Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Silver Stadium clash with Chitipa United, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Super League table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Silver Strikers form and stats
Silver Strikers have performed here at Silver Stadium this season with 8 wins from 14 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.
The Silver Strikers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Chitipa United in Super League and win 1-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Big Bullets that was lost 0-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Silver Strikers handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D3-L0.
Silver Strikers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Silver Stadium with 23 goals in 14 league matches. Silver Strikers have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chitipa United form and stats
There's been little loot from Chitipa United's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Super League. Chitipa United only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Chitipa United, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Chitipa United play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Silver Strikers (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Blue eagles Malawi's place.
We have checked recent matches where Chitipa United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W0-D2-L2.
The attacking power of Chitipa United when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Chitipa United have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Chitipa United - Silver Strikers 0-0. Silver Strikers-Chitipa United H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Silver Strikers 1 win, Chitipa United 0 wins, 2 draws. 0 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Silver Strikers missing players
Chitipa United missing players
| Silver Strikers | Chitipa United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 15 | 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 38 | 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | 44 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 66% |
| 40% | 47% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 33% | 41% |
| 17% | 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 27% | 28% |
| 10% | 13% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 53% | 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 33% | 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 31% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 47% | 41% |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 185 | 115 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 104 | 144 |
| 80 | 48 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 49 | 65 |
| 34% | 42% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 16% | 37% |
- Silver Strikers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Big Bullets | 27 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 45 | 61 |
| 2 | Be Forward Wanderers | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 60 |
| 3 | Blue eagles Malawi | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 50 |
| 4 | Silver Strikers | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 50 |
| 5 | EPAC United | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Kamuzu Barracks | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 42 |
| 7 | TN Stars | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -6 | 41 |
| 8 | Moyale Barracks | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Azam Tigers | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Karonga United | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Chitipa United | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 31 |
| 12 | Ntopwa | 28 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 35 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 29 | -12 | 29 |
| 13 | Mzuni | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Dwangwa United | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -20 | 26 |
| 15 | Mlatho Mponela | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 26 | -17 | 23 |
| 16 | Masters Security | 27 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -22 | 20 |