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- Kano Pillars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Katsina United is in the best form (4-0-2) in Npfl
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 Kano Pillars and Katsina United.
Kano Pillars form and stats
Kano Pillars are steadily winning Npfl games and points here at Abuja National Stadium. 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. When Kano Pillars hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Lobi Stars, Kano Pillars, MFM, Akwa Starlets, Niger Tornadoes and Heartland), they have won 3 of 4 matches! It’s been three wins in a row for Kano Pillars here at Abuja National Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Pillars's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Heartland (placed 18th). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting MFM (1-2).The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Remo Stars in only two days.
The Kano Pillars fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 14 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Kano Pillars have only let in 6 goals at home. Kano Pillars has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Katsina United form and stats
Katsina United have only collected 1 point from their away games in the Npfl, after 0-1-12 (13 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.
Katsina have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 182 minutes since they last conceded in Npfl.
The club members enjoyed Katsina United's previous game versus Enyimba (placed 7th), a 1-0 win played at home.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Nasarawa United.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Katsina United manager as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Sunshine Stars.
Katsina United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 13 away games. As for defending, Katsina rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. When Katsina United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Lobi Stars, MFM, Akwa Starlets, Niger Tornadoes, Katsina United and Heartland.
Head 2 Head
Katsina United - Pillars 1-0 was the outcome when this pair of contenders last did battle, some time ago this season. Last eight meetings with these sides: Kano Pillars won two, Katsina United triumphed in two and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Kano Pillars missing players
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| Kano Pillars | Katsina United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 10 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 14 |
| 21 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| 27 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 29 |
| 82% | 79% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 43% | 43% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 54% | 46% |
| 36% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 36% |
| 11% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 25% | 29% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 31% | 36% |
| 39% | 57% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 54% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 69% | 39% |
| 2.7 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.1 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 15% | 17% |
| 10.1 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
- Kano Pillars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kano Pillars have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Katsina United have scored away.
- Kano Pillars have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Kano Pillars have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Katsina United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Katsina United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Katsina United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Katsina United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Katsina United have yet to win a game away.
- Katsina United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Katsina United is in the best form (4-0-2) in Npfl
| 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 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 61 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 29 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 54 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 48 |
| 4 | Remo Stars | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Akwa United | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Kwara United | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -2 | 43 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 42 |
| 8 | Gombe United | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 9 | Sunshine Stars | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Shooting Stars | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 23 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 | Wikki Tourist | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 21 | -4 | 38 |
| 12 | Nasarawa United | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -5 | 38 |
| 13 | Abia Warriors | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 36 |
| 14 | Katsina United | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 15 | Niger Tornadoes | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 21 | -7 | 36 |
| 16 | Lobi Stars | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 25 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Kano Pillars | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 21 | -6 | 32 |
| 18 | Heartland | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 31 | -19 | 31 |
| 19 | Akwa Starlets | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 33 | -16 | 30 |
| 20 | MFM | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 27 | -21 | 28 |
