Struggling Enugu Rangers will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Akwa United in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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 Akwa United.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Akwa United's home stadium. The visitors last eleven games on artifical turf have ended in 1 win, 5 draws and 5 losses.
Enugu Rangers form and stats
Enugu Rangers have collected 10 points from their Npfl home games so far after 3-1-2. Two home wins in a row for Enugu Rangers bring valid hopes of a third.
Enugu Rangers manager S. Yusuf and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Akwa United (placed 6th) in the Npfl. Preceding that game was the away draw at Lobi Stars that finished 1-1.
Enugu Rangers has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Enugu Rangers have conceded only 5 goals.
Akwa United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Akwa United so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Akwa United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 216 minutes. 255 minutes! That's how long the Akwa United goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Akwa United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Enugu Rangers (placed 18th) in their previous match; a Npfl game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Ifeanyi Uba.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Akwa United's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Akwa United in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Akwa United - Enugu Rangers 0-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Enugu Rangers victories, five draws and two Akwa United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Enugu Rangers missing players
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| Enugu Rangers | Akwa United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 86% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 64% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 22% | 26% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 16% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 22% | 26% |
| 21% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 36% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 56% | 47% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.4 | 8.1 |
| 5.2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 1.6 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 27 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 44 | 146 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 15 | 58 |
| 44% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 7% | 22% |
- Akwa United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Akwa United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Akwa United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Enugu Rangers has the fewest points (10) at home
- Enugu Rangers has the fewest scored goals (7) 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 | Lobi Stars | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Rivers United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Sunshine Stars | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Akwa Starlets | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Katsina United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | MFM | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Heartland | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Abia Warriors | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Delta Force | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Ifeanyi Uba | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Kwara United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Wikki Tourist | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Enyimba | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 17 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Enugu Rangers | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 16 |