Match preview Super League: Lusaka Dynamos - ZESCO United at Nkoloma Stadium

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Competition: Sat 01.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nkoloma Stadium (1000 seats)

A key match in Super League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Lusaka Dynamos in 6th position and ZESCO United placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Lusaka Dynamos form and stats

Lusaka Dynamos are steadily winning Super League games and points here at Nkoloma Stadium. 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Dynamos haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Kabwe Warriors, 216 days ago.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Red Arrows and winning 2-0.

Lusaka Dynamos have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Nkoloma Stadium with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Dynamos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nkoloma Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.

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ZESCO United form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of ZESCO United, who have the most scored goals (36) in Super League, playing as the away team in the Super League this season. ZESCO has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 159 days ago, in the NAPSA Stars fixture.

ZESCO delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Kansanshi Dynamos (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Green Buffaloes.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far ZESCO have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, ZESCO have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: ZESCO United - Dynamos 4-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Dynamos wins - draws - ZESCO United wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Lusaka Dynamos missing players

ZESCO United missing players

Lusaka Dynamos ZESCO United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 2 13 25
11 7 1 Won W 0 6 12
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 7
7 2 2 Lost L 2 5 6
33 19 2 Scored S 1 18 36
25 9 3 Conceded C 3 14 22
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
68% 67% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 72%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 48%
20% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 16%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
44% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 48%
40% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 36%
24% 17% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 28%
 
2.8 2.5 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5 5.5
4.7 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4 4.2
1.4 1.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
197 64 15 Total Shots T S 29 124 235
76 29 7 Shots on Target S O 11 42 72
39% 59% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 26% 35%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Lusaka Dynamos has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
  • Lusaka Dynamos have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lusaka Dynamos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lusaka Dynamos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • ZESCO United has the most scored goals (18) away
  • ZESCO United has the most scored goals (36)
  • ZESCO United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nkana 25 13 7 5 30 16 13 9 2 2 19 5 12 4 5 3 11 11 14 46
2 Forest Rangers 24 13 7 4 30 17 13 6 5 2 18 13 11 7 2 2 12 4 13 46
3 NAPSA Stars 25 13 6 6 34 21 13 6 5 2 18 9 12 7 1 4 16 12 13 45
4 Green Eagles 24 12 8 4 32 18 11 6 4 1 18 10 13 6 4 3 14 8 14 44
5 ZESCO United 25 12 7 6 36 22 12 6 5 1 18 8 13 6 2 5 18 14 14 43
6 Lusaka Dynamos 25 11 7 7 33 25 12 7 3 2 19 9 13 4 4 5 14 16 8 40
7 Power Dynamos 25 10 8 7 29 18 13 7 4 2 19 6 12 3 4 5 10 12 11 38
8 Kabwe Warriors 25 11 5 9 28 26 13 6 2 5 16 15 12 5 3 4 12 11 2 38
9 Red Arrows 25 11 5 9 23 25 12 6 0 6 10 13 13 5 5 3 13 12 -2 38
10 Zanaco 22 10 5 7 32 25 12 10 1 1 25 9 10 0 4 6 7 16 7 35
11 Green Buffaloes 25 9 8 8 24 24 12 6 2 4 13 11 13 3 6 4 11 13 0 35
12 Lumwana Radiants 25 8 6 11 20 20 13 3 4 6 7 9 12 5 2 5 13 11 0 30
13 Buildcon 25 7 8 10 26 32 12 4 4 4 13 11 13 3 4 6 13 21 -6 29
14 Nkwazi 24 5 12 7 16 19 12 4 5 3 10 9 12 1 7 4 6 10 -3 27
15 Kansanshi Dynamos 25 6 8 11 18 23 12 5 5 2 10 6 13 1 3 9 8 17 -5 26
16 Nakambala Leopards 25 4 5 16 15 39 13 2 4 7 8 17 12 2 1 9 7 22 -24 17
17 Mufulira Wanderers 25 3 5 17 14 38 12 1 3 8 4 16 13 2 2 9 10 22 -24 14
18 Kabwe YSA 25 3 5 17 16 48 12 2 3 7 13 22 13 1 2 10 3 26 -32 14