Football betting preview: Ifeanyi Uba vs Abia Warriors

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

The Npfl season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Ifeanyi Uba and Abia Warriors promises to be an interesting one.

Insights:
  • Abia Warriors has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Npfl

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ifeanyi Uba form and stats

Only two Npfl home games for Ifeanyi Uba so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Ifeanyi Uba to get some points in this home game.

Ifeanyi Uba faced defeat in their previous match, away at Enugu Rangers (1-2). Preceding that match was the home game against Akwa Starlets that was lost 0-1.

Early season league goal statistics from Ifeanyi Uba's 2 home games: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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Abia Warriors form and stats

It's not happening yet for Abia Warriors on their Npfl travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? It's looking increasingly bleak for Abia Warriors who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Enyimba was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Warriors have lost on their last two travels.

Home advantage was not enough for Abia Warriors in their previous game, as they lost their Npfl-match, hosting Jigawa Golden Stars, 1-3. Prior to that match, the Warriors manager faced defeat when travelling to Akwa United and losing 1-2.

1 goal so far away for Abia Warriors, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Last nine meetings between the teams: Ifeanyi won zero, Abia Warriors won four and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Ifeanyi Uba missing players

Abia Warriors missing players

Ifeanyi Uba Abia Warriors
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 2
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 8.8
1 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.8
67% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 13%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Abia Warriors has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Npfl
  • Abia Warriors has the the worst goal difference (-5) in Npfl
  • Abia Warriors is in the worst form (0-0-4)
Ifeanyi Uba Last season Abia Warriors
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
10 10   Won W   0 8
3 2   Drew D   3 6
12 0   Lost L   10 11
25 17   Scored S   5 23
28 3   Conceded C   18 28
92% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
52% 42%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   46% 60%
36% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 40%
20% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 12%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
40% 25%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
36% 75%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 28%
32% 17%   Failed to Score F T   62% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
7.6 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   5.2 6.9
3 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.5
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 37%

  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 4 3 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 9
2 Enugu Rangers 4 3 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9
3 Kano Pillars 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 8
4 Nasarawa United 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 8
5 Akwa Starlets 4 2 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
6 Lobi Stars 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 7
7 MFM 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 7
8 Jigawa Golden Stars 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
9 Warri Wolves 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 6
10 Enyimba 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
11 Katsina United 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -2 6
12 Akwa United 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
13 Plateau United 4 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
14 Kwara United 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
15 Sunshine Stars 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4
16 Wikki Tourist 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 4
17 Ifeanyi Uba 4 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
18 Heartland 4 1 0 3 5 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
19 Adamawa United 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 2
20 Abia Warriors 4 0 0 4 2 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -5 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 Plateau United 25 14 7 4 36 15 13 11 2 0 29 6 12 3 5 4 7 9 21 49
2 Rivers United 25 13 6 6 28 15 13 10 3 0 19 5 12 3 3 6 9 10 13 45
3 Lobi Stars 25 12 7 6 26 19 13 9 4 0 20 5 12 3 3 6 6 14 7 43
4 Enugu Rangers 24 10 7 7 25 20 12 8 1 3 14 7 12 2 6 4 11 13 5 37
5 Enyimba 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 20 6 10 3 2 5 10 14 10 36
6 Akwa United 25 8 11 6 23 22 12 5 6 1 15 8 13 3 5 5 8 14 1 35
7 Kano Pillars 24 8 10 6 27 18 11 7 3 1 17 3 13 1 7 5 10 15 9 34
8 Akwa Starlets 26 8 10 8 26 26 13 7 2 4 16 12 13 1 8 4 10 14 0 34
9 Sunshine Stars 25 9 7 9 27 29 13 7 5 1 19 10 12 2 2 8 8 19 -2 34
10 Katsina United 24 9 7 8 18 25 12 8 4 0 15 6 12 1 3 8 3 19 -7 34
11 Warri Wolves 24 9 6 9 25 23 11 7 2 2 15 5 13 2 4 7 10 18 2 33
12 Ifeanyi Uba 25 10 3 12 25 28 12 10 2 0 17 3 13 0 1 12 8 25 -3 33
13 Heartland 25 9 5 11 21 21 12 7 3 2 15 6 13 2 2 9 6 15 0 32
14 MFM 25 8 7 10 19 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 12 2 1 9 4 13 0 31
15 Wikki Tourist 25 8 7 10 23 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 12 1 3 8 4 14 -1 31
16 Abia Warriors 25 8 6 11 23 28 12 8 3 1 18 10 13 0 3 10 5 18 -5 30
17 Nasarawa United 25 8 5 12 27 27 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 1 2 9 10 18 0 29
18 Jigawa Golden Stars 25 9 2 14 25 35 13 9 2 2 18 11 12 0 0 12 7 24 -10 29
19 Kwara United 25 8 4 13 23 33 12 6 3 3 14 8 13 2 1 10 9 25 -10 28
20 Adamawa United 25 6 2 17 17 47 13 6 2 5 13 13 12 0 0 12 4 34 -30 20

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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.