Struggling Mufulira Wanderers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Nkana in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Mufulira Wanderers and Nkana should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Mufulira Wanderers form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Mufulira Wanderers have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Shinde Stadium. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Mufulira Wanderers with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Zanaco game, 42 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
B. Chewe was the last player to score a league goal for Mufulira Wanderers and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Mufulira Wanderers haven't scored in 414 minutes.
The fans are hoping that Mufulira Wanderers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Super League game against NAPSA Stars (placed 3rd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Power Dynamos (0-2).
Mufulira Wanderers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The lack of attacking qualities in Mufulira Wanderers means that they have only scored 4 goals in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Nkana form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nkana in their Super League matches away.
Nkana had fun at their own home (Shinde Stadium) last time out, beating Buildcon 3-0. Before that, Nkana travelled to Green Buffaloes and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
Nkana are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Nkana have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Nkana - Mufulira Wanderers 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Mufulira Wanderers won two games, one match ended with a draw and Nkana has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / oneMufulira Wanderers missing players
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| Mufulira Wanderers | Nkana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 31 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 39% | 25% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 33% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 26% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 63% |
| 61% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 16% |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 105 | 42 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 67 | 159 |
| 32 | 12 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 23 | 53 |
| 22% | 17% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 36% |
- Mufulira Wanderers has the fewest points (4) at home
- Mufulira Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (4) at home
- Mufulira Wanderers has the fewest scored goals (9)
- Mufulira Wanderers has the most conceded goals in the first half (14)
- Mufulira Wanderers has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home
- Mufulira Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Mufulira Wanderers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Mufulira Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nkana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nkana have scored more than double the goals of Mufulira Wanderers.
- Nkana have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nkana haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 37 |
| 2 | Green Eagles | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | NAPSA Stars | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | ZESCO United | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Forest Rangers | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Kabwe Warriors | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 31 |
| 7 | Red Arrows | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Power Dynamos | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Lusaka Dynamos | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Green Buffaloes | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Buildcon | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Lumwana Radiants | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Zanaco | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 14 | Kansanshi Dynamos | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Nkwazi | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Nakambala Leopards | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 17 | Kabwe YSA | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 21 | -27 | 9 |
| 18 | Mufulira Wanderers | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -22 | 8 |