Green Buffaloes vs Forest Rangers Prediction: Survival of the fittest

The next round of the Zambia Cup will take place between Green Buffaloes and Forest Rangers at Edwin Imboela Stadium. The squad that will be playing at home has a very minor advantage going into this match, while the Forest Rangers team that will be traveling will be coming off a loss to FC MUZA.

Green Buffaloes come into this match having won two of their most recent five matches against Nkwazi and Lumwana Radiants. However, Green Buffaloes' previous three matches against Forest Rangers, Prison Leopards, and Red Arrows all ended in draws. During those encounters, the team had a combined total of six goals for and three goals against. Green Buffaloes scored an average of 1.23 goals per match while allowing an average of 0.73 goals to be scored against them. There were 34 yellow cards and two red cards handed out to the team. The Green Buffaloes are not very strong at keeping possession of the ball, as evidenced by their overall average of 49.43 percent this season.

Forest Rangers enters this match having won one of their previous five matches against Chambishi, losing three of those matches to Nchanga Rangers, Nkana, and Man United Zambia Academy, and drawing one of those matches against Green Buffaloes. Forest Rangers' most recent match against Green Buffaloes ended in a draw. The club was held to a tally of four goals while allowing seven goals against. When playing away from home, Forest Rangers had a goal scoring average of 0.96 and a goals against average of 0.65. There was one red card and 14 yellow cards handed out to the team. The Forest Rangers are not very strong at keeping possession of the ball, as evidenced by their overall average of 49.80% during this season.

By considering the two clubs' squads, as well as their offensive and defensive capabilities, as well as their overall performance during the season, we can say that these two teams are among the best in the league this year. Nonetheless, there is no question in anyone's mind that the home squad is superior to the away team. While we are keeping our fingers crossed for the home team in this match and have high hopes that they will perform well and field their best players, we are putting our money on the away team to come out on top. As a result of the fact that the away team wants to get revenge for their previous loss, we feel that they will focus a lot of their efforts on playing defense, and as a result, we anticipate that they will cover the point spread.