ZAMBIA VS CONGO DR AFCON ANALYSIS A difficult game to predict given the Rivalry between the two countries. The last time the two met in a Competitive game DR Congo beat Zambia 2-1 in the Semi-Finals of the CHAN 2008. The last time the two were involved in an AFCON game was in 1999 in the ACON 2000 qualifiers when Zambia beat DR Congo 1-0 in Kinchasa. On current form in DR Congos last 7 games DR Congo have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3, DR Congo have scored 11 goals and conceded 10 goals. DR Congo emerged as the fourth highest scoring side during the qualifiers behind Ivory Coast on 13 Goals, Ghana on 12 Goals, Algeria on 11 Goals and tied with Guinea on 10 goals. DR Congo also conceded the second most goals of any qualifying team behind the Ivory Coast letting in 9 goals DR Congo have failed to keep in clean sheet in 6 of their 7 games. DR Congos strength is attack but there defense leaks goals. Zambias current form has seen the team play its last 7 games winning 3 games, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. Zambia has scored 7 goals and conceded 4 goals. Zambia emerged as the second most side to concede less goals behind Cameroun and Senegal who only conceded 1 goal during qualifying and are tied with Tunisia who also conceded only 2 goals during qualification. Zambia have kept a clean sheet in 4 of its last 7 games and have scored in 5 of its 7 games. Zambias strength is conceding few goals but weakness rarely scoring more than 1 goal in a game.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:52:04 +0000