Kabwe YSA vs Forest Rangers match preview

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Struggling Kabwe YSA will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Forest Rangers in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Kabwe YSA form and stats

Kabwe YSA's struggle is real here with only 8 points collected from 8 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4. It's trouble wherever Kabwe YSA are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 277 minutes without scoring a league goal. K. Maunga was the last player to find the net.

Kabwe YSA lost their last game at Buildcon (placed 11th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Nkana (0-1).

Kabwe YSA has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Kabwe YSA have conceded 17 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Forest Rangers form and stats

4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Forest Rangers playing as the away team in the Super League this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Forest Rangers on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Forest Rangers's last game was the home draw against Nkwazi (2-2). A loss against Green Eagles was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Forest Rangers have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Forest Rangers's manager has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Forest Rangers - Kabwe YSA 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Kabwe YSA won 0 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Forest Rangers has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 2

Kabwe YSA missing players

Forest Rangers missing players

Kabwe YSA Forest Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 7 18
2 2 0 Won W 2 4 8
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 6
13 4 1 Lost L 1 2 4
12 11 2 Scored S 5 7 19
38 17 7 Conceded C 2 3 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 29% 44%
50% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 29% 28%
17% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 14% 33%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 57% 44%
56% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 33%
 
4.9 5.2 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.7 3.7 4.2
5 4.7 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.7 4.7 3.9
1.5 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.2 2.2
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
118 82 40 Total Shots T S 31 52 121
33 29 13 Shots on Target S O 9 19 39
27% 31% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 37% 41%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • All of Kabwe YSA's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Forest Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
  • Forest Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Forest Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Kabwe YSA has the most conceded goals (17) at home
  • Kabwe YSA has the most conceded goals (38)
  • Kabwe YSA has the most conceded goals in the second half (20)
  • Kabwe YSA has the the worst goal difference (-26)
  • Kabwe YSA have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kabwe YSA have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kabwe YSA 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 Green Eagles 18 10 6 2 25 11 8 5 3 0 13 5 10 5 3 2 12 6 14 36
2 NAPSA Stars 18 10 5 3 27 13 10 5 4 1 16 7 8 5 1 2 11 6 14 35
3 Nkana 18 10 4 4 22 14 9 6 2 1 12 4 9 4 2 3 10 10 8 34
4 ZESCO United 15 10 1 4 25 12 8 6 1 1 15 5 7 4 0 3 10 7 13 31
5 Forest Rangers 18 8 6 4 19 12 11 4 5 2 12 9 7 4 1 2 7 3 7 30
6 Red Arrows 17 8 5 4 18 15 8 5 0 3 9 7 9 3 5 1 9 8 3 29
7 Power Dynamos 17 8 4 5 18 10 9 5 3 1 11 2 8 3 1 4 7 8 8 28
8 Kabwe Warriors 17 8 3 6 19 19 9 4 1 4 12 13 8 4 2 2 7 6 0 27
9 Green Buffaloes 18 7 5 6 17 18 9 5 2 2 11 8 9 2 3 4 6 10 -1 26
10 Lusaka Dynamos 18 7 4 7 22 20 8 5 1 2 12 4 10 2 3 5 10 16 2 25
11 Buildcon 17 6 6 5 18 18 8 3 3 2 8 6 9 3 3 3 10 12 0 24
12 Lumwana Radiants 18 6 2 10 14 15 10 3 1 6 6 8 8 3 1 4 8 7 -1 20
13 Zanaco 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 5 1 1 11 5 8 0 3 5 7 13 0 19
14 Nkwazi 18 3 9 6 10 15 8 3 3 2 6 6 10 0 6 4 4 9 -5 18
15 Kansanshi Dynamos 17 4 5 8 12 16 8 3 3 2 6 5 9 1 2 6 6 11 -4 17
16 Nakambala Leopards 17 4 2 11 12 22 10 2 2 6 6 13 7 2 0 5 6 9 -10 14
17 Kabwe YSA 18 2 3 13 12 38 8 2 2 4 11 17 10 0 1 9 1 21 -26 9
18 Mufulira Wanderers 18 2 2 14 9 31 8 1 1 6 4 12 10 1 1 8 5 19 -22 8