Enugu Rangers vs Ifeanyi Uba Npfl preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Date: Wed 08.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 6 points and a 20th position in the Npfl table. Visiting Ifeanyi Uba holds 7th place with 17 pts.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Ifeanyi Uba play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Ifeanyi Uba when playing on artificial turf are 0 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats from eleven matches. They have scored 4 goals and conceded 24 times in these games.

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Enugu Rangers form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Enugu Rangers have to build on here in the Npfl.

In their previous game, the manager S. Yusuf led his Enugu Rangers to a defeat in the Npfl match away at Heartland. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. A 0-0 draw away in the CAF Confederations Cup before that, with Nouadhibou the opponent.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Enugu Rangers as they are travelling to their away game against Nasarawa United in the Npfl. That match is four days after this one.

Enugu Rangers has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 4 games. From these home matches, Enugu Rangers have conceded only 3 goals.

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Ifeanyi Uba form and stats

There's been little loot from Ifeanyi Uba's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 6 away games in the Npfl. Ifeanyi Uba only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Bitter travels for Ifeanyi Uba as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the MFM match.

Two away games in a row for Ifeanyi Uba, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Nasarawa United in the Npfl. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Heartland.

A new game in only four days for Ifeanyi Uba, the Npfl home match versus Warri Wolves. Busy days.

The attacking power of Ifeanyi Uba when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. For Ifeanyi Uba, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Enugu Rangers 3 wins, 1 draw and Ifeanyi Uba 3 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Enugu Rangers missing players

Ifeanyi Uba missing players

Enugu Rangers Ifeanyi Uba
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 2 6 12
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
5 2 1 Lost L 2 5 5
5 1 1 Scored S 3 5 11
10 3 1 Conceded C 5 13 13
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
56% 25% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 42%
22% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 17%
44% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 33%
22% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
44% 75% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
6 6 11 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 3.4 4.4
3.8 3.7 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5 4.3
1.2 0.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
36 18 7 Total Shots T S 10 22 57
10 3 2 Shots on Target S O 6 11 26
20% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 35%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Enugu Rangers has the fewest points (4) at home
  • Enugu Rangers has the fewest scored goals (1) at home
  • Enugu Rangers has the fewest scored goals (5)
  • Enugu Rangers has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
  • Enugu Rangers has the the worst goal difference (-2) at home
  • Enugu Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Enugu Rangers is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Ifeanyi Uba have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ifeanyi Uba have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ifeanyi Uba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ifeanyi Uba have scored more than double the goals of Enugu Rangers.
  • Ifeanyi Uba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ifeanyi Uba have yet to win a game away.
  • Ifeanyi Uba haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Plateau United 12 7 3 2 20 9 6 5 1 0 15 3 6 2 2 2 5 6 11 24
2 Lobi Stars 11 6 3 2 14 5 5 5 0 0 11 0 6 1 3 2 3 5 9 21
3 Rivers United 12 6 3 3 13 7 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 2 1 3 4 4 6 21
4 Akwa Starlets 12 5 5 2 15 9 6 4 0 2 9 5 6 1 5 0 6 4 6 20
5 Akwa United 12 5 4 3 12 10 6 3 3 0 8 2 6 2 1 3 4 8 2 19
6 Abia Warriors 12 4 5 3 11 8 6 4 2 0 10 3 6 0 3 3 1 5 3 17
7 Ifeanyi Uba 12 5 2 5 11 13 6 5 1 0 6 0 6 0 1 5 5 13 -2 17
8 MFM 11 4 4 3 10 7 5 2 3 0 7 2 6 2 1 3 3 5 3 16
9 Sunshine Stars 12 4 4 4 14 13 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 1 1 4 5 8 1 16
10 Wikki Tourist 11 4 4 3 11 10 6 3 3 0 9 5 5 1 1 3 2 5 1 16
11 Katsina United 12 4 4 4 9 13 6 4 2 0 8 3 6 0 2 4 1 10 -4 16
12 Kano Pillars 11 3 6 2 11 6 6 2 3 1 8 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 15
13 Enyimba 10 4 3 3 13 12 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 0 2 3 3 9 1 15
14 Heartland 12 4 3 5 8 11 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 1 1 4 2 7 -3 15
15 Warri Wolves 12 3 5 4 10 10 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 0 3 3 4 7 0 14
16 Delta Force 12 4 1 7 13 22 6 3 1 2 9 6 6 1 0 5 4 16 -9 13
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 11 3 1 7 11 17 6 3 1 2 6 5 5 0 0 5 5 12 -6 10
18 Nasarawa United 12 2 4 6 10 16 6 2 2 2 5 5 6 0 2 4 5 11 -6 10
19 Adamawa United 12 3 1 8 9 22 6 3 1 2 8 7 6 0 0 6 1 15 -13 10
20 Enugu Rangers 9 1 3 5 5 10 4 1 1 2 1 3 5 0 2 3 4 7 -5 6

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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.