Struggling Jigawa Golden Stars will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rivers United in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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 Jigawa Golden Stars and Rivers United.
Jigawa Golden Stars form and stats
Jigawa Golden Stars have collected 13 points from their Npfl home games so far after 4-1-2.
Jigawa Golden Stars lost their last game at MFM (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that, Jigawa Golden Stars had a home game versus Adamawa United which ended with a victory 3-2.
Jigawa Golden Stars are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. Jigawa Golden Stars's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rivers United form and stats
There's been little loot from Rivers United's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Npfl. Rivers United only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
The supporters enjoyed Rivers United's previous game versus Lobi Stars (placed 1st), a Npfl 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Akwa Starlets's place.
The attacking power of Rivers United when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Rivers United as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Jigawa Golden Stars missing players
Rivers United missing players
| Jigawa Golden Stars | Rivers United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 23 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 71% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 43% | 60% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 47% |
| 29% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 27% |
| 3 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 6.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 41 | 117 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 45 |
| 43% | 75% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 33% |
- Jigawa Golden Stars has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Jigawa Golden Stars have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Jigawa Golden Stars have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Jigawa Golden Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rivers United has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Rivers United is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Plateau United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Sunshine Stars | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 5 | Akwa Starlets | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | MFM | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Abia Warriors | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Heartland | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Ifeanyi Uba | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Katsina United | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Delta Force | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Kano Pillars | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 14 | Wikki Tourist | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Warri Wolves | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Enyimba | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Enugu Rangers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 11 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 10 |