This looks to be quite the absorbing run-in at Sani Abacha Stadium in the Npfl. Kano Pillars is in 20th place and receive Enyimba in 5th position. Read about the match here!
- Kano Pillars have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Npfl
Pillars's stadium, Sani Abacha Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Enyimba 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 Enyimba when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from 13 matches. They have scored 11 goals in these games and conceded 20.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 Pillars and Enyimba.
Kano Pillars form and stats
The first Npfl game here at Sani Abacha Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Kano Pillars's home game statistics were 17 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats from 19 games.
A. Malam was the last player to score a league goal for Kano Pillars and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pillars haven't scored in 360 minutes.
In their previous game, led his Pillars to a defeat in the Npfl match away at Katsina United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sani Abacha Stadium.
In the match before that, Pillars hosted Lobi Stars and drew the game 0-0.Kano Pillars has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Enyimba form and stats
Only one away game in the Npfl so far for Enyimba and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 5 draws and 8 losses from 19 travels.
Enyimba's previous game was their home loss versus Rivers United (0-1).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Enugu Rangers with the score of 1-0.1 goal so far away for Enyimba, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these teams: Kano Pillars won three, Enyimba were winners in six and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Kano Pillars missing players
Enyimba missing players
| Kano Pillars | Enyimba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 200% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
- Kano Pillars have the the worst goal difference (-4) in Npfl
- Kano Pillars is in the worst form (0-0-1)
| Kano Pillars | Last season | Enyimba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 19 | 17 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 29 | 3 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 89% | ||
| 50% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 61% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 32% | 37% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 16% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 55% | ||
| 47% | 84% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 26% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 37% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 7.5 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Remo Stars | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Akwa United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Rivers United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Kwara United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Lobi Stars | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Abia Warriors | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Enugu Rangers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Niger Tornadoes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Heartland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Nasarawa United | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Wikki Tourist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Plateau United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Akwa Starlets | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Katsina United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | MFM | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Shooting Stars | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 18 | Gombe United | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 19 | Sunshine Stars | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kano Pillars | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | Akwa United | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 53 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 29 | 71 |
| 2 | Enyimba | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 66 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 65 |
| 4 | Nasarawa United | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 55 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 65 |
| 5 | Kano Pillars | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 64 |
| 6 | Rivers United | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 63 |
| 7 | Enugu Rangers | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 62 |
| 8 | Lobi Stars | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 58 |
| 9 | Plateau United | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 10 | 51 |
| 10 | MFM | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -1 | 51 |
| 11 | Akwa Starlets | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 29 | -10 | 50 |
| 12 | Katsina United | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 32 | -7 | 49 |
| 13 | Heartland | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 36 | -7 | 48 |
| 14 | Abia Warriors | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 48 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 47 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 30 | -7 | 45 |
| 16 | Sunshine Stars | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 29 | -11 | 45 |
| 17 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 37 | -17 | 43 |
| 18 | Warri Wolves | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 35 | -15 | 41 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 38 | -17 | 39 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 20 | 55 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 39 | -35 | 25 |
