Heartland will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Sunshine Stars.
Heartland and Sunshine Stars should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sunshine Stars have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-8-12 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
Heartland form and stats
4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Heartland have to build on here in the Npfl.
Heartland lost their last game at Akwa United (placed 6th) after a 1-3 scoreline. In the match before that, Heartland hosted Katsina United and drew the game 0-0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Heartland here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Defensively Heartland have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sunshine Stars form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sunshine Stars so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Sunshine Stars delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Kano Pillars (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Npfl game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Kwara United.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 9 goals have been conceded by Sunshine Stars in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Heartland won 2, Sunshine Stars won 3 and 5 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.Heartland missing players
Sunshine Stars missing players
| Heartland | Sunshine Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 22 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 29% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 53% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 24% |
| 3.9 | 6.7 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0.5 | 1.9 | 4 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 111 | 81 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 50 | 104 |
| 39 | 30 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 24 | 48 |
| 26% | 20% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 35% |
- Heartland have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sunshine Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sunshine Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunshine Stars have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lobi Stars | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Rivers United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Sunshine Stars | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Akwa Starlets | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 7 | Abia Warriors | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Katsina United | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | MFM | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Ifeanyi Uba | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Heartland | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Delta Force | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Kano Pillars | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 13 | Wikki Tourist | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Warri Wolves | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Kwara United | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Enugu Rangers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 | Enyimba | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 23 | -19 | 14 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 13 |