Adamawa United vs Heartland match preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 11.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pantami Township Stadium (15000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Pantami Township Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Adamawa United languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Heartland will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Adamawa United have the fewest scored goals (8) in Npfl
  • Heartland have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Npfl

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Adamawa United form and stats

Adamawa United, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Npfl, have collected 11 points from their Npfl home games so far after 2-5-2. Adamawa have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Before that, Adamawa United drew at home versus Wikki Tourist.

There will be little rest for Adamawa after this match as they are travelling to Kano Pillars for a Npfl game in only three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Adamawa here at Pantami Township Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). From these home matches, Adamawa have conceded only 6 goals.

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Heartland form and stats

There's been little loot from Heartland's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Npfl. Heartland only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Kano Pillars wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

A new game in only three days for Heartland, the Npfl home match versus Katsina United. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heartland as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. Heartland struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Heartland - Adamawa 2-1, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Adamawa victory, zero draws and two Heartland wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Adamawa United missing players

Heartland missing players

Adamawa United Heartland
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 4 9 19
2 2 2 Won W 1 1 7
6 5 2 Drew D 1 2 5
11 2 0 Lost L 2 6 7
8 7 4 Scored S 6 8 25
24 6 1 Conceded C 7 17 26
84% 78% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
53% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 95%
21% 11% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 58%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 5%
26% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 68%
26% 44% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
63% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 0.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
6.1 7.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 4.6 8.4
2.2 4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 1.8 3.1
16% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 43% 40%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Adamawa United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Adamawa United have the fewest points (11) at home in Npfl
  • Adamawa United have the fewest scored goals (8) in Npfl
  • Adamawa United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Npfl
  • Adamawa United have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Npfl
  • Adamawa United have the the worst goal difference (1) at home in Npfl
  • Heartland have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Heartland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Heartland have scored more than double the goals of Adamawa United.
  • Heartland have the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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 Kwara United 19 10 6 3 25 12 10 7 3 0 18 3 9 3 3 3 7 9 13 36
2 Kano Pillars 19 11 3 5 23 16 10 9 1 0 14 2 9 2 2 5 9 14 7 36
3 Akwa United 18 9 6 3 22 10 9 7 2 0 15 2 9 2 4 3 7 8 12 33
4 Enugu Rangers 18 9 3 6 19 14 9 8 1 0 13 1 9 1 2 6 6 13 5 30
5 Enyimba 15 9 3 3 15 10 7 6 1 0 9 3 8 3 2 3 6 7 5 30
6 Nasarawa United 19 9 3 7 23 19 9 7 1 1 19 8 10 2 2 6 4 11 4 30
7 Rivers United 18 9 2 7 21 18 8 8 0 0 15 1 10 1 2 7 6 17 3 29
8 Akwa Starlets 19 9 2 8 22 26 10 8 1 1 19 10 9 1 1 7 3 16 -4 29
9 Lobi Stars 18 8 4 6 21 18 10 8 2 0 18 6 8 0 2 6 3 12 3 28
10 Abia Warriors 19 7 6 6 30 24 10 7 1 2 20 9 9 0 5 4 10 15 6 27
11 Heartland 19 7 5 7 25 26 10 6 3 1 17 9 9 1 2 6 8 17 -1 26
12 Plateau United 19 7 4 8 23 17 9 7 1 1 19 6 10 0 3 7 4 11 6 25
13 Wikki Tourist 19 6 6 7 16 15 10 6 3 1 13 5 9 0 3 6 3 10 1 24
14 Jigawa Golden Stars 18 6 4 8 13 19 8 5 2 1 6 2 10 1 2 7 7 17 -6 22
15 MFM 19 5 6 8 13 18 10 5 3 2 11 7 9 0 3 6 2 11 -5 21
16 Sunshine Stars 19 4 7 8 13 19 10 3 5 2 9 7 9 1 2 6 4 12 -6 19
17 Warri Wolves 19 5 4 10 14 22 9 5 3 1 11 4 10 0 1 9 3 18 -8 19
18 Katsina United 19 5 3 11 14 27 9 5 3 1 11 5 10 0 0 10 3 22 -13 18
19 Ifeanyi Uba 18 3 7 8 13 19 9 3 4 2 8 5 9 0 3 6 5 14 -6 16
20 Adamawa United 19 2 6 11 8 24 9 2 5 2 7 6 10 0 1 9 1 18 -16 12

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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.