Get ready for the first of two legs in this CAF Champions League clash between Rivers United and Watanga

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium (25000 seats)

It's game one of two in the CAF Champions League as Rivers United host Watanga. This is a 1st Preliminary Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

The visiting Watanga played their last game only four days ago, a LFA First Division match.

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Rivers United form and stats

Last season their CAF Champions League adventure ended in the 2nd preliminary round against Al Hilal Omdurman.

Home games in the Npfl have been a walk in the park for Rivers United so far, with 55 points won from 19 matches; 18 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Rivers's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Gombe United. The home side are looking to build on that result.

A Npfl defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Shooting Stars.

Rivers United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 16 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 14, drew 2 and lost 0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (41 in 19 games), Rivers United's attacking play is working. Rivers have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Watanga form and stats

There were no winners in Watanga's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs BEA Mountain.

Before that, Watanga secured a home win against Jubilee with the score 4-2.

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Rivers United missing players

Watanga missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rivers United Watanga
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   0 2
16 13   Won W   0 1
3 0   Drew D   0 1
6 0   Lost L   0 0
37 27   Scored S   0 5
17 3   Conceded C   0 3
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
56% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
36% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 50%
16% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 50%
16% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 50%
32% 23%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
56% 77%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
20% 0%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
3.8 4.3   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
2.4 1.6   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.5 0.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
6.2 7.6   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
2.7 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
70% 77%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
4.8 3.8   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
2.1 1.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rivers United 38 23 8 7 58 24 19 18 1 0 41 5 19 5 7 7 17 19 34 77
2 Plateau United 38 21 4 13 50 29 19 18 1 0 39 6 19 3 3 13 11 23 21 67
3 Remo Stars 38 18 8 12 43 26 19 15 2 2 31 7 19 3 6 10 12 19 17 62
4 Kwara United 38 17 7 14 43 45 19 16 3 0 32 7 19 1 4 14 11 38 -2 58
5 Enugu Rangers 38 15 11 12 41 30 19 12 5 2 29 10 19 3 6 10 12 20 11 56
6 Nasarawa United 38 15 8 15 42 48 19 14 5 0 27 10 19 1 3 15 15 38 -6 53
7 Enyimba 38 15 7 16 39 36 19 13 4 2 32 13 19 2 3 14 7 23 3 52
8 Gombe United 38 14 10 14 39 39 19 13 6 0 29 10 19 1 4 14 10 29 0 52
9 Akwa United 38 13 13 12 35 36 19 11 7 1 29 13 19 2 6 11 6 23 -1 52
10 Wikki Tourist 38 15 7 16 34 35 19 13 5 1 24 6 19 2 2 15 10 29 -1 52
11 Sunshine Stars 38 14 9 15 30 30 19 14 3 2 27 8 19 0 6 13 3 22 0 51
12 Abia Warriors 38 13 11 14 50 44 19 12 7 0 33 14 19 1 4 14 17 30 6 50
13 Niger Tornadoes 38 15 6 17 32 38 19 14 3 2 25 9 19 1 3 15 7 29 -6 49
14 Akwa Starlets 38 15 4 19 42 49 19 14 2 3 31 12 19 1 2 16 11 37 -7 49
15 Lobi Stars 38 14 7 17 36 48 19 13 4 2 27 15 19 1 3 15 9 33 -12 49
16 Shooting Stars 38 12 12 14 41 45 19 11 8 0 29 12 19 1 4 14 12 33 -4 48
17 Katsina United 38 15 3 20 34 42 19 15 2 2 29 11 19 0 1 18 5 31 -8 48
18 Heartland 38 13 8 17 32 48 19 13 4 2 21 10 19 0 4 15 11 38 -16 47
19 Kano Pillars 38 15 6 17 32 36 19 13 4 2 23 8 19 2 2 15 9 28 -4 45
20 MFM 38 9 9 20 26 51 19 9 3 7 18 17 19 0 6 13 8 34 -25 36
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 BEA Mountain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cece United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Freeport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Heaven Eleven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Invincible Eleven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jubilee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 LISCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 LPRC Oilers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mighty Barrolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Muscat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nimba Kwado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nimba United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sandi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Watanga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 BEA Mountain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cece United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Freeport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Heaven Eleven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Invincible Eleven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jubilee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 LISCR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 LPRC Oilers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mighty Barrolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Muscat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Nimba Kwado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nimba United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sandi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Watanga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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