The visiting Rivers United side should be favourites in this visit to Katsina United, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their seven league games this season.
- Katsina United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rivers United has the the best goal difference (+6) in Npfl
It's no vacation for neither Katsina nor Rivers United 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.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Rivers United's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Rivers United have performed like this: Played 21 matches resulting in 0 wins, 5 draws and 16 defeats with the goal stats 10-32 (scored/conceded).
It's quite the trip for Rivers United when visiting Katsina United as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Katsina United form and stats
Katsina United have collected seven points from their first three Npfl games here at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, a promising start.
Stress levels are on the rise for Katsina United's attacking players as they have now played 376 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Ahmed was their last goal scorer.
No payout for Katsina in their previous match, an away game at Enyimba that ended in defeat 0-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Plateau United.
There will be little rest for Katsina after this match as they are travelling to Akwa United for a Npfl game in only four days.
The Katsina fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league 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 2 from 3 matches.
Rivers United form and stats
Things could have gone better for Rivers United in their Npfl away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Rivers are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Rivers won their last game, 1-0 versus Adamawa United played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Kano Pillars before that.
A new game in only four days for Rivers, the Npfl home match versus Nasarawa United. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Rivers United's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. It's not easy to score on Rivers as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Katsina won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Rivers United has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoKatsina United missing players
Rivers United missing players
| Katsina United | Rivers United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 5.5 | 8.3 |
| 1.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 56% |
- Katsina United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rivers United has the the best goal difference (+6) in Npfl
- Rivers United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rivers United 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 | Rivers United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Enyimba | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | Nasarawa United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Sunshine Stars | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Lobi Stars | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Kwara United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Plateau United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Akwa Starlets | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Kano Pillars | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Enugu Rangers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | MFM | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Akwa United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Wikki Tourist | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Ifeanyi Uba | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Katsina United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Warri Wolves | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 18 | Heartland | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Abia Warriors | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 2 |