There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the CAF Confederations Cup 2nd Preliminary Round meeting between ZESCO United and Royal AM. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Royal AM, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.
Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an energetic match!
ZESCO United form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, ZESCO United have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.
Sakala was the last player to score a league goal for ZESCO United and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as ZESCO haven't scored in 213 minutes. The ZESCO United goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 196 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super League.
The ZESCO manager Numba and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Royal AM in the CAF Confederations Cup.
In the match before that, ZESCO United hosted Power Dynamos and drew the Super League game 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how ZESCO have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
The manager Numba will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to NAPSA Stars in only four days.
ZESCO United have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. ZESCO United have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Royal AM form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Highlanders in order to reach 2nd preliminary round of CAF Confederations Cup.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Royal AM have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.
Royal delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against ZESCO United in their previous game; a CAF Confederations Cup duel.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting SuperSport United's place.We have checked recent matches where Royal AM have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Moroka Swallows.
The travelling fans enjoy Royal AM's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Royal AM - ZESCO United 0-0 was the score in these teams' latest h2h fixture, played this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Thikazi 3 goals | A. De Jong 3 goals | R. dos Santos do Nascimento 2 goals |
ZESCO United missing players
Royal AM missing players
| ZESCO United | Royal AM | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.6 | 17.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 44% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Prison Leopards | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Red Arrows | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Forest Rangers | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Power Dynamos | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Lumwana Radiants | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Man Utd Zambia Academy | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 | Nchanga Rangers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Green Buffaloes | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | ZESCO United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Kansanshi Dynamos | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | NAPSA Stars | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Kabwe Warriors | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Zanaco | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Green Eagles | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Nkwazi | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Nkana | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Chambishi | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Buildcon | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -11 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Richards Bay | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | SuperSport United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Kaizer Chiefs | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Orlando Pirates | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Stellenbosch | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Golden Arrows | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Royal AM | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | AmaZulu | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | TS Galaxy | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Chippa United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Cape Town City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Sekhukhune United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Marumo Gallants FC | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Moroka Swallows | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Maritzburg United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
