Enyimba fights Kano Pillars in Npfl battle

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Enyimba International Stadium (25000 seats)

The Npfl league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Enyimba and Kano Pillars are placed 10th and 3rd respectively.

Insights:
  • Kano Pillars has the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Npfl

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.

3 - 9 - 11 with 13-28. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Kano Pillars when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Kano Pillars play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Kano Pillars have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Enyimba form and stats

Perfect Npfl season at home so far for Enyimba 2 wins from 2 appearances. There’s a good atmosphere here at Enyimba International Stadium after three straight home wins.

Enyimba are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Heartland. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Wikki Tourist.

There will be little rest for Enyimba after this match as they are travelling to Kwara United for a Npfl game in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Enyimba's 2 home games: 2 goals, 0 conceded.

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Kano Pillars form and stats

Things could have gone better for Kano Pillars in their Npfl away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Visiting Pillars has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Pillars go into this game after a win, the home game against Plateau United that ended 1-0. A 1-1 draw at Nasarawa United's stadium before that.

Kano Pillars have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

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

Enyimba missing players

Kano Pillars missing players

Enyimba Kano Pillars
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 2 5
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
33% 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 0
2.5 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 14.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
1.5 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3.8
67% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 33%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Kano Pillars has the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Npfl
Enyimba Last season Kano Pillars
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
20 10   Played P   13 24
11 8   Won W   1 8
3 1   Drew D   7 10
6 1   Lost L   5 6
30 20   Scored S   10 27
20 6   Conceded C   15 18
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 79%
85% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 54%
40% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 25%
20% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 17%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
40% 40%   BTTS BTTS   54% 38%
35% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 46%
25% 10%   Failed to Score F T   46% 38%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.8 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 0.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
4.9 7.6   Shots (avg) S (   4.7 3.5
2.2 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.9 1.6
74% 53%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 82%

  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 4 3 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 9
2 Enugu Rangers 4 3 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9
3 Kano Pillars 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 8
4 Nasarawa United 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
5 Akwa Starlets 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
6 Lobi Stars 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 7
7 MFM 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
8 Jigawa Golden Stars 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
9 Warri Wolves 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 6
10 Enyimba 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
11 Katsina United 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 6
12 Akwa United 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
13 Plateau United 4 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
14 Kwara United 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
15 Sunshine Stars 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4
16 Wikki Tourist 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
17 Ifeanyi Uba 4 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
18 Heartland 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
19 Adamawa United 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 2
20 Abia Warriors 4 0 0 4 2 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -5 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 Plateau United 25 14 7 4 36 15 13 11 2 0 29 6 12 3 5 4 7 9 21 49
2 Rivers United 25 13 6 6 28 15 13 10 3 0 19 5 12 3 3 6 9 10 13 45
3 Lobi Stars 25 12 7 6 26 19 13 9 4 0 20 5 12 3 3 6 6 14 7 43
4 Enugu Rangers 24 10 7 7 25 20 12 8 1 3 14 7 12 2 6 4 11 13 5 37
5 Enyimba 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 20 6 10 3 2 5 10 14 10 36
6 Akwa United 25 8 11 6 23 22 12 5 6 1 15 8 13 3 5 5 8 14 1 35
7 Kano Pillars 24 8 10 6 27 18 11 7 3 1 17 3 13 1 7 5 10 15 9 34
8 Akwa Starlets 26 8 10 8 26 26 13 7 2 4 16 12 13 1 8 4 10 14 0 34
9 Sunshine Stars 25 9 7 9 27 29 13 7 5 1 19 10 12 2 2 8 8 19 -2 34
10 Katsina United 24 9 7 8 18 25 12 8 4 0 15 6 12 1 3 8 3 19 -7 34
11 Warri Wolves 24 9 6 9 25 23 11 7 2 2 15 5 13 2 4 7 10 18 2 33
12 Ifeanyi Uba 25 10 3 12 25 28 12 10 2 0 17 3 13 0 1 12 8 25 -3 33
13 Heartland 25 9 5 11 21 21 12 7 3 2 15 6 13 2 2 9 6 15 0 32
14 MFM 25 8 7 10 19 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 12 2 1 9 4 13 0 31
15 Wikki Tourist 25 8 7 10 23 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 12 1 3 8 4 14 -1 31
16 Abia Warriors 25 8 6 11 23 28 12 8 3 1 18 10 13 0 3 10 5 18 -5 30
17 Nasarawa United 25 8 5 12 27 27 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 1 2 9 10 18 0 29
18 Jigawa Golden Stars 25 9 2 14 25 35 13 9 2 2 18 11 12 0 0 12 7 24 -10 29
19 Kwara United 25 8 4 13 23 33 12 6 3 3 14 8 13 2 1 10 9 25 -10 28
20 Adamawa United 25 6 2 17 17 47 13 6 2 5 13 13 12 0 0 12 4 34 -30 20

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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.