With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Npfl game of the season. Enyimba look forward to welcoming Nasarawa United in front of their home support.
It's no vacation for neither Enyimba nor Nasarawa United 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.
Enyimba form and stats
In general it's been a long time since Enyimba tasted defeat here at Enyimba International Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 41 home games.
Enyimba drew their last game, 1-1 away at Katsina United (placed 17th). A strong away win before that one, visiting TS Galaxy and winning 2-1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Akwa United are coming to town in three days.
Last season, Enyimba's league statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 22 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 13. Playing at home last season Enyimba managed 8-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 3 conceded.
Nasarawa United form and stats
Nasarawa United failed to get anything from their last game, a Npfl home match vs Wikki Tourist (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Yobe Stars at their stadium, the result 2-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nasarawa United manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Katsina United.
Let's have a look at how Nasarawa United performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 30 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 10/21 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Enyimba 4 wins, 2 draws and Nasarawa United 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Enyimba missing players
Nasarawa United missing players
| Enyimba | Nasarawa United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyimba | Last season | Nasarawa United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 12 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 32 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 21 | 28 | ||
| 74% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 59% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 30% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 55% | ||
| 15% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 23% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 33% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 55% | ||
| 56% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 27% | ||
| 37% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 23% | ||
| 5.5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
- Enyimba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Enyimba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Enyimba have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nasarawa United have scored away.
- Enyimba have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Enyimba have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nasarawa United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nasarawa United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nasarawa United 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Wikki Tourist | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Ifeanyi Uba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | MFM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Lobi Stars | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Abia Warriors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Warri Wolves | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Rivers United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Akwa Starlets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Akwa United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Enugu Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Enyimba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sunshine Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kano Pillars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Adamawa United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Heartland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Katsina United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Delta Force | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Nasarawa United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Enyimba | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Akwa United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 5 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Ifeanyi Uba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 0 |