Npfl: Heartland believed to outplay Nasarawa United

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dan Anyiam Stadium (10000 seats)

It's the second chance for points this campaign as Heartland and Nasarawa United cross swords at Dan Anyiam Stadium.

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 Heartland and Nasarawa United.

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Heartland form and stats

The season before, Heartland's league stats were 13 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses, providing 13th spot in the Npfl. From these 38 matches they scored 43 goals and conceded 50. Performing as the home team in the former season Heartland delivered 11-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 14 conceded. A Npfl draw at home so far for Heartland. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats from 19 matches.

The spoils were shared in Heartland's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nasarawa United (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 3-3 scoreline. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Kano Pillars.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Heartland at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Nasarawa United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Nasarawa United performed last season in the Npfl: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 12 with 12/25 goals scored/conceded. One match played away so far in the Npfl for Nasarawa United and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses from 19 games.

Nasarawa United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Heartland (placed 4th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Heartland was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Prior to that match, the Nasarawa United manager faced defeat when travelling to Abia Warriors and losing 1-3.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Heartland - Nasarawa United 3-3 registered in the official records. Heartland-Nasarawa United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Heartland five wins, Nasarawa United four wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Heartland missing players

Nasarawa United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heartland Nasarawa United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top 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
3 3 0 Scored S 0 3 3
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
1 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4
4 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 6
7 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
43% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 75%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 13
4 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 7
Heartland Last season Nasarawa United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 11   Won W   3 20
9 6   Drew D   4 5
16 2   Lost L   12 13
43 28   Scored S   12 55
50 14   Conceded C   25 38
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 89%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 68%
53% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 55%
18% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 18%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
55% 53%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
29% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 34%
26% 16%   Failed to Score F T   58% 29%
 
3.4 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.3
3.8 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.2
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
7.1 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   6.9 8.9
2.8 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 3.1
43% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 46%
 
8.5 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.8 7.6
3.5 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.3

  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
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 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

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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.