Another action-packed fixture in Npfl as Enugu Rangers welcome Akwa United

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 03.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium (30000 seats)

Akwa United have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Enugu Rangers. Prepare for the match with this Npfl preview!

Enugu Rangers have less rest than Akwa United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Npfl game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Rivers United, so at least Enugu Rangers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

It should be mentioned that Akwa United play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Akwa United on artifical turf are 2 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 7-14. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Enugu Rangers form and stats

Last season, Enugu Rangers's league statistics were 10 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Npfl. Over these 24 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 20. Playing at home last season Enugu Rangers managed 8-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 7 conceded.

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Akwa United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Akwa United performed last season in the Npfl: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 11 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 8/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Enugu Rangers, four draws and three wins for Akwa United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Enugu Rangers Akwa United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 1
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Enugu Rangers Last season Akwa United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
24 12   Played P   13 25
10 8   Won W   3 8
7 1   Drew D   5 11
7 3   Lost L   5 6
25 14   Scored S   8 23
20 7   Conceded C   14 22
83% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 76%
54% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 56%
33% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 32%
12% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
46% 25%   BTTS BTTS   38% 40%
42% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 44%
29% 25%   Failed to Score F T   46% 40%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.3
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
4.8 4.6   Shots (avg) S (   5.9 9.4
1.9 1.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 4
59% 79%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kwara United 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Katsina United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 MFM 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Nasarawa United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Enyimba 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ifeanyi Uba 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Jigawa Golden Stars 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Adamawa United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Kano Pillars 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Akwa Starlets 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Akwa United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Enugu Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Rivers United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Heartland 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Warri Wolves 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Wikki Tourist 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Abia Warriors 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Lobi Stars 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Sunshine Stars 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Plateau United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
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 Plateau United 25 14 7 4 36 15 13 11 2 0 29 6 12 3 5 4 7 9 21 49
2 Rivers United 25 13 6 6 28 15 13 10 3 0 19 5 12 3 3 6 9 10 13 45
3 Lobi Stars 25 12 7 6 26 19 13 9 4 0 20 5 12 3 3 6 6 14 7 43
4 Enugu Rangers 24 10 7 7 25 20 12 8 1 3 14 7 12 2 6 4 11 13 5 37
5 Enyimba 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 20 6 10 3 2 5 10 14 10 36
6 Akwa United 25 8 11 6 23 22 12 5 6 1 15 8 13 3 5 5 8 14 1 35
7 Kano Pillars 24 8 10 6 27 18 11 7 3 1 17 3 13 1 7 5 10 15 9 34
8 Akwa Starlets 26 8 10 8 26 26 13 7 2 4 16 12 13 1 8 4 10 14 0 34
9 Sunshine Stars 25 9 7 9 27 29 13 7 5 1 19 10 12 2 2 8 8 19 -2 34
10 Katsina United 24 9 7 8 18 25 12 8 4 0 15 6 12 1 3 8 3 19 -7 34
11 Warri Wolves 24 9 6 9 25 23 11 7 2 2 15 5 13 2 4 7 10 18 2 33
12 Ifeanyi Uba 25 10 3 12 25 28 12 10 2 0 17 3 13 0 1 12 8 25 -3 33
13 Heartland 25 9 5 11 21 21 12 7 3 2 15 6 13 2 2 9 6 15 0 32
14 MFM 25 8 7 10 19 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 12 2 1 9 4 13 0 31
15 Wikki Tourist 25 8 7 10 23 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 12 1 3 8 4 14 -1 31
16 Abia Warriors 25 8 6 11 23 28 12 8 3 1 18 10 13 0 3 10 5 18 -5 30
17 Nasarawa United 25 8 5 12 27 27 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 1 2 9 10 18 0 29
18 Jigawa Golden Stars 25 9 2 14 25 35 13 9 2 2 18 11 12 0 0 12 7 24 -10 29
19 Kwara United 25 8 4 13 23 33 12 6 3 3 14 8 13 2 1 10 9 25 -10 28
20 Adamawa United 25 6 2 17 17 47 13 6 2 5 13 13 12 0 0 12 4 34 -30 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kwara United 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Katsina United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 MFM 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Nasarawa United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Enyimba 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ifeanyi Uba 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Jigawa Golden Stars 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Adamawa United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Kano Pillars 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Akwa Starlets 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Akwa United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Enugu Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Rivers United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Heartland 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Warri Wolves 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Wikki Tourist 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Abia Warriors 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Lobi Stars 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Sunshine Stars 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Plateau United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.