WARRIORS RELISH ZESCO CLASH
ZESCO United’s quest to dislodge leaders Zanaco from the summit of the MTN/FAZ Super league table comes under scrutiny when they face # agnificent$ a!we %arriors in a resched&led week *+ fi5t&re to !e la ed this afternoon at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
After relegating City of Lusaka from the Super Division via a 4-1 home beating in Ndola last Sunday, ZESCO will target maximum points to increase their chances of scooping this year’s league title.
Zesco witnessed their rivals Zanaco Football Club lift the Barclays Cup tournament after coming from behind to beat NAPSA Stars 2-1 at National Heroes Stadium last Satarday.
Zesco lies second on the league table with 59 points one point behind leaders Zanaco.
Zesco will rely on strikers Lazarus Kambole and Kenyan Jesse Were who is one of the contenders for the 2017 Golden Boot award.
Kambole has been in top form for Zesco and has scored four goals in three fiVtures for the dola giants. \ith their first fiVture in the }[ soccer season having ended goalless at the Godfrey Chitalu Stadium in Kabwe, Zesco will target victory to maintain their dominance on the railways sponsored side. Meanwhile Warriors will aim to collect maximum three points to maintain their winning streak in the league after managing to collect 10 points from a possible twelve in four league games.
Warriors humbled City of Lusaka 1-0, thanks to Lameck Kafwaya’s seventh minute strike last Wednesday at Nkoloma Stadium in their last league fiVture.
The Railways lads led by veteran coach Elijah Chikwanda will also seek maximum points to increase their chances of surviving relegation.
Chikwanda will rely on Kafwaya who has been in superb form for Warriors after managing to score two goals in two games which saw the team collect maximum six points, beating Green Buffaloes and City of Lusaka 1-nil respectively.
Warriors are lying on 15th position on the league table with 34 points, four points away from the relegation zone which consist of ‘Mighty’ Mufulira Wanderers, Konkola Blades, Real Nakonde and City of Lusaka.