10-man Nkana stayed top of the Faz Division 1 north table after a 2-1 win over old foes Mufulira Wanderers in an entertaining week 26 match at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka today.
Nkana shift from 45 to 48 points while Wanderers slip from 2nd to 3rd place on 44 points.
Nchanga Rangers move to 2nd from 3rd to 46 points after they beat Ndola United 2-1 away.
As promised, Nkana coach Fewdays Musonda delivered a thriller, though one-sided for most of the 90 minutes against a clearly overawed Wanderers side.
Former Zambia Under-17 midfielders Mwila Kabwe and Rabby Luwambula put on dominating display in the midfield as Wanderers struggle to find any rhythm.
Nkana took the lead in the 17th minute through Evans Kangwa from a Maxwell Phiri assist.
Kangwa pushed his tally for the season to 17 goals in division 1 north were he leads to top scorers chart.
Lwambula made it 2-0 eleven minutes later with a sublime long-range shot from the edge of the box.
Wanderers’ striker Progress Kalenga was guilty of several misses despite Nkana enjoying the upper hand and had a 30th minute shot tipped over by Nkana goalkeeper Kelvin Mulenga.
Five minutes later, Nkana were reduced to 10 men after George Njobvu received his second yellow card of the day.
A minute later, Wanderers found the back of the net through Harrison Kangwa who collected a loose ball in the midst of a goalmouth melee.
However, Wanderers numerical advantage did little to stop Lwambula and Phiri from overwhelming the Shinde side who looked technically out of depth against a 10-man Nkana.
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Nkana face Kenneth Malitoli’s Kalulushi Modern Stars next weekend with nine games remaining before the promotion battle is decided.
Meanwhile, Rangers second place was secured their win courtesy of goals from Floyd Phiri and a Mathews Macha penalty.
And Kitwe United push for a top-5 finish was also given a lift thanks to 1-0 away win over Zesco-Luapula.
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let go boys am with you
kalampa ! abana ba lala! balala!
Nkana will be promoted and play only one season in the premia. It is a useless team anyway whose suporters resort to violence when they loose the game. Zesco and Zanaco will baptise them in the premiaship.
Ba Chipolopolo jealous down.Give credit where it is due….Congrats Kalampa always with you
now and forever……
MIGHTY………….Green and White. We lost a battle not the WAR…….we shall be back!
pliz can any one from lsk times clear me over the position of l/stone pirates. you are putting them on 7th position but some are saying the are 5th. what is your comment.
Number 3 you are a useless person, what team do support in Zed. Sorry Man utd is not in Zed, Be Zambian support a Zambian team. For some of us we follow Nkana were ever they go, because love the team. And promise we are coming for. THE ONLY TEAM TO THE PREMIA 11 TIMES. No 3 how times for Zesco and Zanaco
Bravo- Nchanga Rangers. you are team to recon with. You are doing us proud and please maintain the same spirit as you move back to premier league. Dont let wanderers grab your confortable position pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee. We are behind you Guys . Die hard supporter.
That waz splendid performance by Nkana. Mighte must do a lot of home work, they played like they had 10 men on the pitch. Well done my Brave Rangers, forward ever and backwardz never! Just win, win, win and win. Good LT now you have the correct standingz.
this is lovely BRAVO we are waiting for your Return to elite football in zambia.Stay blessed
5 Zambia one uli mwaume! Ba mighte bawina ichungulo! The league is still open. Hard luck boys. Twalalya bwino kuntanshi. Go mighte go!!!!!!
It was good to see the football fever return to Lusaka like the olden days, the way this game was publicized made people forget about the English league, at-least for this weekend. We need to continue promoting our local teams, let us learn from South Africa. Its rare to see a South African adorned in Arsenal jersey, but you will see the in Kaizer Chiefs shirt or Orlando Pirates. Keep it up sponsors.
Watching that well televized nice game made me think beyond the euphoria that charactorized the whole debacle. Nkana, Mighte, Divizion 1 and indeed Premier futbo, what nekst? Hats off to the organizerz, but I imagine that’s just a one-off thing that we may never see again. If our game of futbo must “grow”, we need a lot more such, not just from die-hard Nkana/Mighte royalists, but goverment + FAZ and all stake holderz.
As a Mighty supporter I believe we shall bounce back. Hard luck boys
Nkana will never die despite the economic hardships that we have been going thru
. Nalelo eeee ba Nkana bawina, naleloeeeeeeeeee ba Nkana bawina. Pali ba Devil Nshilala
Bravo welldone am proud of my team,pALI BA BRAVO SHINLALAUTULO .