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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Thu 17.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Uyo Township Stadium (30000 seats)

Akwa Starlets hope to sell many tickets for this match despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 12 points and a 18th spot in the Npfl table. Visiting Gombe United own 11th place with 16 pts.

Insights:
  • Gombe United have yet to win a game away.

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 Starlets and Gombe United.

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Akwa Starlets form and stats

The story so far in the Npfl for Akwa Starlets at their home stadium (Uyo Township Stadium) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Akwa Starlets are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Shooting Stars.

Before that, Akwa Starlets had a home game versus Kano Pillars which ended with a victory 1-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Starlets's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won four matches, drawn three and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Akwa Starlets after this match as they are travelling to Akwa United for a Npfl game in only three days.

Akwa Starlets are not conceding a lot of goals here at Uyo Township Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 6 matches.

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Gombe United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gombe United so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose).

The fans enjoyed Gombe United's previous match versus Remo Stars (placed 3rd), a 1-0 win played at home.

Before that, Gombe travelled to Heartland and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Gombe United's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 6 matches. Gombe United have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Akwa Starlets missing players

Gombe United missing players

Akwa Starlets Gombe United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 6 12
3 3 1 Won W 0 0 4
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 1 1 Lost L 2 4 4
8 6 2 Scored S 2 3 11
16 3 2 Conceded C 5 9 9
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
58% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 58%
33% 17% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 17% 25%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 42%
 
3.4 3.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.4 5
4 3.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 6 4
1.1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 9.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6 8.3
1.9 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 4
38% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 18% 25%
 
9.5 9.7 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11 7.4
2.8 2.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3 2.1
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Gombe United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Gombe United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Gombe United have yet to win a game away.
  • Gombe United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 13 9 0 4 20 8 7 7 0 0 17 3 6 2 0 4 3 5 12 27
2 Rivers United 12 7 4 1 20 6 6 5 1 0 14 2 6 2 3 1 6 4 14 25
3 Remo Stars 13 6 5 2 12 5 7 4 2 1 7 2 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 23
4 Kwara United 13 6 3 4 13 10 7 6 1 0 10 1 6 0 2 4 3 9 3 21
5 Enugu Rangers 12 5 5 2 14 5 6 3 1 2 8 3 6 2 4 0 6 2 9 20
6 Akwa United 13 5 5 3 10 6 6 3 3 0 7 1 7 2 2 3 3 5 4 20
7 Enyimba 13 6 2 5 10 10 6 4 1 1 7 4 7 2 1 4 3 6 0 20
8 Wikki Tourist 12 6 1 5 12 12 7 5 1 1 11 4 5 1 0 4 1 8 0 19
9 Shooting Stars 13 5 3 5 14 13 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 1 1 5 3 9 1 18
10 Nasarawa United 12 4 5 3 16 15 6 4 2 0 9 4 6 0 3 3 7 11 1 17
11 Gombe United 12 4 4 4 11 9 6 4 2 0 8 0 6 0 2 4 3 9 2 16
12 Niger Tornadoes 13 4 4 5 9 12 7 4 2 1 7 3 6 0 2 4 2 9 -3 16
13 Lobi Stars 12 4 4 4 9 13 6 4 2 0 8 4 6 0 2 4 1 9 -4 16
14 Sunshine Stars 12 3 5 4 11 7 5 3 1 1 8 1 7 0 4 3 3 6 4 14
15 Kano Pillars 13 4 2 7 6 12 6 3 2 1 4 1 7 1 0 6 2 11 -6 14
16 Abia Warriors 12 3 4 5 12 12 6 3 3 0 8 3 6 0 1 5 4 9 0 13
17 Katsina United 13 4 1 8 8 15 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 0 0 7 2 12 -7 13
18 Akwa Starlets 12 3 3 6 8 16 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 0 1 5 2 13 -8 12
19 MFM 13 3 1 9 6 20 7 3 1 3 5 7 6 0 0 6 1 13 -14 10
20 Heartland 12 2 3 7 7 22 6 2 2 2 6 8 6 0 1 5 1 14 -15 9

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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.