FC Luanda vs Desportivo Huila

LUANDA (Interstat) — FC Luanda will host Desportivo Huila on Saturday in an Angola Girabola match. Desportivo Huila enters with a 2-0-1 record across all competitions this season. FC Luanda enters at 0-3-0. FC Luanda has not drawn this season. Desportivo Huila has not lost this season. The match will be played in Luanda, where FC Luanda will seek its first win of the campaign.

Desportivo Huila most recently played to a 0-0 draw against Sao Salvador. Earlier this season, Desportivo Huila earned a 1-0 home win over Lobito and a 2-1 road win at Caala. Those results have helped Desportivo Huila remain unbeaten across all competitions. Desportivo Huila has scored three goals and conceded one in three matches. The visitors have one draw and two wins.

FC Luanda most recently lost 2-1 at home to C.R.D. Libolo. FC Luanda also dropped a 2-0 road result at Wiliete and a 3-2 road match earlier this season. The home side has yet to record a win or a draw across all competitions, and it has conceded in each of its three matches. FC Luanda has scored three goals and allowed seven in three matches. The home side has lost all three of its games.

Girabola play continues for both clubs after Saturday. Desportivo Huila is set to face C.R.D. Libolo at home, visit Interclube, host Kabuscorp and travel to CD Lunda Sul in upcoming league matches. Desportivo Huila also is scheduled to visit GD Sagrada Esperanca, host FC Onze Bravos do Maquis, visit Petro Luanda and visit 1o de Maio. FC Luanda is scheduled to visit Lobito after the Desportivo Huila match, then travel to 1o de Maio, host Sao Salvador and visit Kabuscorp. FC Luanda later is set to host CD Lunda Sul, visit GD Sagrada Esperanca, host FC Onze Bravos do Maquis, host Petro Luanda and visit Caala. The clubs also are scheduled to meet again later in the season. Both teams remain in the early portion of the Girabola schedule.

FC Luanda’s defense has allowed multiple goals in each of its three losses. Desportivo Huila has scored in two of its three matches and kept a clean sheet in its most recent outing. FC Luanda has played its first three matches without a win. Desportivo Huila has avoided defeat in each of its three matches. The matchup will be the first between the teams this season.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Desportivo Huila 2, FC Luanda 1. Interstat’s ELO system projects Desportivo Huila with a 62 percent probability to win.