The Abia Warriors manager attacks this game with the team placed 8th so far. In the visitors dressing room MFM are in 4th place before this match.
MFM could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Npfl game only four sleeps ago.
This stadium uses grass, unlike MFM's home stadium. The visitors last 20 games on grass have ended in 2 wins, 2 draws and 16 losses.
Abia Warriors form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Abia Warriors's two home games in the Npfl so far this season, having collected 4 points.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Sunshine Stars in the Npfl last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Abia Warriors played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Akwa United.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Abia Warriors at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
MFM form and stats
MFM, who have the most points (6) away in Npfl, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Npfl. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but MFM are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
MFM's last game was the home draw against Warri Wolves (1-1). Prior to that result MFM won their away game at Enugu Rangers. The scoreline was 1-0.
It's early days yet, but MFM has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Abia Warriors 5 wins, 1 draw and MFM 0 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Abia Warriors missing players
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| Abia Warriors | MFM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 11 | 11.5 | 6.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 44% |
| Abia Warriors | Last season | MFM | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 8 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 15 | 20 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 50% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 55% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 27% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 36% | ||
| 41% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 32% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 94 | 64 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 126 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 47 | ||
| 31% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plateau United | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Lobi Stars | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Wikki Tourist | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | MFM | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Ifeanyi Uba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Warri Wolves | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Abia Warriors | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Rivers United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Katsina United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Enugu Rangers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Delta Force | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Akwa United | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Akwa Starlets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Heartland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Kano Pillars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 38 |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Ifeanyi Uba | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 36 |
| 4 | Nasarawa United | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Abia Warriors | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 6 | Heartland | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Delta Force | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 31 |
| 8 | Plateau United | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Gombe United | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | El Kanemi Warriors | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 11 | Go Round | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -7 | 27 |
| 12 | Yobe Stars | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 17 | -13 | 15 |