Super League prediction and preview: Silver Strikers modest favorites to beat TN Stars

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Competition: Malawi Super League
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Silver Stadium (20000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Silver Strikers in 6th and TN Stars in 7th place.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Silver Strikers form and stats

Silver Strikers have performed here at Silver Stadium this season with 6 wins from 11 Super League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. The Silver Strikers fans aren't used to losing here at Silver Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Silver Strikers has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

The Silver Strikers supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Masters Security in Super League and win 2-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Karonga United that ended 3-3.

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 Silver Strikers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 0 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Silver Strikers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 attempts. From these home matches, Silver Strikers have conceded only 10 goals.

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TN Stars form and stats

As the visiting team in Super League matches, TN Stars have produced an overall stat of 5-1-5 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super League home defeat versus EPAC United with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result TN Stars won their away game at Kamuzu Barracks. The scoreline was 3-2.

TN Stars are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of six matches.

TN Stars find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as TN Stars have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; TN Stars - Silver Strikers 1-2. Silver Strikers-TN Stars H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Silver Strikers 2 wins, TN Stars 0 wins, 1 draw. 2 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Silver Strikers missing players

TN Stars missing players

Silver Strikers TN Stars
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
10 6 1 Won W 0 5 11
7 4 2 Drew D 0 1 4
5 1 0 Lost L 2 5 8
26 16 5 Scored S 0 12 24
22 10 4 Conceded C 5 17 27
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
64% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 61%
41% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 35%
14% 9% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 22%
9% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 9%
55% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 35%
32% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 39%
27% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 36% 30%
 
4.6 3.9 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 5 3.2 3
3.6 3.4 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 4.9 4.5
1 0.9 0.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Silver Strikers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • TN Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • TN Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Silver Strikers
All CAF Confederations Cup Super League
All Home Away Home vs mid
21-09-19 SL Azam Tigers 0 - 1 Silver Strikers
22-09-19 SL Be Forward Wanderers 1 - 1 Silver Strikers
28-09-19 SL EPAC United 2 - 0 Silver Strikers
05-10-19 SL Silver Strikers 3 - 3 Karonga United
15-10-19 SL Silver Strikers 2 - 0 Masters Security
20-10-19 SL Silver Strikers 14:30 TN Stars
26-10-19 SL Mzuni 14:30 Silver Strikers
27-10-19 SL Moyale Barracks 13:30 Silver Strikers
16-11-19 SL Kamuzu Barracks 14:30 Silver Strikers
24-11-19 SL Mlatho Mponela 14:30 Silver Strikers
TN Stars
All Super League
All Home Away Away vs mid
15-09-19 SL TN Stars 1 - 1 Masters Security
22-09-19 SL TN Stars 3 - 1 Ntopwa
29-09-19 SL TN Stars 1 - 0 Mlatho Mponela
13-10-19 SL Kamuzu Barracks 2 - 3 TN Stars
15-10-19 SL TN Stars 0 - 1 EPAC United
20-10-19 SL Dwangwa United 14:30 TN Stars
20-10-19 SL Silver Strikers 14:30 TN Stars
26-10-19 SL Azam Tigers 14:30 TN Stars
03-11-19 SL TN Stars 14:30 Be Forward Wanderers
17-11-19 SL TN Stars 14:30 Mzuni

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Be Forward Wanderers 21 13 6 2 38 11 11 7 2 2 29 9 10 6 4 0 9 2 27 45
2 Big Bullets 21 12 7 2 45 10 9 6 3 0 27 5 12 6 4 2 18 5 35 43
3 Blue eagles Malawi 22 11 7 4 31 22 11 9 1 1 17 9 11 2 6 3 14 13 9 40
4 Kamuzu Barracks 24 10 9 5 19 14 12 4 6 2 10 7 12 6 3 3 9 7 5 39
5 EPAC United 23 11 4 8 31 22 11 8 1 2 20 5 12 3 3 6 11 17 9 37
6 Silver Strikers 22 10 7 5 26 22 11 6 4 1 16 10 11 4 3 4 10 12 4 37
7 TN Stars 23 11 4 8 24 27 12 6 3 3 12 10 11 5 1 5 12 17 -3 37
8 Karonga United 24 8 6 10 29 33 13 6 1 6 14 11 11 2 5 4 15 22 -4 30
9 Moyale Barracks 21 7 7 7 23 24 10 5 4 1 10 5 11 2 3 6 13 19 -1 28
10 Azam Tigers 22 6 8 8 17 19 9 3 4 2 7 5 13 3 4 6 10 14 -2 26
11 Chitipa United 22 5 10 7 24 30 12 3 5 4 15 21 10 2 5 3 9 9 -6 25
12 Dwangwa United 24 6 5 13 25 42 13 5 4 4 19 17 11 1 1 9 6 25 -17 23
13 Mzuni 21 4 8 9 14 25 12 3 5 4 8 12 9 1 3 5 6 13 -11 20
14 Mlatho Mponela 22 4 7 11 17 29 10 4 3 3 13 11 12 0 4 8 4 18 -12 19
15 Ntopwa 22 5 2 15 23 36 10 4 1 5 16 13 12 1 1 10 7 23 -13 17
16 Masters Security 22 2 9 11 16 36 12 1 6 5 6 13 10 1 3 6 10 23 -20 15

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