After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Akwa United and Nasarawa United in this fresh Npfl season. Read our match preview!
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 Akwa United and Nasarawa United.
Akwa United form and stats
Akwa United have less points than they have played home games in the Npfl so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Akwa United drew their last game, also a home match. Katsina United (placed 11th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Enyimba.
Early season league goal statistics from Akwa United's 2 home games: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Nasarawa United form and stats
It's not happening yet for Nasarawa United on their Npfl travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? Nasarawa United has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Nasarawa United delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Plateau United (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Npfl game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Katsina United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Nasarawa United have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Akwa United wins - draws - Nasarawa United wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.Akwa United missing players
Nasarawa United missing players
| Akwa United | Nasarawa United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 10.5 | 17 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| Akwa United | Last season | Nasarawa United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 74% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 59% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 55% | ||
| 26% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 23% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 55% | ||
| 37% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 27% | ||
| 19% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 4 | 5.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 175 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 87 | ||
| 77 | 62 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 28 | ||
| 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 86% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Lobi Stars | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Wikki Tourist | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | MFM | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Ifeanyi Uba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Warri Wolves | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Abia Warriors | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Rivers United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Katsina United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Enugu Rangers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Delta Force | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Akwa United | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Akwa Starlets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Heartland | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Kano Pillars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| Last season | 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Akwa United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Ifeanyi Uba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 0 |