After the first game it's ZESCO United - Forest Rangers 1-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Super League game of the season?
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
ZESCO United form and stats
ZESCO drew their last game, 1-1 away at NAPSA Stars (placed 7th).
Last season, ZESCO United's league statistics were 13 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Super League. Over these 27 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season ZESCO United managed 6-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 9 conceded.
Forest Rangers form and stats
The Forest goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 301 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Forest are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Super League against Nkana (placed 17th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Zanaco.
Let's have a look at how Forest Rangers performed last season in the Super League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 15/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for ZESCO, one draw and five wins for Forest Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.ZESCO United missing players
Forest Rangers missing players
| ZESCO United | Forest Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 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 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| ZESCO United | Last season | Forest Rangers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | ||
| 89% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 85% | ||
| 70% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 33% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 15% | ||
| 7% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 242 | 111 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 197 | ||
| 74 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 70 | ||
| 35% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 41% | ||
| 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 |