The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Akwa United are in the 9th position while the guesting Katsina United worry at 15th.
- Akwa United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Katsina United have lost all their away matches so far.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
0-3-19 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Katsina United when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 22 matches are 5-38 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Katsina United, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
Akwa United form and stats
Overall Npfl stats at home this season for Akwa United are 2-2-0 (wins-draw-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 191 minutes.
Ahead of that match, Akwa won a home game hosting Kano Pillars (1-0).
The Akwa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Defensively Akwa United have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Katsina United form and stats
The manager is not happy with the away performances in the Npfl so far, as all 4 matches have been lost. It's all red in the travel logs of Katsina, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
The supporters enjoyed Katsina United's previous game versus Rivers United (placed 2nd), a Npfl 2-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Enyimba wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Katsina's away games in the league this season with only 0 goals from 4 matches. In the opposite end, Katsina have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Akwa wins - draws - Katsina United wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Akwa United missing players
Katsina United missing players
| Akwa United | Katsina United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 62% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.5 | 11 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 29% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
- Akwa United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Akwa United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Katsina United have scored away.
- Katsina United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Katsina United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Katsina United have failed to score a single goal away.
- Katsina United have lost all their away matches so far.
- Katsina 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 | Enyimba | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Kano Pillars | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Nasarawa United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Sunshine Stars | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Lobi Stars | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Akwa United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Plateau United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Wikki Tourist | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Akwa Starlets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | MFM | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Katsina United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Ifeanyi Uba | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Heartland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Abia Warriors | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 2 |