City rivals meet at Mpira Stadium on Sunday as FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women host Mighty Wanderers Queens in the Blantyre women’s derby.
The Week Eight encounter kicks off at 15:00, with derby honours and three NBM Women’s Premiership points at stake in the sides’ first league meeting of the season.
Sunday’s encounter is the first of back-to-back Blantyre derby weekends, with the rivalry continuing when the men’s teams meet a week later.
Maggie Chombo’s side head into the contest following Saturday’s 6-1 victory over Rumphi Sisters at the same venue, our biggest league win of the campaign.
Captain Mary Chavinda led that performance with a hat-trick, while Vanessa Issa scored twice and Lyna James also found the net as the Maule Ladies returned to winning ways.
The result kept Bullets third on 15 points from seven matches, level with second-placed Ascent Soccer Academy and three behind leaders Silver Strikers Ladies.
We have won five of our opening seven matches, scoring 15 goals and conceding five.
Wanderers Queens arrive seventh in the standings on seven points. The Nomads have recorded two wins, one draw and four defeats, scoring 12 goals and conceding 21.
Recent derby meetings have been decided by fine margins.
Bullets won both encounters in the inaugural NBM Women’s Premiership campaign last term, with a single goal separating the sides on each occasion at Mpira Stadium.
Ioulia Yiannakis settled the first with a late free kick before Triza Chiwere struck the winner in the reverse fixture to complete the league double.
The most recent meeting went the Nomads’ way, however, as they edged Bullets 2-1 in the Mayor’s Bonanza third-place playoff.
Sunday brings the Blantyre women’s derby back to league competition, with Bullets looking to carry their attacking form against Rumphi into the contest and secure a third successive Premiership victory over our city rivals.
Three points would also ensure we gain ground on at least one of the leading pair, with Ascent hosting Silver Strikers Ladies in Lilongwe the same afternoon.
