Hadejia Township Stadium: Jigawa Golden Stars vs Kwara United Npfl preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hadejia Township Stadium

The Npfl season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Jigawa Golden Stars and Kwara United promises to be an interesting one.

Insights:
  • Jigawa Golden Stars has the most matches over the total-line (2) in Npfl

It's no vacation for neither Jigawa nor Kwara United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Jigawa Golden Stars form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Jigawa Golden Stars's two home games in the Npfl so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Hadejia Township Stadium.

Happy days for Jigawa Golden Stars in their previous game, a Npfl match away at Abia Warriors (placed 20th) that ended with a 3-1 victory.

At Hadejia Township Stadium, Jigawa Golden Stars has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Kwara United form and stats

Things could have gone better for Kwara United in their Npfl away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

There were no winners in Kwara United's previous match, a Npfl home game that ended 1-1 vs Akwa United (placed 12th). Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Rivers United's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Enyimba in just three days.

Kwara United have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Jigawa-Kwara United H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Jigawa Golden Stars one win, Kwara United one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Jigawa Golden Stars missing players

Kwara United missing players

Jigawa Golden Stars Kwara United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 3
2 1 1 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 1 1 Scored S 2 2 3
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 33%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
5.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 3.5
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 1.5
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Jigawa Golden Stars has the most matches over the total-line (2) in Npfl
Jigawa Golden Stars Last season Kwara United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
9 9   Won W   2 8
2 2   Drew D   1 4
14 2   Lost L   10 13
25 18   Scored S   9 23
35 11   Conceded C   25 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
68% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 60%
48% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 36%
12% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 20%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
56% 62%   BTTS BTTS   46% 40%
12% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 36%
32% 15%   Failed to Score F T   38% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.6 0.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
1.6 1.2   Shots (avg) S (   4.1 7.2
0.8 0.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.8 3.1
131% 214%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 28%

  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.