Zanaco test for Power Dynamos

Power Dynamos interim coach Anderson Phiri has a big test on Wednesday, when his side visits Zanaco in a rescheduled Week 5 match at Sunset Stadium in Lusaka.

This will be Phiri’s second game in charge after making a winning start last Saturday with a 1-0 home win over Nkwazi, in Kitwe following the dismissal of his ex-boss Tennant Chilumba on Thursday.

That win lifted Power from 8th to 6th on 13 points in what has so far been a stuttering start for the six-time champions this season.

Phiri said he is staying very calm also knowing that Wednesday’s match will be first of two big away tests for him ahead of Saturday’s Kitwe derby clash leaders Nkana.

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“We have two away games starting on Wednesday when we travel to Lusaka to play Zanaco. It is a different ball game altogether but we have prepared even though we had just one day to get ready for it,” Phiri said.

Zanaco, unlike Power, are unbeaten this season with a 100 percent start in 3rd place on 15 points from five matches played with three games in hand.

Power are two points behind Zanaco and know another victory will move them into 4th place tied with Zanaco who have a healthier goal difference.

However, Power have yet to win away this season after picking up two defeats and a 0-0 draw at Lusaka Dynamos on April 16.

Power trace their last away league win in Lusaka to August, 2015 when they beat Napsa Stars 1-0 but earlier fell by the same margin to Zanaco in April.