Can Heartland beat Warri Wolves in Dan Anyiam Stadium clash?

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dan Anyiam Stadium (10000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Heartland are in the 10th position while the guesting Warri Wolves worry at 17th.

Insights:
  • Heartland have the most conceded goals (22) in Npfl
  • Warri Wolves have lost all their away matches so far.

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 Warri Wolves.

W D D L W

Heartland form and stats

17 points is a decent return from 8 Npfl games here at Dan Anyiam Stadium for Heartland. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Heartland are confident in defense, having played 254 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Kwara United the opponent.

The Heartland fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Heartland have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

D L D D L

Warri Wolves form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Warri Wolves so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-8 (win-draw-lose). Warri Wolves are still without points from their Npfl away games. 8 games, 8 defeats. Bitter travels for Wolves as they have lost eight games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the MFM match.

Wolves are looking to quickly end their 336 minutes long goal drought in the Npfl.

A 0-1 defeat away at Wikki Tourist before that.

Wolves are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 8 away games. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wolves have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Heartland victories, four draws and three Warri Wolves wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Heartland missing players

Warri Wolves missing players

Heartland Warri Wolves
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 4 8 16
6 5 0 Won W 0 0 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 1 0 Lost L 4 8 9
21 14 1 Scored S 1 2 10
22 7 1 Conceded C 10 16 19
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 50%
56% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 31%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 6%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 6%
62% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 25% 25%
25% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 75% 50%
 
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 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.5 10.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.3 10
2.9 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.4 2.5
42% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 12% 17%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • All of Heartland's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Heartland have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Heartland have scored more than double the goals of Warri Wolves.
  • Heartland have the most conceded goals (22) in Npfl
  • Heartland have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Npfl
  • Heartland haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Warri Wolves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Warri Wolves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Warri Wolves have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Warri Wolves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Warri Wolves haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Rivers United 16 8 3 5 17 10 8 7 1 0 14 1 8 1 2 5 3 9 7 27
2 Enugu Rangers 15 8 3 4 16 10 8 7 1 0 11 1 7 1 2 4 5 9 6 27
3 Kwara United 16 7 6 3 16 11 8 5 3 0 11 3 8 2 3 3 5 8 5 27
4 Kano Pillars 16 8 3 5 18 14 8 7 1 0 11 1 8 1 2 5 7 13 4 27
5 Akwa United 15 7 5 3 17 9 8 6 2 0 12 2 7 1 3 3 5 7 8 26
6 Enyimba 13 7 4 2 13 9 6 5 1 0 8 3 7 2 3 2 5 6 4 25
7 Nasarawa United 15 7 3 5 15 12 7 5 1 1 11 5 8 2 2 4 4 7 3 24
8 Akwa Starlets 15 7 2 6 17 20 8 6 1 1 14 8 7 1 1 5 3 12 -3 23
9 Lobi Stars 15 6 4 5 15 13 8 6 2 0 12 4 7 0 2 5 3 9 2 22
10 Heartland 16 6 4 6 21 22 8 5 2 1 14 7 8 1 2 5 7 15 -1 22
11 Abia Warriors 16 5 6 5 22 17 8 5 1 2 15 7 8 0 5 3 7 10 5 21
12 Wikki Tourist 16 5 5 6 12 12 8 5 3 0 9 2 8 0 2 6 3 10 0 20
13 Plateau United 15 5 4 6 17 12 7 5 1 1 14 4 8 0 3 5 3 8 5 19
14 Sunshine Stars 15 4 6 5 12 14 8 3 4 1 9 6 7 1 2 4 3 8 -2 18
15 Jigawa Golden Stars 15 5 3 7 9 15 7 4 2 1 5 2 8 1 1 6 4 13 -6 18
16 MFM 15 4 5 6 10 14 7 4 2 1 8 4 8 0 3 5 2 10 -4 17
17 Warri Wolves 16 4 3 9 10 19 8 4 3 1 8 3 8 0 0 8 2 16 -9 15
18 Katsina United 15 4 3 8 9 19 7 4 3 0 8 3 8 0 0 8 1 16 -10 15
19 Ifeanyi Uba 15 3 5 7 9 13 8 3 3 2 6 3 7 0 2 5 3 10 -4 14
20 Adamawa United 16 2 5 9 7 17 8 2 4 2 7 6 8 0 1 7 0 11 -10 11

Read more about Npfl

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.