Green Buffaloes will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Red Arrows.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Super League. That game was also an away game, at Zanaco. 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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Green Buffaloes form and stats
6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Green Buffaloes so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Green Buffaloes, facing Lusaka Dynamos in a game that ended 2-2. Before that game, the home loss against Green Eagles with the scoreline 0-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Green Buffaloes have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.
Green Buffaloes are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Green Buffaloes have conceded only 9 goals.
Red Arrows form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super League travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Red Arrows seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Red Arrows, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Zanaco in the Super League. Before that, Red Arrows secured a home win against NAPSA Stars with the score 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Red Arrows playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Red Arrows wins, two draws and zero defeats.
The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Red Arrows are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Red Arrows - Green Buffaloes 2-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Green Buffaloes, five draws and three wins for Red Arrows. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Green Buffaloes missing players
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| Green Buffaloes | Red Arrows | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 21 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 95% |
| 50% | 45% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 59% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 18% | 18% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 36% | 45% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 41% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 27% |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 152 | 90 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 64 | 168 |
| 52 | 39 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 46 |
| 25% | 21% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 39% |
- Green Buffaloes have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Red Arrows has the most points from losing position (6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Rangers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 42 |
| 2 | Green Eagles | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | ZESCO United | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Nkana | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 5 | NAPSA Stars | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Red Arrows | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 35 |
| 7 | Kabwe Warriors | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Power Dynamos | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 9 | Zanaco | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | Lusaka Dynamos | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 31 |
| 11 | Green Buffaloes | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 31 |
| 12 | Lumwana Radiants | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Nkwazi | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Buildcon | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Kansanshi Dynamos | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 16 | Nakambala Leopards | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -19 | 16 |
| 17 | Kabwe YSA | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 25 | -30 | 13 |
| 18 | Mufulira Wanderers | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -24 | 11 |