Super League match preview: Nkana versus Lumwana Radiants

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Zambia Super League
Competition: Wed 04.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nkana Stadium (10000 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Super League game of the season. Nkana look forward to welcoming Lumwana Radiants in front of their home support.

It's no vacation for neither Nkana nor Lumwana Radiants 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.

L D W W D

Nkana form and stats

Nkana lost their last game at Forest Rangers (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. 2-2 away at Red Arrows before that.

Last season, Nkana's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 1st position in the Super League. Over these 27 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 18. Playing at home last season Nkana managed 10-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 5 conceded.

D D L W D

Lumwana Radiants form and stats

Radiants delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Nkwazi (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Super League game. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Zanaco.

Let's have a look at how Lumwana Radiants performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 21 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 14/12 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Nkana, three draws and one win for Lumwana Radiants. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Nkana missing players

Lumwana Radiants missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nkana Lumwana Radiants
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Nkana Last season Lumwana Radiants
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   13 27
13 9   Won W   5 8
8 2   Drew D   3 7
5 2   Lost L   5 12
32 19   Scored S   14 21
18 5   Conceded C   12 22
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 89%
50% 46%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 41%
35% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 22%
15% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 7%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
27% 15%   BTTS BTTS   46% 30%
62% 77%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 37%
23% 15%   Failed to Score F T   23% 44%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 0.9
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
208 113   Total Shots T S   66 81
70 41   Shots on Target S O   25 27
33% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Prison Leopards 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Forest Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zanaco 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Green Eagles 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Power Dynamos 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Lumwana Radiants 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 NAPSA Stars 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Nkwazi 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 ZESCO United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Buildcon 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Green Buffaloes 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lusaka Dynamos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Red Arrows 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Kabwe Warriors 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Young Green Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Indeni 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Nkana 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Kitwe United 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season 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 27 14 8 5 35 18 14 10 2 2 22 5 13 4 6 3 13 13 17 50
2 Forest Rangers 27 14 7 6 32 22 14 7 4 3 17 14 13 7 3 3 15 8 10 49
3 Green Eagles 27 13 9 5 34 19 13 7 4 2 20 11 14 6 5 3 14 8 15 48
4 NAPSA Stars 27 14 6 7 36 22 14 7 5 2 20 9 13 7 1 5 16 13 14 48
5 ZESCO United 27 13 8 6 38 23 13 6 6 1 19 9 14 7 2 5 19 14 15 47
6 Zanaco 27 13 7 7 40 26 14 10 3 1 26 10 13 3 4 6 14 16 14 46
7 Power Dynamos 27 12 8 7 34 19 14 8 4 2 21 7 13 4 4 5 13 12 15 44
8 Kabwe Warriors 27 12 5 10 29 29 14 6 2 6 16 18 13 6 3 4 13 11 0 41
9 Lusaka Dynamos 27 11 7 9 33 28 13 7 3 3 19 10 14 4 4 6 14 18 5 40
10 Red Arrows 27 11 7 9 26 28 13 6 1 6 12 15 14 5 6 3 14 13 -2 40
11 Green Buffaloes 27 10 8 9 28 27 13 7 2 4 16 11 14 3 6 5 12 16 1 38
12 Nkwazi 27 6 14 7 18 20 13 4 6 3 11 10 14 2 8 4 7 10 -2 32
13 Buildcon 27 8 8 11 29 35 14 5 5 4 18 14 13 3 3 7 11 21 -6 32
14 Lumwana Radiants 27 8 7 12 21 22 14 3 4 7 7 10 13 5 3 5 14 12 -1 31
15 Kansanshi Dynamos 27 6 10 11 19 24 13 5 6 2 10 6 14 1 4 9 9 18 -5 28
16 Mufulira Wanderers 27 4 5 18 17 39 13 1 3 9 4 17 14 3 2 9 13 22 -22 17
17 Nakambala Leopards 27 4 5 18 15 45 14 2 4 8 8 20 13 2 1 10 7 25 -30 17
18 Kabwe YSA 27 3 5 19 16 54 13 2 3 8 13 25 14 1 2 11 3 29 -38 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Prison Leopards 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Forest Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Zanaco 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Green Eagles 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Power Dynamos 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Lumwana Radiants 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 NAPSA Stars 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Nkwazi 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 ZESCO United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Buildcon 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Green Buffaloes 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lusaka Dynamos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Red Arrows 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Kabwe Warriors 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Young Green Eagles 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Indeni 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Nkana 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Kitwe United 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

More from Zambia - Super League