This is shaping up to be quite the appealing meeting at Akwa Ibom Stadium in the Npfl. Akwa United is in 8th place and receive Katsina United in 12th position. Read all about the game here!
- Akwa United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Katsina United have lost all their away matches so far.
Akwa's stadium, Akwa Ibom Stadium, has a grass surface. Katsina United have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Katsina United when playing on grass; 1 win, 4 draws and 26 losses from 31 matches. They have scored 7 goals in these games and conceded 54.
It's quite the trip for Katsina United when visiting Akwa United as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Akwa United and Katsina United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Akwa United form and stats
As mentioned below, Akwa United are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Npfl games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Akwa United after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 191 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ubong was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Akwa United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Npfl game against Lobi Stars (placed 6th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Nasarawa United.There will be little rest for Akwa United after this match as they are travelling to Enyimba for a Npfl game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Akwa United's 2 home games: 4 goals, 0 conceded.
Katsina United form and stats
No Npfl points yet away for Katsina United, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Katsina United have lost on their last two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Katsina's previous game versus Gombe United (placed 15th), a Npfl 2-1 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Gombe United, was very satisfying as Giraud-Hutchinson scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Shooting Stars's place.A new game in only four days for Katsina United, the Npfl home match versus Lobi Stars. Busy days.
0 goals so far away for Katsina United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Akwa United victories, two draws and two Katsina United wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Akwa United missing players
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| Akwa United | Katsina United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 6 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 42% | 80% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
- Akwa United have created more than twice as many corners as Katsina United.
- Akwa United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Akwa United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Akwa United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Akwa United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Katsina United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- 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.
| Akwa United | Last season | Katsina United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 16 | Won | W | 1 | 14 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 16 | 17 | ||
| 53 | 38 | Scored | S | 4 | 35 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 32 | 42 | ||
| 82% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 87% | ||
| 63% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 58% | ||
| 42% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 37% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 3% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 45% | 37% | BTTS | BTTS | 16% | 29% | ||
| 50% | 63% | Clean Sheets | C S | 16% | 37% | ||
| 24% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 79% | 47% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 40% | ||
| 7.5 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Remo Stars | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Kwara United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Nasarawa United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Akwa United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Heartland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Wikki Tourist | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Plateau United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Katsina United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | MFM | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Gombe United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Abia Warriors | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Shooting Stars | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Akwa Starlets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Niger Tornadoes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | Kano Pillars | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
