Heartland hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 10 points and a 15th position in the Npfl table. Visiting Lobi Stars holds 9th place with 13 pts.
- Heartland has the most conceded goals (16) in Npfl
- Lobi Stars has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Npfl
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lobi Stars have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-12-13 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.
Heartland form and stats
Heartland, who have the most conceded goals (16) in Npfl, have collected 7 points from their Npfl home games so far after 2-1-1.
In the match before that, Heartland hosted Ifeanyi Uba and drew the game 1-1.
Heartland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dan Anyiam Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Heartland have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Lobi Stars form and stats
As the visiting team in Npfl matches, Lobi Stars have produced an overall stat of 0-2-2 so far.
Stars's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wikki Tourist that finished 0-0. Prior to that match, the Stars manager S. Ogbeide faced defeat when travelling to Kwara United and losing 1-2.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stars as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lobi Stars have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Heartland victories, one draw and six Lobi Stars wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Heartland missing players
Lobi Stars missing players
| Heartland | Lobi Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 78% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.7 | 7.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 7.5 | 8.6 |
| 2.7 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 42% | 44% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 29% |
- All of Heartland's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heartland has the most conceded goals (16) in Npfl
- Heartland has the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Npfl
- Heartland has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Npfl
- Heartland have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Heartland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lobi Stars has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Npfl
- Lobi Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lobi Stars have yet to win a 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 | Enyimba | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Kano Pillars | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Akwa Starlets | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Nasarawa United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Lobi Stars | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Sunshine Stars | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Wikki Tourist | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Plateau United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | MFM | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Heartland | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Katsina United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | Warri Wolves | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Ifeanyi Uba | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 19 | Abia Warriors | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 2 |