Abia Warriors will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Akwa United.
- Abia Warriors have the most scored goals (31) in Npfl
- Akwa United have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Npfl
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Abia Warriors and Akwa United.
Abia Warriors form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Enyimba International Stadium as Abia Warriors, who have the most scored goals (31) in Npfl, have scored 20 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Npfl are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Warriors has won so many consecutive home games (seven in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Enyimba International Stadium. We remember; it was MFM.
Warriors drew their last game, 0-0 away at Rivers United (placed 5th).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Plateau United (1-2).The manager I. Amapakabo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Jigawa Golden Stars in only four days.
The Warriors manager I. Amapakabo has got the team scoring with 20 from 10 home games in the league. From these home matches, Abia Warriors have conceded only 9 goals.
Akwa United form and stats
As the visiting team in Npfl matches, Akwa United, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Npfl, have produced an overall stat of 3-5-3 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Akwa United as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.
Akwa have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 235 minutes since they last conceded in Npfl.
There were no winners in Akwa United's previous match, a Npfl home game that ended 0-0 vs Enugu Rangers (placed 6th).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Akwa Starlets at their stadium, the result 2-0.A new game in only three days for Akwa, the Npfl home match versus Kwara United. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Akwa as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Akwa United as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Akwa United - Warriors 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Abia Warriors victories, six draws and two Akwa United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Abia Warriors missing players
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| Abia Warriors | Akwa United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 26 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 59% |
| 52% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 36% |
| 33% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 19% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 41% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 55% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 12 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 8 | 10.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 39% | 43% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | 32% |
- Abia Warriors have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Abia Warriors have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Abia Warriors have the most scored goals (31) in Npfl
- Abia Warriors have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Npfl
- Akwa United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Akwa United have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Npfl
- Akwa United have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Npfl
- Akwa United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Npfl
- Akwa United have the most clean sheets (4) away in Npfl
- Akwa United have the most points (14) away in Npfl
- Akwa United have the the best goal difference (+1) away in Npfl
- Akwa United have the the best goal difference (+15) in Npfl
| 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 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Nasarawa United | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Rivers United | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Enugu Rangers | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Heartland | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 32 |
| 8 | Plateau United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 9 | Lobi Stars | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Enyimba | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | MFM | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Akwa Starlets | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Abia Warriors | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Katsina United | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 24 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Warri Wolves | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -10 | 21 |
| 18 | Sunshine Stars | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 13 |