Both Katsina United and Kano Pillars are hungry for points in this one, despite the away team holding a 19 point advantage so far.
- Katsina United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Kano Pillars is in the best form (5-1-0)
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Katsina United form and stats
21 points is a decent return from 10 Npfl games here at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium for Katsina United. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
In their previous game, led his Katsina to a defeat in the Npfl match away at Heartland. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Wikki Tourist in a game that was won 5-1.Katsina are traveling soon after this match as the Npfl match at Adamawa United awaits in three days.
The Katsina fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Katsina are not conceding a lot of goals here at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Kano Pillars form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kano Pillars so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Pillars had fun at their own home (Muhammadu Dikko Stadium) last time out, beating Adamawa United 1-0.
A 1-1 draw at Warri Wolves's stadium before that.A new game in only three days for Pillars, the Npfl home match versus Nasarawa United. Busy days.
Pillars have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Kano Pillars have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kano Pillars - Katsina 2-0 earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Katsina United victory, three draws and two Kano Pillars wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Katsina United missing players
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| Katsina United | Kano Pillars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 19 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 30 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 17 |
| 86% | 70% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 57% |
| 48% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 24% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 33% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 43% |
| 29% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 10% | 48% |
| 52% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 11.6 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 6.7 | 7.6 |
| 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | 40% |
- Kano Pillars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kano Pillars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kano Pillars is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Katsina United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Akwa United | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 2 | Kano Pillars | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Rivers United | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| 5 | Nasarawa United | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Enugu Rangers | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Heartland | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Lobi Stars | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Enyimba | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | Akwa Starlets | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 18 | -8 | 29 |
| 11 | Plateau United | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 28 |
| 12 | Abia Warriors | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 27 |
| 13 | MFM | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 16 | Katsina United | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 24 | -11 | 21 |
| 17 | Sunshine Stars | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 18 | Warri Wolves | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 12 |