Enugu Rangers vs Abia Warriors: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Date: Sun 19.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Enugu Rangers hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 18th position in the Npfl table. Visiting Abia Warriors holds 8th place with 21 pts.

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 Enugu Rangers and Abia Warriors.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Abia Warriors's home stadium. The visitors last twelve games on artificial turf have ended in 1 win, 1 draw and 10 losses.

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Enugu Rangers form and stats

Overall Npfl stats at home this season for Enugu Rangers are 2-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Enugu Rangers, who won 2-1 against Warri Wolves (placed 15th). Before that, Enugu Rangers drew at home versus Nouadhibou.

Enugu Rangers aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. From these home matches, Enugu Rangers have conceded only 4 goals.

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Abia Warriors form and stats

Abia Warriors have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Npfl, after 0-3-4 (7 played). Abia Warriors has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Abia Warriors won their last game, 2-1 versus Ifeanyi Uba played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Heartland before that.

Abia Warriors are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 7 away games. It's not easy to score on Abia Warriors as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 3 - 4 - 0 (Enugu Rangers wins - draws - Abia Warriors wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Enugu Rangers missing players

Abia Warriors missing players

Enugu Rangers Abia Warriors
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 7 15
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 5
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 2 1 Lost L 1 4 4
10 4 3 Scored S 1 1 13
12 4 2 Conceded C 2 6 10
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 80%
64% 40% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 29% 53%
36% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
9% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 14% 33%
18% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 40%
36% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 86% 47%
 
7 7.5 11.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 4 4.9
4 4 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.8 4.2
1.3 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
44 26 15 Total Shots T S 14 34 112
15 8 7 Shots on Target S O 5 11 36
33% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 9% 31%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Abia Warriors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Abia Warriors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Abia Warriors have yet to win a game away.
  • Enugu Rangers has the fewest points (7) at home
  • Enugu Rangers has the fewest scored goals (4) at home
  • Enugu Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Abia Warriors have scored 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 Lobi Stars 14 8 3 3 17 7 6 6 0 0 12 0 8 2 3 3 5 7 10 27
2 Rivers United 15 8 3 4 17 10 8 6 2 0 12 4 7 2 1 4 5 6 7 27
3 Plateau United 15 7 4 4 21 12 7 5 2 0 15 3 8 2 2 4 6 9 9 25
4 Sunshine Stars 15 7 4 4 20 15 8 5 3 0 13 6 7 2 1 4 7 9 5 25
5 Akwa Starlets 14 6 5 3 17 11 7 5 0 2 11 6 7 1 5 1 6 5 6 23
6 Akwa United 15 6 5 4 13 12 8 4 3 1 9 4 7 2 2 3 4 8 1 23
7 MFM 14 6 4 4 13 9 7 4 3 0 10 3 7 2 1 4 3 6 4 22
8 Abia Warriors 15 5 6 4 13 10 8 5 3 0 12 4 7 0 3 4 1 6 3 21
9 Heartland 15 6 3 6 11 12 7 4 2 1 7 4 8 2 1 5 4 8 -1 21
10 Ifeanyi Uba 15 6 2 7 16 19 7 6 1 0 9 1 8 0 1 7 7 18 -3 20
11 Katsina United 15 5 5 5 11 16 8 5 3 0 10 4 7 0 2 5 1 12 -5 20
12 Delta Force 14 6 1 7 17 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 7 2 0 5 6 16 -5 19
13 Kano Pillars 13 3 8 2 12 7 6 2 3 1 8 3 7 1 5 1 4 4 5 17
14 Wikki Tourist 14 4 5 5 12 13 7 3 3 1 10 7 7 1 2 4 2 6 -1 17
15 Warri Wolves 15 4 5 6 13 15 8 4 2 2 8 5 7 0 3 4 5 10 -2 17
16 Enyimba 11 4 3 4 13 14 6 4 1 1 10 5 5 0 2 3 3 9 -1 15
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 14 4 1 9 15 23 7 4 1 2 9 7 7 0 0 7 6 16 -8 13
18 Enugu Rangers 11 3 3 5 10 12 5 2 1 2 4 4 6 1 2 3 6 8 -2 12
19 Adamawa United 15 3 2 10 11 26 8 3 2 3 8 8 7 0 0 7 3 18 -15 11
20 Nasarawa United 13 2 4 7 10 17 6 2 2 2 5 5 7 0 2 5 5 12 -7 10

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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.