Levy Mwanawasa Stadium: Forest Rangers vs Nkwazi Super League preview

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium (49800 seats)

The league table in Super League tells a story about these teams so far, with Forest Rangers leading Nkwazi by 12 points. Match preview to follow:

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Super League.

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Forest Rangers form and stats

Forest Rangers have collected 16 points from their Super League home games so far after 4-4-2.

Forest Rangers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Green Eagles (placed 1st). Before that match, a win away at ZESCO United.

Forest Rangers has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Forest Rangers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Nkwazi form and stats

There's been little loot from Nkwazi's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Super League. Nkwazi only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

Nkwazi won their last game, 1-0 versus ZESCO United played at home. A 1-1 draw at Buildcon's stadium before that.

Nkwazi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 9 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Nkwazi - Forest Rangers 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Forest Rangers victories, 3 draws and 4 Nkwazi wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 9 matches with two goals or less.

Forest Rangers missing players

Nkwazi missing players

Forest Rangers Nkwazi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 10 3 Played P 3 9 17
8 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
5 4 1 Drew D 2 5 8
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 6
17 10 4 Scored S 0 2 8
10 7 2 Conceded C 1 7 13
88% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 67% 65%
41% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 35%
24% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 12%
6% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
29% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 18%
47% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 47%
35% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 78% 71%
 
4.2 4.7 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 4.5 4.4
3.9 3.3 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 3.5 4.5
2.3 2.4 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 2.1
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
107 55 15 Total Shots T S 21 49 117
35 16 8 Shots on Target S O 3 14 34
40% 44% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 15%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Forest Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Nkwazi.
  • Nkwazi has the fewest scored goals (8)
  • Nkwazi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Nkwazi 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 Green Eagles 17 9 6 2 24 11 8 5 3 0 13 5 9 4 3 2 11 6 13 33
2 Nkana 17 10 3 4 20 12 9 6 2 1 12 4 8 4 1 3 8 8 8 33
3 NAPSA Stars 17 9 5 3 23 13 9 4 4 1 12 7 8 5 1 2 11 6 10 32
4 ZESCO United 14 10 1 3 25 9 8 6 1 1 15 5 6 4 0 2 10 4 16 31
5 Forest Rangers 17 8 5 4 17 10 10 4 4 2 10 7 7 4 1 2 7 3 7 29
6 Power Dynamos 16 8 3 5 18 10 8 5 2 1 11 2 8 3 1 4 7 8 8 27
7 Kabwe Warriors 16 8 3 5 19 18 8 4 1 3 12 12 8 4 2 2 7 6 1 27
8 Red Arrows 16 7 5 4 16 14 8 5 0 3 9 7 8 2 5 1 7 7 2 26
9 Green Buffaloes 17 7 4 6 15 16 8 5 1 2 9 6 9 2 3 4 6 10 -1 25
10 Lusaka Dynamos 17 6 4 7 21 20 8 5 1 2 12 4 9 1 3 5 9 16 1 22
11 Buildcon 16 5 6 5 16 18 7 2 3 2 6 6 9 3 3 3 10 12 -2 21
12 Lumwana Radiants 17 6 2 9 14 14 9 3 1 5 6 7 8 3 1 4 8 7 0 20
13 Nkwazi 17 3 8 6 8 13 8 3 3 2 6 6 9 0 5 4 2 7 -5 17
14 Zanaco 14 4 4 6 15 18 6 4 1 1 8 5 8 0 3 5 7 13 -3 16
15 Kansanshi Dynamos 16 4 4 8 12 16 8 3 3 2 6 5 8 1 1 6 6 11 -4 16
16 Nakambala Leopards 16 4 2 10 11 20 9 2 2 5 5 11 7 2 0 5 6 9 -9 14
17 Kabwe YSA 17 2 3 12 12 36 8 2 2 4 11 17 9 0 1 8 1 19 -24 9
18 Mufulira Wanderers 17 2 2 13 9 27 8 1 1 6 4 12 9 1 1 7 5 15 -18 8