Enyimba vs Rivers United: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Wed 29.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Enyimba International Stadium (25000 seats)

Enyimba prepare to fight against Rivers United in this Npfl game. Everything you can learn about the match is here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Enyimba and Rivers United.

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Enyimba form and stats

The hosts won their first Npfl game here at Enyimba International Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Enyimba last season were 12 wins, 7 draws and 0 losses from 19 games.

It's back home for Enyimba, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Enugu Rangers away with the result 1-0.

Ahead of that match, Enyimba won a home game hosting Abia Warriors (2-1).

There will be little rest for Enyimba after this match as they are travelling to Kano Pillars for a Npfl game in only four days.

Early season league goal statistics from Enyimba's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Rivers United form and stats

One match played away so far in the Npfl for Rivers United and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses from 19 games.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-0 against Katsina United in their previous game.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Lobi Stars.

After this away game Rivers return home for a Npfl game against Sunshine Stars. That game is only four sleeps after this.

It's early days yet, but Rivers United has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Enyimba won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Rivers United managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / nine

Enyimba missing players

Rivers United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Enyimba Rivers United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 2 0 Scored S 0 1 4
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0.5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7.5
1 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
200% 200% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
1 1 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 2
1 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Enyimba Last season Rivers United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 12   Won W   2 18
12 7   Drew D   6 9
8 0   Lost L   11 11
41 25   Scored S   15 48
33 13   Conceded C   30 36
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
61% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 66%
37% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 34%
8% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 18%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
55% 63%   BTTS BTTS   53% 42%
29% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 42%
26% 11%   Failed to Score F T   37% 21%
 
4.1 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 4.6
4 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 3.9
2.1 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
8.3 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 11.1
3.2 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.9
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 32%
 
8.9 5.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.3 9.1
3.4 2.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Remo Stars 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Enyimba 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Akwa United 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
4 Rivers United 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
5 Kwara United 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
6 Wikki Tourist 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Abia Warriors 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
8 Enugu Rangers 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
9 Niger Tornadoes 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Plateau United 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
11 Akwa Starlets 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Nasarawa United 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
13 Gombe United 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
14 Shooting Stars 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Lobi Stars 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Heartland 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
17 Sunshine Stars 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Kano Pillars 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Katsina United 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
20 MFM 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 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 Akwa United 38 19 14 5 53 24 19 16 3 0 38 8 19 3 11 5 15 16 29 71
2 Enyimba 38 18 12 8 41 33 19 12 7 0 25 13 19 6 5 8 16 20 8 66
3 Kwara United 38 19 8 11 48 28 19 15 4 0 35 5 19 4 4 11 13 23 20 65
4 Nasarawa United 38 20 5 13 55 38 19 17 1 1 43 13 19 3 4 12 12 25 17 65
5 Kano Pillars 38 19 7 12 38 29 19 17 2 0 26 3 19 2 5 12 12 26 9 64
6 Rivers United 38 18 9 11 48 36 19 16 3 0 33 6 19 2 6 11 15 30 12 63
7 Enugu Rangers 38 18 8 12 43 31 19 16 2 1 32 6 19 2 6 11 11 25 12 62
8 Lobi Stars 38 17 7 14 43 39 19 16 3 0 35 11 19 1 4 14 8 28 4 58
9 Plateau United 38 14 9 15 45 35 19 13 5 1 35 8 19 1 4 14 10 27 10 51
10 MFM 38 13 12 13 34 35 19 11 6 2 23 11 19 2 6 11 11 24 -1 51
11 Akwa Starlets 38 15 5 18 37 47 19 12 3 4 30 18 19 3 2 14 7 29 -10 50
12 Katsina United 38 14 7 17 35 42 19 13 5 1 31 10 19 1 2 16 4 32 -7 49
13 Heartland 38 13 9 16 43 50 19 11 6 2 28 14 19 2 3 14 15 36 -7 48
14 Abia Warriors 38 12 11 15 48 42 19 12 3 4 35 16 19 0 8 11 13 26 6 47
15 Wikki Tourist 38 12 9 17 40 47 19 12 4 3 31 17 19 0 5 14 9 30 -7 45
16 Sunshine Stars 38 11 12 15 28 39 19 9 8 2 18 10 19 2 4 13 10 29 -11 45
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 38 11 10 17 29 46 19 10 7 2 19 9 19 1 3 15 10 37 -17 43
18 Warri Wolves 38 11 8 19 30 45 19 11 4 4 20 10 19 0 4 15 10 35 -15 41
19 Ifeanyi Uba 38 9 12 17 33 50 19 9 7 3 21 12 19 0 5 14 12 38 -17 39
20 Adamawa United 38 5 10 23 20 55 19 5 9 5 17 16 19 0 1 18 3 39 -35 25

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

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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.