There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Forest Rangers leading NAPSA Stars by 11 points.
- NAPSA Stars have yet to win a game away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CAF Confederations Cup. That game was also an away game, at Cotonsport. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Forest Rangers form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Forest Rangers have to build on here at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in the Super League.
Forest Rangers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Forest have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
NAPSA Stars form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for NAPSA Stars so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for NAPSA Stars, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 versus Cotonsport in the CAF Confederations Cup. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Cotonsport.
NAPSA lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
The attacking power of NAPSA when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As for defending, NAPSA Stars rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: NAPSA Stars - Forest 2-2. Forest Rangers-NAPSA Stars H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Forest three wins, NAPSA Stars four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Forest Rangers missing players
NAPSA Stars missing players
| Forest Rangers | NAPSA Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 27 | 13 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 86% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 68% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 70% |
| 45% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 40% |
| 14% | 10% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 41% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 27% | 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 12.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.7 | 7.5 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 45% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | 49% |
- NAPSA Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- NAPSA Stars have yet to win a game 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 | ZESCO United | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 46 |
| 2 | Zanaco | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Forest Rangers | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Kabwe Warriors | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 35 |
| 5 | Power Dynamos | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Lusaka Dynamos | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Buildcon | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| 8 | Prison Leopards | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 9 | Red Arrows | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Nkwazi | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Green Eagles | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Indeni | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Young Green Eagles | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -12 | 25 |
| 14 | NAPSA Stars | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Green Buffaloes | 23 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Nkana | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | Lumwana Radiants | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 21 |
| 18 | Kitwe United | 22 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 19 | -22 | 8 |