With their 1 point advantage in the league table, Katsina United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Rivers United.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Rivers United play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Rivers United when playing on artificial turf are 0 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats from twelve matches. They have scored 7 goals and conceded 23 times in these games. It's quite the trip for Rivers United when visiting Katsina United as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Katsina United form and stats
4 victories, 7 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Katsina United have to build on here. In general it's been a long time since Katsina United tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 24 home games.The fans are hoping that Katsina United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Npfl game against Enugu Rangers. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Enugu Rangers.
Katsina United aren't scoring a lot here with only 8 goals from 11 games. As for guarding their own goal, Katsina United have only let in 3 goals at home.
Rivers United form and stats
Rivers United have only collected 8 points from their away games after 0-8-3 (11 played).Rivers United won their last game, 1-0 versus Niger Tornadoes played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Remo Stars with the score of 1-0.
Rivers United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 4 goals from 11 away games. Rivers United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Rivers United - Katsina United 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 1 - 0 - 1 (Katsina United wins - draws - Rivers United wins).Katsina United missing players
Rivers United missing players
| Katsina United | Rivers United | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | Played | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | 11 | Scored | 5 | 10 |
| 14 | 4 | Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 92% |
| 64% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 86% | 54% |
| 14% | 29% | Over 2.5 | 14% | 15% |
| 7% | 14% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 57% | Both teams to score | 57% | 38% |
| 21% | 43% | Clean Sheet | 14% | 46% |
| 43% | 0% | Failed To Score | 29% | 23% |
- Katsina United hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Katsina United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
- Katsina United has scored in all of their 7 home matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | MFM | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| 2 | Enugu Rangers | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 31 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Lobi Stars | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | Wikki Tourist | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Kwara United | 22 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Katsina United | 22 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Sunshine Stars | 22 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Rivers United | 22 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 24 |
| 10 | Bendel Insurance | 22 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Remo Stars | 22 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Niger Tornadoes | 22 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
