Enugu Rangers welcome Sunshine Stars for another interesting Npfl fixture here.
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.
Enugu Rangers form and stats
Nice going but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Enugu Rangers's home games so far this young season, having collected 9 from their 3 home matches. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Enugu Rangers, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.The Enugu Rangers crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to CS Sfaxien here in a CAF Confederations Cup match. Before that, Enugu Rangers played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Salitas.
Enugu Rangers has scored 4 goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Enugu Rangers have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Sunshine Stars form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Sunshine Stars seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?There were no winners in Sunshine Stars's previous match, a Npfl home game that ended 0-0 vs Enyimba (placed 0th). Prior to that match, the Sunshine Stars manager G. Ogunbote faced defeat in their match when travelling to MFM and losing 0-2.
Goals are few and far between in Sunshine Stars's away games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. The visitors have scored 2 goals from 4 away games, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far). Sunshine Stars have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Enugu Rangers victories, 3 draws and 3 Sunshine Stars wins.Top Goalscorers
Enugu Rangers missing players
Sunshine Stars missing players
| Enugu Rangers | Sunshine Stars | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 4 | 3 | Played | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 89% |
| 25% | 33% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 67% |
| 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 20% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 33% | Both teams to score | 60% | 44% |
| 50% | 67% | Clean Sheet | 40% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | Failed To Score | 20% | 33% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | MFM | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Enyimba | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Sunshine Stars | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Rivers United | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 5 | Katsina United | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Wikki Tourist | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Kwara United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Lobi Stars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Remo Stars | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Enugu Rangers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Bendel Insurance | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Niger Tornadoes | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |
