Struggling Nakambala Leopards will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Green Eagles in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Nakambala Leopards and Green Eagles 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.
Nakambala Leopards form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super League this season. Nakambala Leopards have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Nakambala Leopards with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Mufulira Wanderers game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Nakambala Leopards, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
In their previous game, led his Nakambala Leopards to a defeat in the Super League match away at Zanaco. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that match was a defeat to Red Arrows (1-2).
Nakambala Leopards 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 manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to ZESCO United in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nakambala Leopards here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 10 games). 13 goals have been conceded.
Green Eagles form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+14) in Super League, on their Super League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Green Eagles hope to make it five in this match. Having won their last three away games Green Eagles has no reason to fear anyone.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Green Eagles goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 277 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Green Eagles, whose manager could celebrate last time after the Super League win against Kabwe Warriors. Prior to that result Green Eagles won their away game at Forest Rangers. The scoreline was 1-0.
Green Eagles find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Green Eagles are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Green Eagles - Nakambala Leopards 3-2, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Nakambala Leopards, 3 draws and 4 wins for Green Eagles. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 9 games.Nakambala Leopards missing players
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| Nakambala Leopards | Green Eagles | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 27 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 67% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 28% | 20% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 17% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 11% |
| 33% | 30% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 30% | 39% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 44% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 28% |
| 5.3 | 6.8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 8 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | 58 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 56 | 108 |
| 29 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 24 | 35 |
| 34% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 42% | 51% |
- Green Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Green Eagles has the most points (18) away
- Green Eagles has the most scored goals in the second half (14)
- Green Eagles has the the best goal difference (+14)
- Green Eagles has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Green Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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.
- Nakambala Leopards 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 | 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 |