Remo Stars go on their trip to Kano Pillars and Sani Abacha Stadium packed with happy thoughts, but the host team is no weakling. More news on the game here!
- Kano Pillars have not yet lost a game at home.
- Remo Stars have not yet lost a game.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Remo Stars have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-2-9 (win-draw-loss) from eleven matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Remo Stars have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Kano Pillars nor Remo Stars 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.
Kano Pillars form and stats
Kano Pillars have collected 10 points from their Npfl home games so far after 3-1-0. There’s a good atmosphere here at Sani Abacha Stadium after three straight home wins.
The Kano Pillars goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 222 minutes without conceding a goal in the Npfl.
Pillars are returning here after visiting Heartland and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against MFM.The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Akwa Starlets in only four days.
Kano Pillars has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Remo Stars form and stats
Playing away, Remo Stars have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Npfl this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Remo Stars as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Remo Stars's last game was the home draw against Rivers United (1-1).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Enugu Rangers.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shooting Stars in just four days.
Stars find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Kano Pillars missing players
Remo Stars missing players
| Kano Pillars | Remo Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 89% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 33% | 25% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 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% | 50% | 33% |
| 56% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.2 | 5.3 |
| 4.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10.1 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 34% |
| 8.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.2 | 12.9 |
| 4.2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.6 |
- Kano Pillars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kano Pillars have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Kano Pillars have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kano Pillars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kano Pillars have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Remo Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Remo Stars have created more than twice as many corners as Kano Pillars.
- Remo Stars have not yet lost a game.
- Remo Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Remo Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Remo Stars have scored more than double the goals of Kano Pillars.
- Remo Stars have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Remo Stars | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Enyimba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Plateau United | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Wikki Tourist | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Akwa United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Kwara United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Sunshine Stars | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Nasarawa United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Shooting Stars | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Lobi Stars | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Abia Warriors | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Gombe United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Akwa Starlets | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Niger Tornadoes | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Katsina United | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 19 | Heartland | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 20 | MFM | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
