DATE: Wednesday,March 1st 2017.
VENUE: Heroes Stadium(Double Header).
KICKOFF: 15:00hrs Egypt(U20) v Guinea(U20);
18:00hrs Zambia(U20) v Mali(U20).
CHANNEL: Supersport 9
COACHES IN-CHARGE:
Zambia – Beston Chambeshi
Mali – J. Diara
PERMUTATIONS:All Group A teams need outright wins to secure hopes for Semi finals spots but a win for Zambia will automatically book a place for the crucial Fifa World Cup in South Korea
without a last group match to spare.
HEAD TO HEADS STATISTICS
LAST 3 MEETINGS SINCE 2012:
Zambia has never beaten Mali in over the last 5years with Mali winning twice and a 2-2 draw is the closest the junior Chipolopolo came in September 2012.
09/03/2015 Mali 1-0 Zambia(Afcon)
05/10/2012 Mali 3-0 Mali(AfconQ).
22/09/2012 Zambia 2-2 Mali( ” ).
FIFA U20 WORLD CUP RECORD:
Zambia -2007 knockout stage with 02 appearances.
Mali – 02 times Third place(1999,2015)with 05 appearances.
AFCON U20 RECORD:
Zambia -03 times Fourth Position(1991,1999 &2007) with 09 appearances.
Mali – 01 times Runners-up( 1989) with 11 appearances.
CAF RANKING(AFCON RECORD-BASED):
Zambia – 19th
Mali – 10th
LATEST FORM(Last 5 matches):
Zambia – 04 wins,00 draw & 01 lose.
Mali – 04 wins, 01 draw & 00 loses.
ZAMBIA’S LAST 5 MATCHES:
26/02/2017 Zambia 1-0 Guinea(Afcn).
16/02/2017 Zambia 3-1 Rsa( ” ).
02/2017 BarcelonaB 3-1 Zambia(Friendly).
02/2017 Fc Basel 0-1 Zambia( ” ).
01/2017 TenerifeB 0-1 Zambia( ” ).
MALI’S LAST 5 MATCHES:
26/02/2017 Egypt 0-0 Mali(Afcn).
24/07/2016 Mali 2-0 B/Faso(AfcnQ).
09/07/2016 B/Faso 0-0 Mali( ” ).
12/06/2016 Mali 4-1 Mauritania( ” ).
20/05/2016 Mauritania 0-3 Mali( ” ).