Only a win will satisfy the ZESCO United supporters in this Levy Mwanawasa Stadium clash with Nkwazi, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Super League table.
- ZESCO United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Super League
- Nkwazi have not yet lost a game away.
The hosts ZESCO United saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Super League. That game was an away game at Nkana, so at least ZESCO are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
ZESCO United form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for ZESCO United are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier ZESCO matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from two games).
ZESCO has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, ZESCO have conceded only 4 goals.
Nkwazi form and stats
As the visiting team in Super League matches, Nkwazi have produced an overall stat of 1-4-0 so far.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nkwazi when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nkwazi manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Young Green Eagles.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nkwazi as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for ZESCO, three draws and three wins for Nkwazi. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.ZESCO United missing players
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| ZESCO United | Nkwazi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.6 | 9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 6.5 | 9.9 |
| 2.9 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 5 |
| 37% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | 14% |
- Nkwazi have not yet lost a game away.
- ZESCO United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Super League
- ZESCO United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Prison Leopards | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | ZESCO United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Zanaco | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Buildcon | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Forest Rangers | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Power Dynamos | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Lusaka Dynamos | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Red Arrows | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Kabwe Warriors | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | Green Eagles | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Indeni | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Lumwana Radiants | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Nkana | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Green Buffaloes | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 15 | Nkwazi | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 13 |
| 16 | NAPSA Stars | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 17 | Young Green Eagles | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
| 18 | Kitwe United | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 5 |