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.
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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% |
- 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 |