Akwa Starlets manager looking for three points in Kwara United showdown

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Thu 01.July
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akwa Ibom Stadium (30000 seats)

High flying Kwara United arrive at Akwa Starlets after their 1-0-result versus Sunshine Stars. Check out our full preview!

Insights:
  • Akwa Starlets have the most points from losing position (12) in Npfl
  • Kwara United have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Npfl

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 Kwara United.

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Akwa Starlets form and stats

29 points is a decent return from 14 Npfl games here at Akwa Ibom Stadium for Akwa Starlets. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Starlets enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Abia Warriors's place. The match ended 1-0.

Before that, Akwa Starlets drew at home versus Enugu Rangers.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Starlets have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost zero.

Akwa Starlets are traveling soon after this match as the Npfl match at Wikki Tourist awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Starlets in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Akwa Starlets have conceded 15 goals.

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Kwara United form and stats

There's been little loot from Kwara United's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Npfl. Kwara United only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Kwara, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Sunshine Stars in their previous game.

A 0-2 defeat away at Lobi Stars before that.

We have checked recent matches where Kwara United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were zero victories, zero draws and one defeat.

After this away game Kwara United return home for a Npfl game against Enugu Rangers. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kwara United as they have only managed to score 10 times from 13 away games in the league. Kwara have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kwara United - Starlets 3-0. Akwa Starlets-Kwara United H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Starlets zero wins, Kwara United one win, two draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Kwara United missing players

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Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 4 13 28
12 9 2 Won W 1 3 14
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
13 3 1 Lost L 2 7 7
28 22 7 Scored S 2 10 36
36 15 6 Conceded C 3 17 21
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 89%
66% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 71%
41% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 46% 36%
7% 14% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
7% 14% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
41% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 36%
24% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 23% 50%
38% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 75% 46% 25%
 
3.5 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 6
4.7 3.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.9 4.2
1.8 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
9.1 13.1 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.4 8.7
2.8 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 3.5
31% 39% 78% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 37%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Akwa Starlets have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Akwa Starlets have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kwara United have scored away.
  • Akwa Starlets have the fewest clean sheets (3) at home in Npfl
  • Akwa Starlets have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Npfl
  • Akwa Starlets have the most points from losing position (12) in Npfl
  • Akwa Starlets have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Akwa Starlets haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kwara United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kwara United have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Npfl
  • Kwara United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 29 14 11 4 36 17 14 11 3 0 24 5 15 3 8 4 12 12 19 53
2 Nasarawa United 29 16 4 9 39 27 15 13 1 1 32 12 14 3 3 8 7 15 12 52
3 Kano Pillars 29 15 7 7 30 22 15 13 2 0 19 3 14 2 5 7 11 19 8 52
4 Kwara United 28 14 7 7 36 21 15 11 4 0 26 4 13 3 3 7 10 17 15 49
5 Enyimba 28 14 7 7 28 24 13 9 4 0 17 8 15 5 3 7 11 16 4 49
6 Rivers United 29 14 6 9 33 26 14 12 2 0 22 2 15 2 4 9 11 24 7 48
7 Enugu Rangers 29 13 7 9 32 21 14 11 2 1 23 4 15 2 5 8 9 17 11 46
8 Plateau United 29 12 7 10 35 23 15 11 3 1 29 8 14 1 4 9 6 15 12 43
9 Lobi Stars 29 13 4 12 31 28 14 12 2 0 25 7 15 1 2 12 6 21 3 43
10 Heartland 29 11 8 10 37 37 15 9 5 1 25 12 14 2 3 9 12 25 0 41
11 Akwa Starlets 29 12 4 13 28 36 14 9 2 3 22 15 15 3 2 10 6 21 -8 40
12 MFM 29 10 9 10 22 22 14 8 4 2 14 7 15 2 5 8 8 15 0 39
13 Abia Warriors 29 8 11 10 35 31 15 8 3 4 23 12 14 0 8 6 12 19 4 35
14 Katsina United 29 10 4 15 27 37 15 10 4 1 24 9 14 0 0 14 3 28 -10 34
15 Wikki Tourist 29 8 9 12 29 36 15 8 4 3 22 14 14 0 5 9 7 22 -7 33
16 Jigawa Golden Stars 29 8 9 12 20 33 14 7 6 1 12 6 15 1 3 11 8 27 -13 33
17 Ifeanyi Uba 29 6 10 13 25 36 14 6 5 3 13 10 15 0 5 10 12 26 -11 28
18 Sunshine Stars 29 6 9 14 20 32 14 5 7 2 12 8 15 1 2 12 8 24 -12 27
19 Warri Wolves 29 7 6 16 22 37 15 7 4 4 15 10 14 0 2 12 7 27 -15 27
20 Adamawa United 29 5 7 17 17 36 15 5 6 4 15 12 14 0 1 13 2 24 -19 22

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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.