Super League match preview and statistics: Kabwe Warriors fight Forest Rangers

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Godfrey Chitalu Stadium (10000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Kabwe Warriors have their presumed home advantage while Forest Rangers are ahead 8 points in the Super League table.

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

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Kabwe Warriors form and stats

When playing at home in the Super League, Kabwe Warriors have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 11 games.

A good away victory last time out for Kabwe Warriors, who won 2-0 against Buildcon (placed 14th). Heartbreak before that as Kabwe Warriors lost 2-3 at Zanaco's place.

Kabwe Warriors are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. Kabwe Warriors's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Forest Rangers form and stats

The away team, who have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Super League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Super League. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Lumwana Radiants game have they lost an away game, meaning Forest Rangers has taken points from seven away matches in a row. The fact that Forest Rangers have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Forest Rangers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Nkana (placed 4th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nakambala Leopards at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Forest Rangers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Forest Rangers are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Forest Rangers - Kabwe Warriors 2-0 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Kabwe Warriors victories, zero draws and six Forest Rangers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Kabwe Warriors missing players

Forest Rangers missing players

Kabwe Warriors Forest Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 10 22
10 5 1 Won W 1 7 12
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 6
8 5 2 Lost L 2 2 4
26 14 5 Scored S 1 12 28
25 15 7 Conceded C 2 4 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
55% 55% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 30% 45%
36% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 32%
27% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 18%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
45% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 36%
32% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 60% 45%
23% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 30% 27%
 
3.3 3.4 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 4.1
4.3 3.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5 4.2
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
145 93 36 Total Shots T S 19 86 167
54 35 13 Shots on Target S O 8 36 60
41% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 33% 42%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Forest Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Forest Rangers has the the best goal difference (+8) away
  • Forest Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Kabwe Warriors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kabwe Warriors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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