Akwa United vs Wikki Tourist: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Date: Wed 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Akwa United perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Wikki Tourist can look both up and down from their 10th position.

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.

Wikki Tourist play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Wikki Tourist when playing on grass are 4 wins, 5 draws and 19 defeats from 28 matches. They have scored 12 goals and conceded 39 times in these games.

It's quite the trip for Wikki Tourist when visiting Akwa United as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Akwa United form and stats

Akwa United are steadily winning Npfl games and points here. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Akwa United has won four games in a row. The MFM match was the last time out without a victory. Akwa United are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Akwa United goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 326 minutes without conceding a goal in the Npfl.

Akwa United are returning here after visiting Jigawa Golden Stars in a Npfl game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Akwa United won a home game hosting Lobi Stars (1-0).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Akwa United as they are travelling to their away game against Plateau United in the Npfl. That match is four days after this one.

Akwa United has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively Akwa United have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wikki Tourist form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Npfl. Wikki Tourist has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Wikki Tourist delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Katsina United (placed 11th) in their previous match; a Npfl game. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Abia Warriors.

After this away game Wikki Tourist return home for a Npfl game against Sunshine Stars. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Wikki Tourist are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. Wikki Tourist have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Akwa United-Wikki Tourist H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Akwa United 4 wins, Wikki Tourist 3 wins, 3 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Akwa United missing players

Wikki Tourist missing players

Akwa United Wikki Tourist
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 5 11
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 1 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
12 8 0 Scored S 1 2 11
10 2 0 Conceded C 2 5 10
83% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 64%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 27%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 20% 55%
50% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 27%
33% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 60% 27%
 
9.4 10.8 17 Corners For (avg) C F 0 2.5 3.4
3 2.4 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 7.2 6.4
1.2 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
88 63 16 Total Shots T S 3 24 37
42 32 6 Shots on Target S O 1 11 16
21% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 18% 19%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Akwa United has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
  • Akwa United have created more than twice as many corners as Wikki Tourist.
  • Akwa United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Akwa United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Akwa United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wikki Tourist have scored away.
  • Akwa United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Akwa United is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Wikki Tourist has the most points from losing position (5)
  • Wikki Tourist have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Wikki Tourist have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Wikki Tourist 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 Plateau United 12 7 3 2 20 9 6 5 1 0 15 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 11 24
2 Lobi Stars 11 6 3 2 14 5 5 5 0 0 11 0 6 1 3 2 3 5 9 21
3 Rivers United 12 6 3 3 13 7 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 2 1 3 4 4 6 21
4 Akwa Starlets 12 5 5 2 15 9 6 4 0 2 9 5 6 1 5 0 6 4 6 20
5 Akwa United 12 5 4 3 12 10 6 3 3 0 8 2 6 2 1 3 4 8 2 19
6 Abia Warriors 12 4 5 3 11 8 6 4 2 0 10 3 6 0 3 3 1 5 3 17
7 Ifeanyi Uba 12 5 2 5 11 13 6 5 1 0 6 0 6 0 1 5 5 13 -2 17
8 MFM 11 4 4 3 10 7 5 2 3 0 7 2 6 2 1 3 3 5 3 16
9 Sunshine Stars 12 4 4 4 14 13 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 1 1 4 5 8 1 16
10 Wikki Tourist 11 4 4 3 11 10 6 3 3 0 9 5 5 1 1 3 2 5 1 16
11 Katsina United 12 4 4 4 9 13 6 4 2 0 8 3 6 0 2 4 1 10 -4 16
12 Kano Pillars 11 3 6 2 11 6 6 2 3 1 8 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 15
13 Enyimba 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 0 2 3 3 9 1 15
14 Heartland 12 4 3 5 8 11 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 1 1 4 2 7 -3 15
15 Warri Wolves 12 3 5 4 10 10 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 0 3 3 4 7 0 14
16 Delta Force 12 4 1 7 13 22 6 3 1 2 9 6 6 1 0 5 4 16 -9 13
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 11 3 1 7 11 17 6 3 1 2 6 5 5 0 0 5 5 12 -6 10
18 Nasarawa United 12 2 4 6 10 16 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 0 2 4 5 11 -6 10
19 Adamawa United 12 3 1 8 9 22 6 3 1 2 8 7 6 0 0 6 1 15 -13 10
20 Enugu Rangers 9 1 3 5 5 10 4 1 1 2 1 3 5 0 2 3 4 7 -5 6

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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.