Jigawa Golden Stars hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 26 points and a 19th position in the Npfl table. Visiting Heartland holds 12th place with 32 pts.
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.
Jigawa Golden Stars form and stats
Jigawa Golden Stars are steadily winning Npfl games and points here at Sani Abacha Stadium. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. After failing to beat Rivers United here at Sani Abacha Stadium, Jigawa Golden Stars has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Jigawa Golden Stars are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Kano Pillars.
There will be little rest for Jigawa Golden Stars after this match as they are travelling to Ifeanyi Uba for a Npfl game in only four days.
Jigawa Golden Stars has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Jigawa Golden Stars have conceded only 10 goals.
Heartland form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Heartland so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Heartland's previous game versus Lobi Stars (placed 3rd), a Npfl 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Akwa Starlets's place.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Heartland playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
After this away game Heartland return home for a Npfl game against Wikki Tourist. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Heartland's away league games. Only 5 goals from 12 travels. As opposed to that, Heartland have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Heartland - Jigawa Golden Stars 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Jigawa Golden Stars missing players
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| Jigawa Golden Stars | Heartland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| 23 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 34 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 92% |
| 67% | 58% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 46% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 54% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 42% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 67% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 6 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 44 | 173 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 16 | 63 |
| 40% | 75% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 29% |
- Heartland have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Jigawa Golden Stars have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Heartland have scored away.
- Jigawa Golden Stars 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 | Plateau United | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 46 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 3 | Lobi Stars | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | Kano Pillars | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Akwa Starlets | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Akwa United | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Sunshine Stars | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Enyimba | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 33 |
| 10 | Warri Wolves | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 11 | Ifeanyi Uba | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 24 | -2 | 33 |
| 12 | Delta Force | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Heartland | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 32 |
| 13 | Katsina United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 18 | -8 | 31 |
| 14 | Abia Warriors | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Nasarawa United | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 28 |
| 16 | MFM | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 17 | Wikki Tourist | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -2 | 28 |
| 18 | Kwara United | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -9 | 28 |
| 19 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 24 | -11 | 26 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 24 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 34 | -28 | 20 |