An important duel in the bottom section of the Npfl, with both Katsina United and Warri Wolves experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 16th place.
- Katsina United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Warri Wolves have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Npfl
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
0-5-14 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Warri Wolves when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 19 matches are 9-31 (scored/conceded).
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Warri Wolves, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Katsina United form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Npfl games here at Muhammadu Dikko Stadium for Katsina United. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
Katsina faced defeat in their previous match, away at Adamawa United (0-1).
In the match before that, Katsina hosted Kano Pillars and drew the game 1-1.A decent goal production from Katsina in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Katsina have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Warri Wolves form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Warri Wolves so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Lobi Stars in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Adamawa United that ended 3-3.The attacking power of Wolves when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wolves have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Warri Wolves - Katsina 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Katsina one win, zero draws and Warri Wolves two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Katsina United missing players
Warri Wolves missing players
| Katsina United | Warri Wolves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 20 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 32 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 28 |
| 87% | 73% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 65% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 57% |
| 43% | 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 17% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 13% |
| 9% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 9% |
| 35% | 45% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| 26% | 55% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 52% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 64% | 43% |
| 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 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 11.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.8 | 11.2 |
| 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 28% | 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 21% | 22% |
- 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 Warri Wolves have scored away.
- Warri Wolves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Warri Wolves have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Warri Wolves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Warri Wolves have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Npfl
- Warri Wolves have yet to win a game away.
- Warri Wolves haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Kano Pillars | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 44 |
| 2 | Akwa United | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Rivers United | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 40 |
| 5 | Nasarawa United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Enugu Rangers | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Heartland | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Akwa Starlets | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Plateau United | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 11 | Lobi Stars | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | MFM | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Abia Warriors | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 14 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Katsina United | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 18 | Sunshine Stars | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -11 | 20 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 19 | -17 | 16 |