The first of two encounters in the CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round, as the hometeam Stade Mandji will try to edge Plateau United in their own ballpark.
Mandji's stadium, Stade de Franceville, has a grass surface. Plateau United have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Plateau United when playing on grass; 1 win, 4 draws and 15 losses from 20 matches. They have scored 10 goals in these games and conceded 26.
It's quite the trip for Plateau United when visiting Stade Mandji as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
Stade Mandji form and stats
A strong away win for Mandji against Bitam the last match.
A 1-1 draw away in the Champoinnat D1 before that, with Mangasport the opponent.Plateau United form and stats
They also participated in CAF Champions League last season. This ended in the preliminary round, when Simba drew the shortest straw.There's been little loot from Plateau United's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 19 away games in the Npfl. Plateau United only have 3 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 3 draws.
Plateau United had fun at their own home (Stade de Franceville) last time out, beating Enyimba 1-0.
It was a Npfl defeat before that one as the away game against Katsina United wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Plateau United as they have only managed to score 11 times from 19 away games in the league. Plateau have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stade Mandji missing players
Plateau United missing players
| Stade Mandji | Plateau United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 9 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 18 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 3.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 50% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 |