Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium: Enugu Rangers vs Lobi Stars Npfl preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium (30000 seats)

The Npfl league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Enugu Rangers and Lobi Stars are placed 4th and 3rd respectively.

Insights:
  • Enugu Rangers have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Lobi Stars has the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Npfl

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!

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Enugu Rangers form and stats

Perfect Npfl season at home so far for Enugu Rangers 2 wins from 2 appearances.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Ifeanyi Uba.

Enugu Rangers has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Lobi Stars form and stats

The Npfl season is young and Lobi Stars have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Sunshine Stars.

It's early days yet, but Lobi Stars has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Enugu, three draws and six wins for Lobi Stars. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Enugu Rangers missing players

Lobi Stars missing players

Enugu Rangers Lobi Stars
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 3 0 Scored S 0 2 8
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 8.8
3.7 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3.8
27% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 42%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Enugu Rangers have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Enugu Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lobi Stars has the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Npfl
  • Lobi Stars have yet to win a game away.
  • Lobi Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Enugu Rangers Last season Lobi Stars
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
24 12   Played P   12 25
10 8   Won W   3 12
7 1   Drew D   3 7
7 3   Lost L   6 6
25 14   Scored S   6 26
20 7   Conceded C   14 19
83% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 84%
54% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   42% 48%
33% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   25% 32%
12% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 16%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
46% 25%   BTTS BTTS   25% 28%
42% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 56%
29% 25%   Failed to Score F T   50% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1.3
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
4.8 4.6   Shots (avg) S (   4.7 6.7
1.9 1.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 2.3
59% 79%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 47%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rivers United 5 4 0 1 8 2 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 6 12
2 Nasarawa United 5 3 2 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 11
3 Lobi Stars 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 10
4 Enugu Rangers 5 3 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 10
5 Enyimba 4 3 0 1 4 3 3 3 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 9
6 Kano Pillars 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 8
7 Akwa Starlets 5 2 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 8
8 MFM 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 8
9 Plateau United 5 2 1 2 6 3 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 7
10 Jigawa Golden Stars 5 2 1 2 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 7
11 Sunshine Stars 5 2 1 2 4 4 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 7
12 Akwa United 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 6
13 Warri Wolves 5 2 0 3 5 6 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 -1 6
14 Katsina United 5 2 0 3 5 8 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 3 0 6 -3 6
15 Kwara United 4 1 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 5
16 Wikki Tourist 5 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 4 -1 5
17 Ifeanyi Uba 5 1 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
18 Heartland 5 1 0 4 6 11 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 3 3 9 -5 3
19 Adamawa United 5 0 2 3 1 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 6 -6 2
20 Abia Warriors 5 0 1 4 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -5 1

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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.