Struggling Jigawa Golden Stars will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Akwa United in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Jigawa Golden Stars have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Npfl
- Akwa United is in the best form (4-2-0)
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Jigawa Golden Stars form and stats
Jigawa Golden Stars, who have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Npfl, have performed here at Ahmadu Bello Stadium this season with 5 wins from 8 Npfl matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
Jigawa Golden Stars faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lobi Stars (1-2).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Jigawa as they are travelling to their away game against Sunshine Stars in the Npfl. That match is three days after this one.
Jigawa have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. As for guarding their own goal, Jigawa have only let in 2 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Akwa United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Npfl travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The Akwa goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Before that, Akwa secured a home win against Lobi Stars with the score 3-0.
Akwa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Akwa United manager K. Boboye as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Akwa Starlets.
The attacking power of Akwa when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
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| Jigawa Golden Stars | Akwa United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 83% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 83% |
| 50% | 12% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 56% | 56% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 39% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 56% | 39% |
| 39% | 75% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 33% | 56% |
| 50% | 38% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.9 | 10.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 40% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 27% | 33% |
- Akwa United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Akwa United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Npfl
- Akwa United is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Jigawa Golden Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Jigawa Golden Stars have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Npfl
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kwara United | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 36 |
| 3 | Akwa United | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 4 | Enugu Rangers | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Nasarawa United | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Rivers United | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Akwa Starlets | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Lobi Stars | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Abia Warriors | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 27 |
| 11 | Heartland | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Plateau United | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 13 | Wikki Tourist | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | MFM | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Sunshine Stars | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 19 |
| 17 | Warri Wolves | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Katsina United | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 22 | -13 | 18 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 18 | -16 | 12 |