It's still early in the Npfl season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Heartland - Akwa United preview!
Insights:
- Heartland has the most conceded goals (11) in Npfl
- Akwa United have yet to win a game away.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Heartland form and stats
Only two Npfl home games for Heartland so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Before that, Heartland had a home game versus Enyimba which ended with a victory 2-0.
Early season league goal statistics from Heartland's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.
Akwa United form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Npfl for Akwa United with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Before that, Akwa travelled to Kwara United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
1 goal so far away for Akwa United, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Heartland won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Akwa United has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixHeartland missing players
Akwa United missing players
| Heartland | Akwa United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 2 | 8.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 33% |
- Akwa United have yet to win a game away.
- All of Heartland's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heartland has the most conceded goals (11) in Npfl
- Heartland has the most conceded goals in the second half (7) in Npfl
- Heartland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Heartland | Last season | Akwa United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 15 | Scored | S | 8 | 23 | ||
| 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 24% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Nasarawa United | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Kano Pillars | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Akwa Starlets | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | MFM | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Plateau United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Sunshine Stars | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Akwa United | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Warri Wolves | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Katsina United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Kwara United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 16 | Wikki Tourist | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Ifeanyi Uba | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Heartland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Abia Warriors | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 |