The visiting Kano Pillars side should be favourites in this visit to Akwa United, as the away team holds a 5 point advantage from their six league games this season.
- Akwa United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kano Pillars have yet to win a game away.
Kano Pillars could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Npfl game only three sleeps ago.
Kano Pillars play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Kano Pillars when playing on grass are 3 wins, 9 draws and 12 defeats from 24 matches. They have scored 14 goals and conceded 30 times in these games.
Kano Pillars have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Akwa United form and stats
Akwa United have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Npfl. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The fans are hoping that Akwa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Npfl game against Heartland (placed 17th). Before that, Akwa drew at home versus Wikki Tourist.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Akwa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost zero.
Akwa United are traveling soon after this match as the Npfl match at Adamawa United awaits in four days.
Akwa has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. From these home matches, Akwa have conceded only 2 goals.
Kano Pillars form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Npfl for Kano Pillars with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Rivers United in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Enyimba wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kano Pillars playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero Pillars wins, one draw and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Jigawa Golden Stars in just four days.
Pillars have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. 4 goals have been conceded by Pillars in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Akwa United won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Kano Pillars has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveAkwa United missing players
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| Akwa United | Kano Pillars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| 26% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 33% |
- Akwa United have not yet lost a game at home.
- All of Kano Pillars's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kano Pillars have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kano Pillars have yet to win a game away.
- Kano Pillars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nasarawa United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Lobi Stars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Plateau United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Kano Pillars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Enugu Rangers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Kwara United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Sunshine Stars | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | MFM | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Wikki Tourist | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Akwa Starlets | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Katsina United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Akwa United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Heartland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Ifeanyi Uba | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 19 | Abia Warriors | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 2 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 2 |