The visiting Forest Rangers side should be favourites in this visit to Nakambala Leopards, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Super League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at ZESCO United.
Nakambala Leopards form and stats
Nakambala Leopards's struggle is real here with only 9 points collected from 11 Super League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-6.
Stress levels are on the rise for Nakambala Leopards's attacking players as they have now played 218 minutes without scoring in a league game. Nothing to worry about in defence for Nakambala Leopards, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 203 minutes in the Super League.
Nakambala Leopards drew their last game, 0-0 away at ZESCO United (placed 5th). Before that, Nakambala Leopards drew at home versus Green Eagles.
Nakambala Leopards aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 6 goals from 11 games. Nakambala Leopards's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Forest Rangers form and stats
Forest Rangers have an excellent away record in the Super League so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Forest Rangers's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the NAPSA Stars game.
Forest Rangers had fun at their own home last time out, beating Buildcon 4-3. Preceding that game was the away victory against Kabwe YSA with the score of 1-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Forest Rangers, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Forest Rangers have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 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 two sides played each other earlier this season: Forest Rangers - Nakambala Leopards 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nakambala Leopards won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Forest Rangers has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightNakambala Leopards missing players
Forest Rangers missing players
| Nakambala Leopards | Forest Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 27 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 90% | 91% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 90% |
| 60% | 64% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 25% | 45% |
| 25% | 18% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 30% | 27% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 12% | 35% |
| 30% | 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 62% | 45% |
| 50% | 55% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 30% |
| 5.1 | 6.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 115 | 68 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 57 | 138 |
| 34 | 18 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 22 | 46 |
| 29% | 28% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 46% |
- Forest Rangers has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
- Forest Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Nakambala Leopards have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nakambala Leopards have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 2 | Green Eagles | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | NAPSA Stars | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 36 |
| 4 | Forest Rangers | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | ZESCO United | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 35 |
| 6 | Red Arrows | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Kabwe Warriors | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| 8 | Lusaka Dynamos | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Green Buffaloes | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Power Dynamos | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 11 | Buildcon | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 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 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 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 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Kabwe YSA | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 21 | -26 | 12 |
| 18 | Mufulira Wanderers | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -22 | 9 |