Kitwe United fights Green Buffaloes in Super League battle

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Competition: Sat 19.June
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nkana Stadium (10000 seats)

Kitwe United have some catching up to do from their 18th, and the job starts against Green Buffaloes. Read more!

Insights:
  • Kitwe United have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League
  • Green Buffaloes have scored more than double the goals of Kitwe United.

Kitwe have had a bad season and will be relegated from Super League. Buffaloes are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Kitwe United form and stats

Kitwe United's struggle is real here at Nkana Stadium with only 14 points collected from 15 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-8-5.

In their previous game, led his Kitwe to a defeat in the Super League match away at ZESCO United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Nkana Stadium. Kitwe were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Zanaco and winning 2-1.

Kitwe aren't scoring a lot here at Nkana Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 15 games. Kitwe are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nkana Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.

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Green Buffaloes form and stats

There's been little loot from Green Buffaloes's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the Super League. Green Buffaloes only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 7 draws.

Green Buffaloes are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Lusaka Dynamos (placed 4th).

Before that, Buffaloes secured a home win against Power Dynamos with the score 2-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Buffaloes as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Buffaloes have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Green Buffaloes - Kitwe United 3-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Kitwe United zero wins, one draw and Green Buffaloes six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Kitwe United missing players

Green Buffaloes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kitwe United Green Buffaloes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 5 16 32
3 2 0 Won W 0 3 10
11 8 2 Drew D 3 7 13
18 5 2 Lost L 2 6 9
15 8 1 Scored S 2 13 38
42 14 5 Conceded C 4 19 31
84% 67% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 81% 84%
53% 47% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 62% 69%
28% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 41%
12% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
34% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 47%
16% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 31%
66% 67% 75% Failed to Score F T 80% 56% 38%
 
3.5 3.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.2
4.6 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.3 3.8
1.5 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7 6.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.5 9.8
1.9 1.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 2.3 2.7
27% 35% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 38%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Green Buffaloes have scored more than double the goals of Kitwe United.
  • Kitwe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Kitwe United have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Super League
  • Kitwe United have the fewest points (14) at home in Super League
  • Kitwe United have the fewest scored goals (15) in Super League
  • Kitwe United have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Super League
  • Kitwe United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Super League
  • Kitwe United have the the worst goal difference (-27) in Super League
  • Kitwe United have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ZESCO United 30 19 4 7 43 23 14 10 1 3 26 11 16 9 3 4 17 12 20 61
2 Zanaco 31 15 8 8 48 33 15 11 2 2 33 16 16 4 6 6 15 17 15 53
3 Red Arrows 32 14 7 11 35 28 16 9 4 3 22 9 16 5 3 8 13 19 7 49
4 Lusaka Dynamos 32 12 11 9 35 30 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 4 5 6 11 16 5 47
5 Kabwe Warriors 31 13 8 10 34 30 15 8 3 4 16 10 16 5 5 6 18 20 4 47
6 Buildcon 31 13 7 11 39 33 15 9 3 3 21 13 16 4 4 8 18 20 6 46
7 Green Buffaloes 32 10 13 9 38 31 16 7 6 3 25 12 16 3 7 6 13 19 7 43
8 Green Eagles 31 10 13 8 35 29 16 7 8 1 22 11 15 3 5 7 13 18 6 43
9 Forest Rangers 31 11 10 10 34 31 15 7 5 3 19 12 16 4 5 7 15 19 3 43
10 Young Green Eagles 32 10 12 10 25 35 16 9 5 2 18 11 16 1 7 8 7 24 -10 42
11 Prison Leopards 31 11 8 12 35 31 16 9 4 3 21 11 15 2 4 9 14 20 4 41
12 Power Dynamos 32 10 11 11 27 26 16 6 7 3 12 10 16 4 4 8 15 16 1 41
13 Nkwazi 31 10 11 10 26 26 16 7 4 5 13 11 15 3 7 5 13 15 0 41
14 Indeni 31 8 13 10 35 40 16 5 5 6 19 21 15 3 8 4 16 19 -5 37
15 Nkana 31 11 4 16 38 48 16 6 4 6 26 22 15 5 0 10 12 26 -10 37
16 NAPSA Stars 31 9 9 13 34 44 16 6 4 6 17 19 15 3 5 7 17 25 -10 36
17 Lumwana Radiants 32 7 12 13 23 39 16 5 7 4 15 15 16 2 5 9 8 24 -16 33
18 Kitwe United 32 3 11 18 15 42 15 2 8 5 8 14 17 1 3 13 7 28 -27 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ZESCO United 30 19 4 7 43 23 14 10 1 3 26 11 16 9 3 4 17 12 20 61
2 Zanaco 31 15 8 8 48 33 15 11 2 2 33 16 16 4 6 6 15 17 15 53
3 Red Arrows 32 14 7 11 35 28 16 9 4 3 22 9 16 5 3 8 13 19 7 49
4 Lusaka Dynamos 32 12 11 9 35 30 17 8 6 3 24 14 15 4 5 6 11 16 5 47
5 Kabwe Warriors 31 13 8 10 34 30 15 8 3 4 16 10 16 5 5 6 18 20 4 47
6 Buildcon 31 13 7 11 39 33 15 9 3 3 21 13 16 4 4 8 18 20 6 46
7 Green Buffaloes 32 10 13 9 38 31 16 7 6 3 25 12 16 3 7 6 13 19 7 43
8 Green Eagles 31 10 13 8 35 29 16 7 8 1 22 11 15 3 5 7 13 18 6 43
9 Forest Rangers 31 11 10 10 34 31 15 7 5 3 19 12 16 4 5 7 15 19 3 43
10 Young Green Eagles 32 10 12 10 25 35 16 9 5 2 18 11 16 1 7 8 7 24 -10 42
11 Prison Leopards 31 11 8 12 35 31 16 9 4 3 21 11 15 2 4 9 14 20 4 41
12 Power Dynamos 32 10 11 11 27 26 16 6 7 3 12 10 16 4 4 8 15 16 1 41
13 Nkwazi 31 10 11 10 26 26 16 7 4 5 13 11 15 3 7 5 13 15 0 41
14 Indeni 31 8 13 10 35 40 16 5 5 6 19 21 15 3 8 4 16 19 -5 37
15 Nkana 31 11 4 16 38 48 16 6 4 6 26 22 15 5 0 10 12 26 -10 37
16 NAPSA Stars 31 9 9 13 34 44 16 6 4 6 17 19 15 3 5 7 17 25 -10 36
17 Lumwana Radiants 32 7 12 13 23 39 16 5 7 4 15 15 16 2 5 9 8 24 -16 33
18 Kitwe United 32 3 11 18 15 42 15 2 8 5 8 14 17 1 3 13 7 28 -27 20

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