The visiting Akwa United side should be favourites in this visit to Enugu Rangers, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Akwa United play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Akwa United when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 5 draws and 5 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 14 times in these games.
Enugu Rangers form and stats
When playing at home in the Npfl, Enugu Rangers have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games. Two home wins in a row for Enugu Rangers bring valid hopes of a third.
Enugu Rangers travelled for their previous game, a trip to Akwa United that ended 0-0. 1-1 away at Lobi Stars before that.
Enugu Rangers has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Enugu Rangers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Akwa United form and stats
Akwa United have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Npfl, after 2-3-4 (9 played).
E. Ndifreke was the last player to score for the away team. Akwa United haven't scored a league goal in the last 216 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Akwa United goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 255 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
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.
Akwa United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 9 away games. As opposed to that, Akwa United have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Akwa United - Enugu Rangers 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Enugu Rangers won three, Akwa United won two and five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, 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 |