Enugu Rangers - Jigawa Golden Stars. 6th place against 14th place. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!
- Enugu Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Jigawa Golden Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's no vacation for neither Enugu nor Jigawa Golden Stars as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Enugu Rangers form and stats
Enugu Rangers have been very solid at home in the Npfl so far, with 28 points collected from 11 matches (9-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 6th position in the table.
Stress levels are on the rise for Enugu Rangers's attacking players as they have now played 344 minutes without scoring in a league game. G. Aniefiok was their last goal scorer.
The home team returns to Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Akwa United (placed 1st) on their last time out; the Npfl game ended 0-0.
Ahead of that match, Enugu lost 0-1 at home to Rivers United.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Enugu as they are travelling to their away game against Ifeanyi Uba in the Npfl. That match is three days after this one.
Enugu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Defensively Enugu have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Jigawa Golden Stars form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Jigawa Golden Stars so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-7 (win-draw-lose).
Jigawa played 1-1 against Akwa Starlets in their previous match.
A 0-0 draw at Sunshine Stars's stadium before that.A new game in only four days for Jigawa, the Npfl home match versus Abia Warriors. Busy days.
The attacking power of Jigawa when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As for defending, Jigawa rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Jigawa Golden Stars - Enugu Rangers 0-1 earlier this season. Enugu Rangers-Jigawa Golden Stars H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Enugu two wins, Jigawa Golden Stars zero wins, zero draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Enugu Rangers missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 21 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| 90% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 82% |
| 52% | 45% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 55% |
| 24% | 18% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 9% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 36% |
| 52% | 82% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 36% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 64% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.7 | 8.6 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| 42% | 48% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 41% |
- Enugu Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Enugu Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jigawa Golden Stars have scored away.
- Jigawa Golden Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Jigawa Golden Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Akwa United | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Nasarawa United | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Rivers United | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Enugu Rangers | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Heartland | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 32 |
| 8 | Plateau United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 9 | Lobi Stars | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 10 | Enyimba | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | MFM | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Akwa Starlets | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -8 | 30 |
| 13 | Abia Warriors | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Katsina United | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 24 | -11 | 22 |
| 17 | Warri Wolves | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -10 | 21 |
| 18 | Sunshine Stars | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 13 |