Ifeanyi Uba will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Sunshine Stars.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sunshine Stars play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Sunshine Stars when playing on grass are 3 wins, 8 draws and 12 defeats from 23 matches. They have scored 15 goals and conceded 24 times in these games.
Ifeanyi Uba form and stats
Ifeanyi Uba, who have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Npfl, have been very solid at home in the Npfl so far, with 23 points collected from 9 matches (7-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 12th position in the table.
I. Cooper was the last player to score a league goal for Ifeanyi Uba and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ifeanyi Uba haven't scored in 294 minutes.
Before that, Ifeanyi Uba drew at home versus Akwa United.
Ifeanyi Uba has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Defensively Ifeanyi Uba have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 9 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 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Prior to that match, the Sunshine Stars manager G. Ogunbote faced defeat when travelling to Heartland and losing 0-1.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sunshine Stars have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sunshine Stars - Ifeanyi Uba 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Ifeanyi Uba won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Sunshine Stars has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fourIfeanyi Uba missing players
Sunshine Stars missing players
| Ifeanyi Uba | Sunshine Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 22 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 89% | 78% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 95% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 74% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 32% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 37% | 11% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 47% |
| 42% | 89% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | 32% |
| 32% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 26% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2 | 3.9 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | 70 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 53 | 107 |
| 41 | 26 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 26 | 50 |
| 39% | 35% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | 34% |
- Ifeanyi Uba has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home
- Ifeanyi Uba has the most clean sheets (8) at home
- Ifeanyi Uba have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ifeanyi Uba have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sunshine Stars has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
- 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 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Rivers United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Sunshine Stars | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Akwa Starlets | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Katsina United | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | MFM | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Heartland | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Abia Warriors | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 12 | Delta Force | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Ifeanyi Uba | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Kwara United | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Wikki Tourist | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Enyimba | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 20 |
| 17 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Enugu Rangers | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 16 |