Abia Warriors welcome Akwa Starlets as clear favourites: Read our football preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Enyimba International Stadium (25000 seats)

The lights are on for Npfl and Abia Warriors - Akwa Starlets. In this article you'll find stats, previous results, analysis, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • Abia Warriors have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Akwa Starlets have the most conceded goals (9) away in Npfl

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Abia Warriors form and stats

Abia Warriors have collected seven points from their first three Npfl games here at Enyimba International Stadium, a promising start.

Abia Warriors enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Remo Stars's place. The match ended 0-1. Abia Warriors shared the glory with Remo Stars in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-1. Abia Warriors faced defeat in their previous match, away at Remo Stars (0-1).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Heartland in a game that was won 1-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Heartland that ended 1-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Heartland that was lost 1-0.

Abia Warriors 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 eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew two and lost one.

Abia Warriors has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Warriors have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Akwa Starlets form and stats

It's not happening yet for Akwa Starlets on their Npfl travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on the Akwa Starlets manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Akwa Starlets are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Npfl.

Akwa Starlets's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wikki Tourist that finished 0-1. Starlets might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Wikki Tourist proved too strong as Akwa Starlets slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans. The club members enjoyed Akwa Starlets's previous match versus Wikki Tourist (placed 9th), a 0-1 win played at home.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Plateau United with the score of 0-5. Before that, Akwa Starlets travelled to Plateau United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-5. A 0-5 defeat away at Plateau United before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Akwa Starlets played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected seven times.

Goals are few and far between in Akwa Starlets's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. The Starlets defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings with these teams: Abia Warriors won zero, Akwa Starlets triumphed in two and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

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Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
6 3 1 Scored S 0 0 5
7 1 0 Conceded C 0 9 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
57% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 71%
29% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
29% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 57%
 
4.4 6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 2.7
3.6 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 3
1.4 2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.6 9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 7.7
2.8 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.5 2.2
36% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 38%
 
11.2 12.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.5 8.3
3.8 4.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 2.7
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Abia Warriors have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Abia Warriors have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Abia Warriors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Akwa Starlets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Akwa Starlets have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Akwa Starlets have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Akwa Starlets have the most conceded goals (9) away in Npfl
  • Akwa Starlets have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Npfl
  • Akwa Starlets have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Akwa Starlets haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Remo Stars 7 5 2 0 10 2 4 3 1 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 8 17
2 Rivers United 7 4 3 0 11 2 3 2 1 0 6 0 4 2 2 0 5 2 9 15
3 Enugu Rangers 7 4 2 1 12 3 3 2 0 1 6 1 4 2 2 0 6 2 9 14
4 Plateau United 7 4 0 3 12 5 4 4 0 0 12 2 3 0 0 3 0 3 7 12
5 Kwara United 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 3 1 0 6 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 11
6 Akwa United 6 3 1 2 7 4 3 3 0 0 6 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 10
7 Enyimba 6 3 1 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 10
8 Sunshine Stars 6 2 3 1 7 3 3 2 1 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 9
9 Wikki Tourist 6 3 0 3 6 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 9
10 Nasarawa United 7 2 3 2 11 10 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 6 8 1 9
11 Lobi Stars 7 2 3 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 1 5 -2 9
12 Abia Warriors 7 2 2 3 6 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 0 1 3 3 6 -1 8
13 Niger Tornadoes 7 2 2 3 4 7 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 6 -3 8
14 Katsina United 7 2 1 4 4 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 0 6 -5 7
15 Kano Pillars 7 2 1 4 3 8 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 0 8 -5 7
16 Akwa Starlets 7 2 1 4 5 12 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 0 0 3 0 9 -7 7
17 Heartland 7 2 1 4 5 13 4 2 1 1 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 -8 7
18 Gombe United 7 1 3 3 5 6 3 1 2 0 3 0 4 0 1 3 2 6 -1 6
19 Shooting Stars 7 1 3 3 5 8 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 1 5 -3 6
20 MFM 7 2 0 5 4 13 4 2 0 2 4 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 -9 6

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The Nigerian Professional Fotball League (NPFL) is the highest level of football in Nigeria. It has earlier been known as the Nigerian Premier League, Nigerian Premiership, Nigerian Professional League and other names. It currently holds two divisions each with twelve teams. The top three teams in each division qualify for a championship playoff.