Classic home win, away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Heartland and Plateau United clash at Dan Anyiam Stadium.
- Heartland have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Npfl
- Plateau United have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Heartland nor Plateau United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
3 - 10 - 17 with 16-39. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Plateau United when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Plateau United play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Heartland form and stats
Heartland are steadily winning Npfl games and points here at Dan Anyiam Stadium. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. In general it's been a long time since Heartland tasted defeat here at Dan Anyiam Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
The fans are hoping that Heartland will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Npfl game against Nasarawa United (placed 5th).
Before that, Heartland had a home game versus Katsina United which ended with a victory 2-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Heartland matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from two games).
Heartland are traveling soon after this match as the Npfl match at Enyimba awaits in three days.
The Heartland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Heartland have conceded only 9 goals.
Plateau United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Plateau United so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-1 against Wikki Tourist in their previous game.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Kwara United's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Plateau playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
After this away game Plateau return home for a Npfl game against Kano Pillars. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Plateau United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 11 away games. As opposed to that, Plateau have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Plateau United - Heartland 3-0 played earlier this season. Last nine meetings between the teams: Heartland won three, Plateau United won two and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Heartland missing players
Plateau United missing players
| Heartland | Plateau United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 9 |
| 29 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 29 |
| 29 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 73% | 86% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 36% | 64% |
| 55% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 27% | 50% |
| 18% | 9% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 18% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 64% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 27% | 41% |
| 27% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 73% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 11.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.5 | 10.4 |
| 3.2 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 17% | 38% |
- All of Heartland's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heartland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Heartland have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Plateau United have scored away.
- Heartland have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Heartland have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Npfl
- Heartland haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Plateau United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Plateau United 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 | Kano Pillars | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 44 |
| 2 | Akwa United | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Rivers United | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 5 | Nasarawa United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Enugu Rangers | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Akwa Starlets | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -7 | 33 |
| 9 | Heartland | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Plateau United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 11 | Lobi Stars | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | MFM | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Abia Warriors | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Katsina United | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 18 | Sunshine Stars | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 20 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 19 | -17 | 16 |