This is a vital clash in the cellar of the Npfl, with both Kano Pillars and Abia Warriors suffering more distress than glee. This game is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 16th and the visitors in 15th spot.
- Kano Pillars have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Npfl
- Abia Warriors have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Npfl
Kano Pillars's stadium, Sani Abacha Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Abia Warriors have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Abia Warriors when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses from 15 matches. They have scored 7 goals in these games and conceded 22.
Abia Warriors have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Abia Warriors could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Npfl game only four sleeps ago.
Kano Pillars form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Kano Pillars have to build on here at Sani Abacha Stadium in the Npfl. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Pillars to get some points in this home game.
The fans are hoping that Kano Pillars will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Wikki Tourist (placed 9th).
Before that game, the home loss against Plateau United with the scoreline 0-1.Pillars aren't scoring a lot here at Sani Abacha Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Defensively Kano Pillars have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Abia Warriors form and stats
Abia Warriors have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Npfl, after 0-1-5 (6 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Warriors, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Abia Warriors delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Rivers United (placed 2nd) in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Abia Warriors manager Amapakabo faced defeat when travelling to Enugu Rangers and losing 1-2.The attacking power of Warriors when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Abia Warriors have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Pillars won five games, three matches ended with a tie and Abia Warriors managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixKano Pillars missing players
Abia Warriors missing players
| Kano Pillars | Abia Warriors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 85% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 69% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 46% | 83% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 5.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6.6 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 6 | 8.9 |
| 1.4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 38% | 39% |
| 9.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| 4.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.8 | 3 |
- Abia Warriors have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Abia Warriors have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Abia Warriors have created more than twice as many corners as Kano Pillars.
- Abia Warriors have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Abia Warriors have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Abia Warriors have scored more than double the goals of Kano Pillars.
- Abia Warriors have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Npfl
- Abia Warriors have the most matches over the total-line (2) in Npfl
- Abia Warriors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Abia Warriors have yet to win a game away.
- Abia Warriors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kano Pillars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kano Pillars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kano Pillars have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Npfl
- Kano Pillars have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Remo Stars | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Kwara United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Gombe United | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 | Wikki Tourist | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Shooting Stars | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Nasarawa United | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Niger Tornadoes | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Lobi Stars | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Sunshine Stars | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 15 | Abia Warriors | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Kano Pillars | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Katsina United | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Akwa Starlets | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 19 | Heartland | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | -14 | 12 |
| 20 | MFM | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | -14 | 10 |
