Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Red Arrows 2nd with 63 points, Nkwazi 14th with 37, 26 apart. Nkwazi ranked 8th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Red Arrows 1.29 scored and 0.65 conceded per game, Nkwazi 0.64 and 0.82, with the league averaging 0.87.
Nkwazi had gone 7 games without a win. From the last five rounds, Red Arrows held 8 points of 15 and Nkwazi 2.
5 meetings are on record — 4 won by Red Arrows, 0 by Nkwazi, 1 drawn, at 1.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 20% of meetings.
Nkoloma Stadium, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Red Arrows 48% · Nkwazi 52% · Total shots: 11-7 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 5-6