Zesco United toppled Nkana from the number two spot following a 2-0 home win over Red Arrows on Wednesday.
Goals from Jackson Mwanza and Jesse Were in this rescheduled Week 4 match at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium saw Zesco move from 3rd to 2nd exchanging places with Nkana on goal difference.
Arrows stay 11th after the loss.
Meanwhile, Mwanza put Zesco ahead in the 17th minute when he headed in a set-piece fro m Were to see the defending FAZ Division champions 1-0 into the break.
Were then punished Arrows goalkeeper Daniel Munyao when he stole the ball off the latter leaving the Zambia number two in his wake before firing the ball from an acute angle on the near post.
Were took his tally to 11 league goals, one more than Nkana’s Walter Bwalya who is second on the top scorers log.
Zesco now have 31 points from fourteen games with three matches in hand and are now nine points behind leaders Zanaco.
George Lwandamina’s charges could cut that lead to six points this Saturday when they host Green Buffaloes in a rescheduled Week 14 game at the same venue.
