Zanaco sweated beat Mufulira Wanderers 3-2 in a rescheduled midweek FAZ Super Division match at Sunset Stadium to reclaim top spot.
Striker Mathews Macha came off the bench to score the winner in the 89th minute as Zanaco fought had to beat Wanderers in this delayed week 8 encounter.
Mumamba Numba’s team went into the half time break leading 2-0 thanks to a 44th minute goal from Augustine Mulenga and an own goal by Mighty defender Warren Kunda.
Ten minutes after the break defender Moses Loloji handed the Mufulira club a life line when he converted a penalty after Salulani Phiri handled in the box.
Seven minutes later Mighty captain Taonga Bwembya made it 2-2 from a direct free-kick before his keeper Joshua Nyirongo aided Macha’s shot into the net.
The win pushed Zanaco to 21 points, one above Zesco United who have one unplayed game.
Eleswhere on Wednesday, Green Buffaloes thumped struggling Napsa Stars 2-0 at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka to move into fifth place on the table.
Diamond Chikwekwe and Timothy Mbewe scored for the Army side in the 3rd and 55th minutes respectively.
Buffaloes now sits on 14 points while Napsa are second from the bottom with seven points after nine games.
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Its a pity the best team on the day Mighty lost!!i watched this game and Mufulira Wanderers was far much better side than Zanaco.Mighty played very good football though they lost in front of a huge mighty supporters!!!lard luck guys!!wish you well in future games.am sure you will remain in MTN super league!!
I watched this game and Mighty need a lot to do. They need to recruit at least 6 experienced players as they are still playing division one football. Zanaco did not play their usual game as they were missing key players like Kapumbu, Phiri, Zulu and their latest upcoming defender from Western province, otherwise the story would have been different. The referee also seemed to favour Mighty and both the penalty and free kick from which Mighty scored in my opinion were not genuine. However, I have watched this referee and he seems to favour some teams openly as he did the same when he handled Green Buffaloes against Power Dynamos and he openly favoured Power Dynamos and even Wedson Nyirenda complained at the end of the match. Referees are putting the work of coaches at stake. Tom Lsk.