NAPSA Stars vs Nkwazi match preview: Even contest expected at Nkoloma Stadium

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Competition: Sun 07.February
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nkoloma Stadium (1000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Nkoloma Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with NAPSA Stars languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Nkwazi will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • NAPSA Stars has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Super League
  • Nkwazi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither NAPSA nor Nkwazi as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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NAPSA Stars form and stats

Overall Super League stats at home this season for NAPSA Stars are 2-4-1 (wins-draw-losses).

NAPSA shared the glory with Kitwe United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Green Eagles the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how NAPSA have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won one, drawn seven and lost three.

NAPSA has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Nkwazi form and stats

The visitors are W2-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.

Nkwazi's previous game was their home loss versus Nkana (0-2). A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Buildcon.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Nkwazi in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Nkwazi, three draws and one defeat.

The attacking power of Nkwazi when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four NAPSA victories, three draws and three Nkwazi wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

NAPSA Stars missing players

Nkwazi missing players

NAPSA Stars Nkwazi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 3 7 15
2 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
9 4 0 Drew D 2 4 7
4 1 1 Lost L 1 1 4
15 8 1 Scored S 2 6 10
18 7 2 Conceded C 3 5 12
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 71% 67%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 47%
40% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 27%
20% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 40%
20% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 53%
27% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.6 7.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 6.8 10.5
2 2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.2 4.9
50% 57% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 14%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • NAPSA Stars has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Super League
  • NAPSA Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nkwazi 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 Zanaco 15 7 4 4 25 13 7 6 1 0 21 4 8 1 3 4 4 9 12 25
2 Prison Leopards 15 7 4 4 17 8 8 5 2 1 11 4 7 2 2 3 6 4 9 25
3 Forest Rangers 15 6 7 2 19 12 7 4 3 0 11 3 8 2 4 2 8 9 7 25
4 ZESCO United 14 7 4 3 15 10 7 4 1 2 9 5 7 3 3 1 6 5 5 25
5 Lusaka Dynamos 15 5 8 2 18 12 7 4 3 0 14 5 8 1 5 2 4 7 6 23
6 Buildcon 15 6 4 5 17 15 7 3 2 2 8 6 8 3 2 3 9 9 2 22
7 Kabwe Warriors 15 6 4 5 18 18 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 4 2 2 11 10 0 22
8 Nkana 14 6 2 6 16 18 7 4 2 1 13 5 7 2 0 5 3 13 -2 20
9 Power Dynamos 12 5 4 3 11 8 8 3 3 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 3 19
10 Green Eagles 14 4 7 3 13 12 7 3 4 0 6 2 7 1 3 3 7 10 1 19
11 Nkwazi 15 4 7 4 10 12 8 2 3 3 4 7 7 2 4 1 6 5 -2 19
12 Red Arrows 15 5 4 6 13 16 8 3 3 2 7 5 7 2 1 4 6 11 -3 19
13 Indeni 15 3 7 5 14 16 8 3 3 2 8 6 7 0 4 3 6 10 -2 16
14 Lumwana Radiants 15 3 7 5 8 13 7 2 3 2 5 5 8 1 4 3 3 8 -5 16
15 NAPSA Stars 15 2 9 4 15 18 7 2 4 1 8 7 8 0 5 3 7 11 -3 15
16 Green Buffaloes 15 2 8 5 11 11 7 2 4 1 10 4 8 0 4 4 1 7 0 14
17 Young Green Eagles 15 2 7 6 7 21 7 2 3 2 5 7 8 0 4 4 2 14 -14 13
18 Kitwe United 15 0 7 8 4 18 8 0 6 2 2 6 7 0 1 6 2 12 -14 7