions vs Upington City prediction and preview

31 Oct 2026, 13:30 UTC

The PunterPick prediction

Under 3.5 GoalsNo price

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Hungry Lions host Upington City in the 1st Division (South Africa) on 31 Oct 2026, 13:30 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Under 3.5 Goals — fewer than 3.5 goals in the match. No bookmaker price was available for this market when the prediction was published, so no percentage is shown.

Going into the match, Hungry Lions had won 5, drawn 4 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches, scoring 15 and conceding 5. Upington City had won 4, drawn 3 and lost 3 of their last 10, with 13 scored and 12 conceded.

Both teams scored in 3 of Hungry Lions's last 10 and 5 of Upington City's last 10; 3 and 4 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Hungry Lions averaged 1.57 goals scored and 0.57 conceded across 7 matches; away from home Upington City averaged 1.00 scored and 1.25 conceded across 8.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.64 goals from Hungry Lions and 0.77 from Upington City. From that it rates a home win at 57%, a draw at 27% and an away win at 16%. For the published pick itself the model gives 78%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Hungry Lions (green) and Upington City (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Recent form57% – 43%
Attack44% – 56%
Defence88% – 13%
Head-to-head75% – 25%
Goals67% – 33%
Overall strength67% – 32%

Form before the match

TeamLast 5ScoredConcededBTTSO2.5
Hungry LionsWWWDW1.500.5030%30%
Upington CityWWLDW1.301.2050%40%

Averages over each side's last 10 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

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