It was all smiles in Kabwe for the airmen after they were pardoned from the prison of a ‘leopard’ for coming out triumphant in an in war with Felix Bulaya being the lone gunman in the forefront for them spearheading the process, It ended 1 nil at the Godfrey Ucar Chitalu Stadium, between Prison Leopards and Red Arrows in favor of the latter.
It was a match which lived up to the expectation with Prison Leopards showcasing a nice football display of starting from the back only to be dealt a huge blow in the last minute of the first half by an experienced Arrows side. The win pushes Red Arrows into 3rd position with seven points from 3 games played with Prison Leopards dropping to 5th position with four points
The forest was not so thick this time around for the dynamo to get lost. Forest rangers and Lusaka Dynamos canceled out each other to a 1 all draw. The match was played with a cautious approach from both sides, creating little scoring opportunities not until 90 minutes when it became open with the current top scorer Adams Zikiru adding a third to his name on the league top scorers chart in the 92nd minute before Emmanuel Habasimbi canceled out his strike with the last gasp goal in the 96th minute.
Despite the draw, Forest Rangers remain top of the league table with seven points with Lusaka Dynamos still with no win in the current campaign occupying the 10th position with three points to their name after drawing all their three games so far this season.
Barrick Lumwana mine was the first to receive the share from the yet to be commissioned 750 megawatts from Kafue lower gorge hydropower station after going down 1 nil to visiting Zesco United with a goal coming from a corner kick delivered by Kelvin Kampamba for Adrian Chama to head in the only goal for the match.
It was all pressure for Zesco United in the dying stages as Lumwana Radiants mounted a late challenge with hopes of rescuing a point after Zega Mambo’s defensive midfielder Samson Mkandawire received a direct red card.
Numba Mumamba made four changes to the team that lost to forest rangers in a midweek fixture with David Molinga, John Makwata, Samson Mkandawire, John Ching’andu given starting berths ahead of Simon Silwimba, Jesse Were, Logic Ching’andu and Bruce Musakanya who dropped to the bench with the changes paying dividends. The result pushed Zesco United out of relegation waters to 7th position with four-point to their name with the defeat they inflicted on Lumwana, condemned them to 15th position with two points
The Magnificent People’s team have themselves to blame for not being a brave warrior. It was a match where Kabwe Warriors controlled proceedings of the game from start to end, creating many scoring opportunities which they failed even to convert one into a goal with Nkana being the second-best the whole match. The Idris Bandwagon rolled on, It was a late long-range drive shot in the 91st minute from Idris Ilunga Mbombo that stole the headline in kabwe.
The result pushed Nkana out of the relegation zone from 17th place to 9th place with four points while Kabwe Warriors dropped to 13th position on three points from previously held 7th position with one win and two losses.
It rained goals in Kitwe were two recently promoted super league side Kitwe United and Indeni came into collision with the latter taking a two-goal lead before they were made to pay a heavy price for a lackluster performance after taking a healthy lead through Tranquilin Mwepu and Veteran Graven chitalu before an Evans Musonda brace restoring parity for chingalika thereby depleting the oil reserves for Ndola based side Indeni FC. Indeni drops to 17th position from 16th position on two points with Kitwe United maintaining 18th position with a point.
Failing to pay the retirees for the third time in a row, the pensioners Napsa stars failed again to win for the third successive time this season after they hosted Young Green Eagles. The match didn’t produce a lot of sparks with few shots on target for either team with Young Green Eagles going par for par with the Pensioners to get a draw. The results leave coach Fathi with a lot of work to do for the CAF Confederation Cup-bound team following a goalless draw which pegged them to 11th position from previously held 8th position with Young Green Eagles who are yet to win any match this season dropping from 14th position to 16th position after recording two draws and one lose
On Sunday it was a battle for the greens in the early kick-off match at sunset stadium where Green Buffaloes came to the test against Green eagles. True to the quote “Discipline is the soul of an army”, the teams played out to a disciplined display with Green Buffaloes being a better side in the first half before Green Eagles upped their game in the second stanza of the match.
It was a titanic battle with eight yellow cards issued by the center man Chimense with a penalty awarded to Green Buffaloes in the 56th minuted which they converted through Jack Chirwa to take a lead until the 90th minute when Hosea Silwamba leveled matters for the away side. The result condemned Buffaloes further downward to 13th position from 12th position in week two with three draws in the first three opening matches of the season while Eagles maintain their second spot with seven points with only goal difference separating them and log leaders Forest Rangers.
They were not strong and reliable in the face of Chipolopolo head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic, Andrew Kamanga, and Kalusha Bwalya who were all in attendance at sunset when visiting high flying Nkwazi failed to fly high.
It was a game were Zanaco being at home didn’t put up a good-spirited fight with no shots on target with only strike on target in the 89th minute from substitute Abraham Siankombo turned into a goal after they trailed by a lone goal from Langson Mbewe’s strike in the 36th minute with the match ending in the two teams sharing the spoils. Zanaco has maintained the 6th position with four points while Nkwazi has gone down on the log from 13th position in week two to 14th position in week three.
ZAMBIA SUPER LEAGUE WEEK 3 RESULTS
Saturday 7th November 2020
Prison Leopard 0-1 Red Arrow
(Felix Bulaya 45+1)
Forest Rangers 1-1 Lusaka Dynamos
(Zikiru Adams 90+2 | Emmanuel Habasimbi 90+6)
Lumwana Radiant 0-1 Zesco United
(Adrian Chama 77′)
Kabwe Warrior 0-1 Nkana
(Idriss Mbombo 90+1)
Power Dynamos 0-1 Buildcon
(Emmanuel Okutu 22′)
Kitwe United 2-2 Indeni
(Evans Musonda 20′,78′ |Tranquilin Mwepu 3′, Graven Chitalu 18′)
Napsa Stars 0-0 Young Green Eagles
Sunday 8th November 2020
Green Buffaloes 1-1 Green Eagles
(Jack Chirwa 56′ | Hosea Solwamba 90′)
Zanaco 1-1 Nkwazi
(Abraham Siankombo 89′ | Langson Mbewe 36′)
