Npfl match preview and stats: Enugu Rangers fight Enyimba

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium (30000 seats)

It's only round two of the Npfl for these participants. and it's all to play for here at Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium as Enugu Rangers receive Enyimba. Check out this preview!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Enyimba have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-4-6 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Enugu Rangers form and stats

In the previous season, Enugu Rangers's league results were 18 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, ending with 7th spot in the Npfl. From these 38 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 31. Appearing as the home team in the last season Enugu Rangers managed 16-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 6 conceded.

It's back home for Enugu, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Katsina United away with the result 2-1.

Before that, Enugu Rangers had a home game versus Plateau United which ended with a victory 2-0.

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Enyimba form and stats

Let's have a look at how Enyimba performed last season in the Npfl: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 12 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 16/20 goals scored/conceded.

Enyimba are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Npfl against Abia Warriors (placed 7th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Al-Ittihad.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Enugu Rangers four wins, three draws and Enyimba three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Enugu Rangers missing players

Enyimba missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Enugu Rangers Enyimba
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 3
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 200%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 1
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Enugu Rangers Last season Enyimba
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 16   Won W   6 18
8 2   Drew D   5 12
12 1   Lost L   8 8
43 32   Scored S   16 41
31 6   Conceded C   20 33
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
63% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 61%
32% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
5% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 8%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
37% 26%   BTTS BTTS   47% 55%
45% 68%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 29%
26% 11%   Failed to Score F T   42% 26%
 
4.2 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.1 4.1
4.2 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.1
4 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
6.8 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 8.3
2.4 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.2
45% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%
 
7.7 5.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 8.9
2.7 1.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akwa United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kwara United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Remo Stars 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Niger Tornadoes 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Heartland 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Nasarawa United 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Abia Warriors 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Enugu Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Enyimba 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Gombe United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Katsina United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lobi Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rivers United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Shooting Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Sunshine Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wikki Tourist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Plateau United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 MFM 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Akwa Starlets 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Kano Pillars 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Akwa United 38 19 14 5 53 24 19 16 3 0 38 8 19 3 11 5 15 16 29 71
2 Enyimba 38 18 12 8 41 33 19 12 7 0 25 13 19 6 5 8 16 20 8 66
3 Kwara United 38 19 8 11 48 28 19 15 4 0 35 5 19 4 4 11 13 23 20 65
4 Nasarawa United 38 20 5 13 55 38 19 17 1 1 43 13 19 3 4 12 12 25 17 65
5 Kano Pillars 38 19 7 12 38 29 19 17 2 0 26 3 19 2 5 12 12 26 9 64
6 Rivers United 38 18 9 11 48 36 19 16 3 0 33 6 19 2 6 11 15 30 12 63
7 Enugu Rangers 38 18 8 12 43 31 19 16 2 1 32 6 19 2 6 11 11 25 12 62
8 Lobi Stars 38 17 7 14 43 39 19 16 3 0 35 11 19 1 4 14 8 28 4 58
9 Plateau United 38 14 9 15 45 35 19 13 5 1 35 8 19 1 4 14 10 27 10 51
10 MFM 38 13 12 13 34 35 19 11 6 2 23 11 19 2 6 11 11 24 -1 51
11 Akwa Starlets 38 15 5 18 37 47 19 12 3 4 30 18 19 3 2 14 7 29 -10 50
12 Katsina United 38 14 7 17 35 42 19 13 5 1 31 10 19 1 2 16 4 32 -7 49
13 Heartland 38 13 9 16 43 50 19 11 6 2 28 14 19 2 3 14 15 36 -7 48
14 Abia Warriors 38 12 11 15 48 42 19 12 3 4 35 16 19 0 8 11 13 26 6 47
15 Wikki Tourist 38 12 9 17 40 47 19 12 4 3 31 17 19 0 5 14 9 30 -7 45
16 Sunshine Stars 38 11 12 15 28 39 19 9 8 2 18 10 19 2 4 13 10 29 -11 45
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 38 11 10 17 29 46 19 10 7 2 19 9 19 1 3 15 10 37 -17 43
18 Warri Wolves 38 11 8 19 30 45 19 11 4 4 20 10 19 0 4 15 10 35 -15 41
19 Ifeanyi Uba 38 9 12 17 33 50 19 9 7 3 21 12 19 0 5 14 12 38 -17 39
20 Adamawa United 38 5 10 23 20 55 19 5 9 5 17 16 19 0 1 18 3 39 -35 25

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 Akwa United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kwara United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Remo Stars 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Niger Tornadoes 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Heartland 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Nasarawa United 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Abia Warriors 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Enugu Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Enyimba 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Gombe United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Katsina United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lobi Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rivers United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Shooting Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Sunshine Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wikki Tourist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Plateau United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 MFM 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Akwa Starlets 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Kano Pillars 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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.