Match Report
Both sides brought 50 points into this one — Zanaco 6th, Green Eagles 5th. Zanaco had been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Zanaco 0.88 scored and 0.88 conceded per game, Green Eagles 0.85 and 0.74, with the league averaging 0.87.
Defeat had not touched Green Eagles in 5 games.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Zanaco, 1 for Green Eagles and 2 drawn, at 1 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
National Heroes Stadium, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Zanaco: Lambert Gueme Araina (45') · Green Eagles: Derrick Bulaya (15'), Derrick Bulaya (88')
Key stats
Possession: Zanaco 65% · Green Eagles 35% · Total shots: 6-9 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 3-2