It's time for episode two of the Watanga - Rivers United 1st Preliminary Round battle

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Competition: Africa CAF Champions League
Competition: Sun 18.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)

Get ready for the return leg of the CAF Champions League 1st Preliminary Round between Watanga and Rivers United. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

Both sides have had enough rest since their last game. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!

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Watanga form and stats

The club members hope that Watanga will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away defeat in the CAF Champions League fixture against Rivers United.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus BEA Mountain that ended 1-1.

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Rivers United form and stats

Rivers United's mission in CAF Champions League last season failed in the 2nd preliminary round against Al Hilal Omdurman.

The visitors are W5-D7-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Npfl.

The supporters enjoyed Rivers United's previous match versus Watanga, a CAF Champions League win (3-0) played at home.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Gombe United in the Npfl.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Rivers United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Rivers, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

The most recent past meeting between these squads is the Rivers United - Watanga 3-0 played not long ago this season.

Watanga missing players

Rivers United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watanga Rivers United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
3 2   Played P   12 25
1 1   Won W   3 16
1 1   Drew D   3 3
1 0   Lost L   6 6
5 5   Scored S   10 39
6 3   Conceded C   14 17
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 92%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 60%
67% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 40%
33% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 16%
33% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 16%
67% 100%   BTTS BTTS   42% 32%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 56%
33% 0%   Failed to Score F T   42% 20%
 
3 0   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4.2
10 0   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 2.5
2 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.5 0.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
4 0   Shots (avg) S (   4 6.4
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 3
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   50% 65%
 
9 0   Shots against (avg) S A   6.3 4.7
8 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 1.9

  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
  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

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 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

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