Read up on this appealing match in the Npfl. Abia Warriors is in the 4th position after participating in four matches. They host Niger Tornadoes who are placed 3rd after four fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Abia Warriors nor Niger Tornadoes as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Abia Warriors form and stats
Only two Npfl home games for Abia Warriors so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 183 minutes without scoring a league goal. Udezuka was the last player to find the net.
Warriors faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sunshine Stars (0-1).
Ahead of that match, Abia Warriors lost 0-1 at home to Lobi Stars.There will be little rest for Abia Warriors after this match as they are travelling to Akwa Starlets for a Npfl game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Abia Warriors's 2 home games: {3 goals}, 2 conceded.
Niger Tornadoes form and stats
Things could have gone better for Niger Tornadoes in their Npfl away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Tornadoes's last game was the home draw against Enugu Rangers (0-0).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rivers United wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lobi Stars in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Niger Tornadoes has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Niger Tornadoes have not lost in the last 5 games (2-3-0) against Abia Warriors.Abia Warriors missing players
Niger Tornadoes missing players
| Abia Warriors | Niger Tornadoes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Abia Warriors | Last season | Niger Tornadoes | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 12 | Won | W | 1 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 0 | Lost | L | 15 | 17 | ||
| 50 | 33 | Scored | S | 7 | 32 | ||
| 44 | 14 | Conceded | C | 29 | 38 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 79% | 84% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 53% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 32% | ||
| 13% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 5% | 5% | ||
| 5% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 66% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 32% | 34% | ||
| 21% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 26% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 68% | 42% | ||
| 4.8 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 35% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Lobi Stars | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Niger Tornadoes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Abia Warriors | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Doma United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Akwa Starlets | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Bayelsa United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Enugu Rangers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Wikki Tourist | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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 | 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 | Niger Tornadoes | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 29 | -6 | 51 |
| 13 | Abia Warriors | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 50 |
| 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 |
