With the nervous opening match done it’s time for the second Npfl duel of the season. Gombe United are ready to confront Shooting Stars in front of their home following.
It's quite the trip for Shooting Stars when visiting Gombe as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
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.
Gombe United form and stats
Last season, Gombe United's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, resulting in 16th position in the Premier League. During these 38 matches they scored 42 goals and gave away 41. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Gombe United managed 12-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 11 conceded. Gombe United have collected 1 point from their Npfl home games so far after 0-1-0.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Gombe United, who played 0-0 against Shooting Stars. That match was also played at this venue (Pantami Township Stadium).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Go Round.Early season league goal statistics from Gombe United's 1 home game: 0 goals, 0 conceded.
Shooting Stars form and stats
Let's have a look at how Shooting Stars performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 14 with 9/28 goals scored/conceded. The story so far for the visiting team on their Npfl travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Shooting have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 15 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the MFM game.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gombe United (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The Npfl match ended in a draw 0-0.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Akwa United in the Premier League.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shooting Stars has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Gombe United - Shooting Stars 0-0 was the outcome when this pair of contenders last did battle, some time ago this season. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Gombe United won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Shooting Stars managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenGombe United missing players
Shooting Stars missing players
| Gombe United | Shooting Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 13 | 13 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Gombe United | Last season | Shooting Stars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 0 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 14 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 15 | ||
| 86% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 45% | 27% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 65% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 27% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 24% | ||
| 45% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 41% | ||
| 41% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 35% | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.3 | 3 | ||
| 5.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | ||
| 8.1 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Remo Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Niger Tornadoes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Heartland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Nasarawa United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Gombe United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Shooting Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Abia Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Akwa Starlets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Enugu Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Enyimba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Katsina United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Kwara United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Lobi Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Rivers United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sunshine Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Wikki Tourist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Plateau United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | MFM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Kano Pillars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |