Only a few games have been played in the Npfl so far, with Abia Warriors placed 20th and MFM sitting in the 8th position.
- Abia Warriors is in the worst form (0-1-4)
- MFM have yet to win a game away.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting MFM have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 2-2-18 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.
Abia Warriors form and stats
Abia Warriors have less points than they have played home games in the Npfl so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. The Warriors manager I. Amapakabo might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Ahead of that match, Warriors lost 1-3 at home to Jigawa Golden Stars.
Abia Warriors has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
MFM form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Npfl for MFM with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, MFM has managed 1 goal and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Warriors six wins, one draw and MFM one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Abia Warriors missing players
MFM missing players
| Abia Warriors | MFM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 11 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 13% | 11% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 56% |
- Abia Warriors has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Npfl
- Abia Warriors has the fewest points (0) at home in Npfl
- Abia Warriors has the most conceded goals (4) at home in Npfl
- Abia Warriors has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Npfl
- Abia Warriors has the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Npfl
- Abia Warriors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Abia Warriors have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Abia Warriors have lost all their home matches so far.
- Abia Warriors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Abia Warriors is in the worst form (0-1-4)
- MFM have yet to win a game away.
- MFM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Abia Warriors | Last season | MFM | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 18 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 52% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.9 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.9 | ||
| 37% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Nasarawa United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Kano Pillars | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Akwa Starlets | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | MFM | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Plateau United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Sunshine Stars | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Akwa United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Warri Wolves | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Katsina United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Kwara United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Wikki Tourist | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Ifeanyi Uba | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Heartland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Abia Warriors | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |