Seven players ruled out of BT Derby for Bullets

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets are expected to face Mighty Mukuru Wanderers without the services of their six players who are still nursing injuries.

The Club’s Head Coach revealed the development when providing the team news on Thursday in Blantyre saying the six players are yet to recover from their respective injuries.

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“From our camp, we have some players who are not available for selection [against Wanderers.] Maxwell Phodo Gastin and Chikumbutso Salima are not available plus those other guys who are still sidelined,” he

Four players, Frank Willard, Alick Lungu, Clever Mkungula, and Stanley Billiayi were reported to have returned to the training but Pasuwa as revealed earlier last month, no decision will be made to rush them into the game until June.

Willard, Mkungula, and Lungu underwent successful surgeries in Zimbabwe and they are slowly recovering while Mike Mkwate is not ready to play games.

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets have options available in midfield though Willard is not available. Their season in 2023 would have been affected by Willard, and Ernest Petro’s injuries. However, the silver lining to those injuries was the playing time of Yankho Singo who was shifted from a deep-lying role to a defensive midfielder.

Patrick Mwaungulu shifted inside from the right/left flank to Number 10 while Chawangwa Gumbo played as a box-to-box player to compensate injuries, it worked, they had a successful season sweeping all the trophies. Yankho Singo was a mobile player, skilled in tackling and passing who was sitting at the base of the midfield.

The Derby comes as the two teams are battling for the points, sitting second and third with only goal difference sseparating them.