COMPARISON: MABEDI VS PASUWA AS FLAMES COACH

Mabedi had 5 wins in 18 games, 8 defeats and 5 draws. The team scored 16 goals and shipped in 24 goals

Under Kalisto Pasuwa, Malawi have played 16 games, 6 wins, 6 defeats and 4 draws The team has scored 16 goals and conceded 12 goals.

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Of Mabedi’s 5 wins, three were against Zambia, Comoros and Seychelles at the COSAFA Cup where they scored six goals in five matches. He had two draws which he lost on penalties.

Mabedi was the head coach for the team in five AFCON qualifiers matches (one in 2023 AFCON qualifier and four in 2025 AFCON qualifiers). From those games, he recorded zero wins, he lost 4 and one draw. He was beaten by Senegal twice, Burkina Faso, and Burundi and played a 2-2 draw against Guinea.

Under Mabedi in AFCON, Malawi conceded 13 goals and scored 5 goals.

In WCQ, was in charge of four games, he had two wins and two defeats. He beat São Tomé and Liberia and lost to Tunisia and Equatorial Guinea. The team scored 4 goals and conceded three goals.

In other tournaments, Mabedi was in charge of two games [4Nation Tournament] and lost both of those games to Zambia and Kenya. The team conceded 6 goals and scored one goal.

Under Pasuwa, the team played three COSAFA games and they won zero games. They lost two games to Angola and Lesotho, they played a draw against Namibia. The team scored zero goals and conceded two goals.

In AFCON qualifiers, Flames played two games under Pasuwa, they won one and drew one. They played 0-0 draw against Burundi and they smashed Burkina Faso at Bingu Nation Stadium. They scored three goals and conceded zero goals.

In CHAN playoffs, Malawi played four games under Pasuwa, they won three times— two times against Comoros and one against South Africa. They lost one game against South Africa. The team scored five goals sand conceded two goals.

In World Cup Qualifiers, Malawi played six games under Pasuwa. They recorded three defeats to Namibia at home, Tunisia away and São Tomé away. They won one game, awarded one game and drawn one. They beat Namibia, got three points against Equatoriak Guinea and drew against Liberia at home.

The team conceded seven goals and scored four goals, they were awarded three free goals.

In other tournaments, Malawi played one game against Botswana on the independent day and the game ended in stalemate in regulation time after a 1-1 draw.

The statistics reveal contrasting trajectories under the two coaches. While both managers recorded 16 goals scored during their respective tenures, Pasuwa’s defensive organization proved superior, with his team conceding exactly half the goals Mabedi’s side did (12 versus 24).

Pasuwa demonstrates a better win rate (37.5% compared to Mabedi’s 27.8%) and, crucially, has shown the ability to compete in critical qualifiers. His AFCON qualifier record stands at 1 win and 1 draw with a clean sheet in both matches, contrasting sharply with Mabedi’s winless run of 0 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw in the same competition.