Nkwazi are positioned 2nd, while Zanaco are hanging back 8 points behind in the table. Will they reduce the gap?
- Nkwazi have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Super League
- Zanaco have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nkwazi have scored home.
This could be an absorbing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Nkwazi form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, Nkwazi have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 400 minutes.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Kafue Celtic in the Super League last time out and are looking for a win here. A painful moment in the game against Kafue Celtic was the missed penalty kick from John Joe Power in the 89th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Lusaka Dynamos with a 3-0 scoreline.Nkwazi have scored 2 goals here in 5 league matches, a depressing statistic. Nkwazi have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Zanaco form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zanaco in their Super League matches away. Zanaco have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Zanaco's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lusaka Dynamos that finished 0-0.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Buildcon.Zanaco have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Zanaco have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Nkwazi won three games, two matches ended in a draw and Zanaco got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveNkwazi missing players
Zanaco missing players
| Nkwazi | Zanaco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 70% | 60% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 30% | 20% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 70% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 40% | 60% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.5 | 4.8 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 8.2 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.5 | 12.3 |
| 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| 39% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 8.1 | 6.5 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 12.2 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
- Nkwazi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nkwazi have the fewest conceded goals (4) in Super League
- Nkwazi have the most clean sheets (7) in Super League
- Nkwazi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Zanaco have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zanaco have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nkwazi have scored 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 | Green Buffaloes | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Nkwazi | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | ZESCO United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Kabwe Warriors | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Nkana | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Buildcon | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Kansanshi Dynamos | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Green Eagles | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Kafue Celtic | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Forest Rangers | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Konkola Blades | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Zanaco | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Prison Leopards | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Indeni | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Red Arrows | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Lusaka Dynamos | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Chambishi | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Power Dynamos | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 7 |