Champions Nkana’s survival battle took an ominous turn on Wednesday when they squandered a one-nil lead to lose 2-1 and hand bottom placed Kitwe United their first league victory of the season in a Kitwe derby played at Arthur Davies Stadium.
Prior to their derby demotion dogfight triumph, United had collected just 8 points from their last 22 games heading into this lunchtime kick off of the Arthur Davies doubleheader while Nkana were winless in their last five with just 1 point to show for it.
Nkana started off on a promising note when Fred Tshimenga put them ahead in the 2nd minute.
Napsa Stars suffered a heavy league defeat on Thursday as Week 20 continued to be a forgettable one for Zambia’s two continental envoys.
The result came as Napsa prepared for next Wednesdays CAF Confederation Cup Group B opener away in Morocco with a 3-1 away loss at promoted Young Green Eagles in Kafue.
The defeat came 24 hours after Nkana were stunned 2-0 at home by Kabwe Warriors as they began to park their bags for their Group D opener away in Egypt on Wednesday against Pyramids.
Jack Ngulube, Damiano Kola and Isaac Ngoma scored for Young Eagles in the 31st, 56th and 65th minutes respectively to ensure they stayed unbeaten in their four home games played so far in 2021.