This match features two teams living in the basement of the Npfl, Katsina United holding 15th place and MFM lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Katsina United have not yet lost a game at home.
- MFM have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Katsina United nor MFM 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.
MFM have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Katsina United form and stats
Katsina United have collected 13 points from their Npfl home games so far after 4-1-0. Katsina has recorded two wins in a row here at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Katsina are traveling soon after this match as the Npfl match at Lobi Stars awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Katsina in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Katsina have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
MFM form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Npfl travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. MFM has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
After this away game MFM return home for a Npfl game against Nasarawa United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
MFM are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 5 away games. MFM have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Katsina one win, two draws and MFM three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Katsina United missing players
MFM missing players
| Katsina United | MFM | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 91% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 82% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 27% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 36% |
| 64% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.4 | 7.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.4 | 6.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| 26% | 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 30% |
- Katsina United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Katsina United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Katsina United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as MFM have scored away.
- MFM have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- MFM have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 2 | Kwara United | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Kano Pillars | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Nasarawa United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Lobi Stars | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 10 | Sunshine Stars | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Heartland | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Akwa Starlets | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 13 | Wikki Tourist | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | MFM | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Katsina United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 16 | Abia Warriors | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 17 | Ifeanyi Uba | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Plateau United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 19 | Warri Wolves | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | -12 | 3 |