Rivers United and Al Masry will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this CAF Confederations Cup Play-offs battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Rivers United form and stats
Rivers was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the CAF Confederations Cup.Rivers United have been outstanding at home so far in the Npfl with 16 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Rivers tasted defeat here at Enyimba International Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 38 home games in the league.
No payout for Rivers United in their previous match, an away game at Al Hilal Omdurman that ended in defeat 0-1.
In the match before that, Rivers United hosted Al Hilal Omdurman and drew the CAF Champions League game 1-1.A decent goal production from Rivers in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 19 league matches. Defensively Rivers have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (6 in 19 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Al Masry form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated URA in order to reach play-offs of CAF Confederations Cup. Masry's mission in CAF Confederations Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against RSB Berkane.Al Masry are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
It's the second away game in a row for Masry, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus El Gounah in the Premier League last time out.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Pyramids FC in the Premier League.The travelling fans enjoy Masry's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. Masry are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Rivers United missing players
Al Masry missing players
| Rivers United | Al Masry | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 35 | ||
| 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 44% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9.7 | ||
| 3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Akwa United | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 53 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 29 | 71 |
| 2 | Enyimba | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 66 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 65 |
| 4 | Nasarawa United | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 55 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 65 |
| 5 | Kano Pillars | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 64 |
| 6 | Rivers United | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 63 |
| 7 | Enugu Rangers | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 62 |
| 8 | Lobi Stars | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 58 |
| 9 | Plateau United | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 51 |
| 10 | MFM | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -1 | 51 |
| 11 | Akwa Starlets | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 29 | -10 | 50 |
| 12 | Katsina United | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 32 | -7 | 49 |
| 13 | Heartland | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 36 | -7 | 48 |
| 14 | Abia Warriors | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 47 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 30 | -7 | 45 |
| 16 | Sunshine Stars | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 29 | -11 | 45 |
| 17 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 37 | -17 | 43 |
| 18 | Warri Wolves | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 35 | -15 | 41 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 38 | -17 | 39 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 20 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 39 | -35 | 25 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Pyramids FC | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | National Bank of Egypt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Ghazl El Mehalla | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Pharco | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Al Ittihad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Al Masry | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Coca-Cola | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | ENPPI | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Smouha | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Misr Lel Makasa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Al Mokawloon | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | El Geish | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | El Gounah | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Ismaily | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | El Sharqia Dokhan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |