Struggling Ifeanyi Uba will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kano Pillars in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Ifeanyi Uba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kano Pillars have yet to win a game away.
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 Ifeanyi Uba and Kano Pillars.
Kano Pillars play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Kano Pillars when playing on grass are 3 wins, 9 draws and 13 defeats from 25 matches. They have scored 14 goals and conceded 31 times in these games.
These teams have little in common geographically as Kano Pillars have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Ifeanyi Uba form and stats
Overall Npfl stats at home this season for Ifeanyi Uba are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Ifeanyi shared the glory with Heartland in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that, Ifeanyi Uba had a home game versus Wikki Tourist which ended with a victory 1-0.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ifeanyi here at FC Ifeanyi Ubah International Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Ifeanyi have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Kano Pillars form and stats
0-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kano Pillars in their Npfl matches away. Kano Pillars seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Pillars won their last game, 2-0 versus Jigawa Golden Stars played at home. Prior to that match, the Pillars manager faced defeat when travelling to Akwa United and losing 0-1.
The attacking power of Pillars when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. 5 goals have been conceded by Kano Pillars in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Ifeanyi two wins, one draw and Kano Pillars six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Ifeanyi Uba missing players
Kano Pillars missing players
| Ifeanyi Uba | Kano Pillars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 38% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 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 | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.5 | 8 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.2 | 2.6 |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 23% | 44% |
- Ifeanyi Uba haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kano Pillars have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Kano Pillars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kano Pillars have yet to win a game away.
- Kano Pillars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Enyimba | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Kano Pillars | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Nasarawa United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Sunshine Stars | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Lobi Stars | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Akwa United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Plateau United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Wikki Tourist | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Akwa Starlets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | MFM | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Katsina United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Ifeanyi Uba | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Heartland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Abia Warriors | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 2 |