Another action-packed fixture in Npfl as Gombe United welcome Heartland

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Date: Sun 19.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Gombe United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 11th position in the Npfl table. Visiting Heartland holds 7th place with 28 pts.

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.

It's quite the trip for Heartland when visiting Gombe United as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Gombe United form and stats

Gombe United have performed well here so far this season with 6 wins from 10 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. After failing to beat El Kanemi Warriors here, Gombe United has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

In their previous game, led his Gombe United to a defeat in the Npfl match away at Nasarawa United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Ahead of that match, Gombe United won a home game hosting Ifeanyi Uba (1-0).

Gombe United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 13 goals in 10 matches. From these home matches, Gombe United have conceded only 6 goals.

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Heartland form and stats

Heartland have only collected 8 points from their away games after 2-2-6 (10 played).

Heartland play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ifeanyi Uba. A loss against Abia Warriors was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Heartland are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 4 goals from 10 away games. It's not easy to score on Heartland as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Heartland - Gombe United 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gombe United 4 wins, 2 draws and Heartland 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Gombe United missing players

Heartland missing players

Gombe United Heartland
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played 3 10 20
6 6 3 Won 0 2 8
6 2 0 Drew 1 2 4
8 2 0 Lost 2 6 8
17 13 7 Scored 1 4 23
19 6 2 Conceded 3 9 21
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 67% 80% 90%
50% 30% 33% Over 1.5 33% 30% 60%
20% 20% 33% Over 2.5 33% 20% 40%
10% 20% 33% Over 3.5 0% 0% 15%
5% 10% 33% Over 4.5 0% 0% 10%
30% 20% 33% BTTS 33% 20% 45%
40% 60% 67% Clean Sheets 33% 30% 30%
45% 30% 0% Failed To Score 67% 70% 35%
 
4.3 5 5.5 Corners For (avg) 1.5 2.4 4.4
5.1 3.7 4 Corners Against (avg) 6 6 4.8
1.3 1.2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 3.4 2.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Gombe United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gombe United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Heartland have scored away.
  • Heartland have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Heartland have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Heartland have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Gombe United
All Premier League Npfl
All Home Away
31-03-19 NP Gombe United 1 - 0 Yobe Stars
07-04-19 NP Akwa United 2 - 0 Gombe United
14-04-19 NP Gombe United 1 - 0 Delta Force
21-04-19 NP Kano Pillars 1 - 1 Gombe United
05-05-19 NP Gombe United 1 - 0 Abia Warriors
08-05-19 NP Plateau United 2 - 0 Gombe United
13-05-19 NP Gombe United 1 - 0 Ifeanyi Uba
16-05-19 NP Nasarawa United 2 - 1 Gombe United
19-05-19 NP Gombe United 15:00 Heartland
26-05-19 NP Go Round 15:00 Gombe United
Heartland
All Premier League Npfl
All Home Away
31-03-19 NP Heartland 2 - 1 Kano Pillars
07-04-19 NP Plateau United 0 - 0 Heartland
14-04-19 NP Heartland 3 - 1 Nasarawa United
21-04-19 NP Go Round 2 - 1 Heartland
05-05-19 NP Heartland 2 - 0 Yobe Stars
08-05-19 NP Delta Force 0 - 0 Heartland
12-05-19 NP Heartland 2 - 4 Abia Warriors
16-05-19 NP Ifeanyi Uba 1 - 2 Heartland
19-05-19 NP Gombe United 15:00 Heartland
26-05-19 NP Heartland 15:00 El Kanemi Warriors

  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 Akwa United 20 11 4 5 29 20 10 8 1 1 19 4 10 3 3 4 10 16 9 37
2 Kano Pillars 20 10 4 6 25 16 10 8 2 0 19 4 10 2 2 6 6 12 9 34
3 El Kanemi Warriors 20 9 3 8 21 22 10 7 2 1 15 7 10 2 1 7 6 15 -1 30
4 Ifeanyi Uba 20 9 3 8 15 17 10 8 0 2 13 5 10 1 3 6 2 12 -2 30
5 Delta Force 20 9 3 8 19 23 10 7 1 2 12 8 10 2 2 6 7 15 -4 30
6 Kada City 22 5 12 5 11 15 11 4 5 2 8 7 11 1 7 3 3 8 -4 27
6 Nasarawa United 20 9 2 9 26 25 10 8 1 1 18 5 10 1 1 8 8 20 1 29
7 Heartland 20 8 4 8 23 21 10 6 2 2 19 12 10 2 2 6 4 9 2 28
8 Abia Warriors 20 8 3 9 20 18 10 5 3 2 11 6 10 3 0 7 9 12 2 27
9 Plateau United 20 6 8 6 16 14 10 6 3 1 11 2 10 0 5 5 5 12 2 26
10 Go Round 20 7 5 8 14 20 10 5 4 1 9 5 10 2 1 7 5 15 -6 26
11 Gombe United 20 6 6 8 17 19 10 6 2 2 13 6 10 0 4 6 4 13 -2 24
12 Yobe Stars 20 4 3 13 10 20 10 4 3 3 7 5 10 0 0 10 3 15 -10 15

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