Katsina United welcome MFM for another interesting Npfl fixture here.
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!
It's quite the trip for MFM when visiting Katsina United as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Katsina United form and stats
Seven points from three Npfl home games is a great start for Katsina United, who are hoping to build on that form here. Katsina United has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The fans are hoping that Katsina United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Npfl game against Adamawa United (placed 12th). Ahead of that match, Katsina United won a home game hosting Sunshine Stars (2-0).
Katsina United were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Katsina United as they are travelling to their away game against Rivers United in the Npfl. That match is three days after this one.
Katsina United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Katsina United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
MFM form and stats
MFM have six points from their first three away games in the Npfl, meaning two victories and a loss.
Two away games in a row for MFM, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Abia Warriors in the Npfl. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Warri Wolves.
A quick return to home after this game, as MFM are hosting Akwa United in the Npfl only three days away.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. MFM are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 0 - 2 - 3 (Katsina United wins - draws - MFM wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Katsina United missing players
MFM missing players
| Katsina United | MFM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 9.3 | 6.4 |
| 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 30 | 52 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
- Katsina United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Katsina United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Katsina United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Katsina United is in the worst form (0-1-2)
- MFM have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- MFM have created more than twice as many corners as Katsina United.
- MFM haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Wikki Tourist | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Akwa Starlets | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Abia Warriors | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Rivers United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | MFM | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Ifeanyi Uba | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Sunshine Stars | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Katsina United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 12 | Adamawa United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Delta Force | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Warri Wolves | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Heartland | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Akwa United | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Kano Pillars | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 |
| 19 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |