Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Red Arrows 2nd with 63 points, Nkana 12th with 40, 23 apart. In league terms the two rates read 0.68/0.79 for Nkana and 1.29/0.65 for Red Arrows (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 0.87.
Level finishes had become the habit for Nkana: three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 5 Nkana wins, 4 for Red Arrows, 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 70% of the meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 70% of the meetings.
Nkana Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,000. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Nkana: Lazarous Kambole (43') · Red Arrows: Joseph Phiri (14'), Godfrey Ngwenya (61')