Godfrey Chitalu Stadium: Prison Leopards vs ZESCO United Super League preview

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Competition: Zambia Super League
Competition: Wed 26.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Godfrey Chitalu Stadium (10000 seats)

The visiting ZESCO United side should be favourites in this visit to Prison Leopards, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 28 league games this season.

Insights:
  • ZESCO United have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Super League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Prison Leopards and ZESCO United.

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Prison Leopards form and stats

8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super League numbers at home for Prison Leopards so far this season.

No payout for Prison Leopards in their previous match, an away game at Nkana that ended in defeat 1-2.

Ahead of that match, Leopards won a home game hosting Lumwana Radiants (1-0).

The Prison Leopards fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leopards have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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ZESCO United form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Super League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 3 losses in the Super League.

It's the second away game in a row for ZESCO, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Lusaka Dynamos (placed 4th) in the Super League last time out.

Prior to that match, the ZESCO United manager G. Lwandamina faced defeat when travelling to Power Dynamos and losing 0-1.

After this away game ZESCO return home for a Super League game against Kitwe United. That game is only four sleeps after this.

ZESCO are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). ZESCO United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: ZESCO United - Leopards 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Prison Leopards zero wins, zero draws and ZESCO United three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Prison Leopards missing players

ZESCO United missing players

Prison Leopards ZESCO United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 15 28
10 8 2 Won W 4 9 18
8 4 1 Drew D 1 3 4
12 3 1 Lost L 0 3 6
32 18 6 Scored S 7 17 39
31 11 4 Conceded C 2 9 20
87% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 93%
57% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 47% 57%
40% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 39%
17% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 14%
7% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
37% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 43%
40% 53% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 53% 39%
37% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.1 8.2 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.5 8.9
3.5 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 2.9 3.6
33% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 88% 40% 39%
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • ZESCO United have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Super League
  • ZESCO United have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Super League
  • ZESCO United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Super League
  • ZESCO United have the most clean sheets (8) away in Super League
  • ZESCO United have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Super League
  • ZESCO United have the most points (30) away in Super League
  • ZESCO United have the the best goal difference (+19) in Super League
  • ZESCO United have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Super League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ZESCO United 28 18 4 6 39 20 13 9 1 3 22 11 15 9 3 3 17 9 19 58
2 Zanaco 29 14 8 7 46 29 14 11 2 1 33 12 15 3 6 6 13 17 17 50
3 Red Arrows 30 13 7 10 32 25 15 9 4 2 21 7 15 4 3 8 11 18 7 46
4 Lusaka Dynamos 31 12 10 9 34 29 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 4 5 6 11 16 5 46
5 Kabwe Warriors 30 12 8 10 33 30 14 7 3 4 15 10 16 5 5 6 18 20 3 44
6 Green Eagles 31 10 13 8 35 29 16 7 8 1 22 11 15 3 5 7 13 18 6 43
7 Forest Rangers 31 11 10 10 34 31 15 7 5 3 19 12 16 4 5 7 15 19 3 43
8 Buildcon 30 12 7 11 35 33 15 9 3 3 21 13 15 3 4 8 14 20 2 43
9 Green Buffaloes 31 10 12 9 37 30 16 7 6 3 25 12 15 3 6 6 12 18 7 42
10 Power Dynamos 32 10 11 11 27 26 16 6 7 3 12 10 16 4 4 8 15 16 1 41
11 Nkwazi 31 10 11 10 26 26 16 7 4 5 13 11 15 3 7 5 13 15 0 41
12 Young Green Eagles 31 9 12 10 22 33 15 8 5 2 15 9 16 1 7 8 7 24 -11 39
13 Prison Leopards 30 10 8 12 32 31 15 8 4 3 18 11 15 2 4 9 14 20 1 38
14 Indeni 31 8 13 10 35 40 16 5 5 6 19 21 15 3 8 4 16 19 -5 37
15 NAPSA Stars 28 9 9 10 33 39 14 6 4 4 16 15 14 3 5 6 17 24 -6 36
16 Nkana 29 10 4 15 34 44 16 6 4 6 26 22 13 4 0 9 8 22 -10 34
17 Lumwana Radiants 30 6 12 12 20 36 15 5 7 3 14 13 15 1 5 9 6 23 -16 30
18 Kitwe United 31 3 11 17 15 38 15 2 8 5 8 14 16 1 3 12 7 24 -23 20