Match Report
The table read 4th (Nchanga Rangers, 50 pts) against 14th (Nkwazi, 37 pts), 13 points apart. Nchanga Rangers ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Against a league average of 0.87 goals per team per game, Nchanga Rangers ran at 0.91 scored and 0.76 conceded, Nkwazi at 0.64 and 0.82.
Nchanga Rangers arrived off five straight defeats. Nchanga Rangers had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Nkwazi, 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Nchanga Rangers wins, 2 for Nkwazi, 0 draws, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 75% of the meetings went to the host. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
The match was played at Nchanga Stadium (capacity 15,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Nchanga Rangers: 1 goal with no recorded scorer