Football preview: Home fans have big expectations when Kwara United greet Bendel Insurance

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adamasingba Stadium (10000 seats)

Let's look at this engaging match in the Npfl. Kwara United is in the 6th spot after featuring in two fixtures. They greet Bendel Insurance who are placed 1st after two fixtures.

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.

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Kwara United form and stats

A Npfl draw at home so far for Kwara United. Last season their home statistics were 16 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 19 matches.

Stress levels are on the rise for Kwara United's attacking players as they have now played 275 minutes without scoring in a league game. Kadiri was their last goal scorer. Kwara United are confident in defense, having played 259 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

An away draw last time out for Kwara, facing Shooting Stars in a game that ended 0-0.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gombe United that ended 0-0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kwara United at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Bendel Insurance form and stats

The visitors are W1-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Npfl.

The followers enjoyed Bendel Insurance's previous match versus Plateau United (placed 7th), a 2-1 win played at home.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Akwa United with the score of 2-0.

Bendel Insurance have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Bendel Insurance have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Kwara United.

Kwara United missing players

Bendel Insurance missing players

Kwara United Bendel Insurance
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 2 4
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 1
3 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 15 15
0.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 5
0.5 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 50%
 
6 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 11
0.5 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Kwara United Last season Bendel Insurance
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   11 22
17 16   Won W   0 6
7 3   Drew D   5 10
14 0   Lost L   6 6
43 32   Scored S   3 13
45 7   Conceded C   10 13
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 68%
71% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   36% 36%
45% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   9% 14%
11% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
42% 37%   BTTS BTTS   27% 27%
32% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 50%
26% 0%   Failed to Score F T   73% 55%
 
3.4 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 3.1
3.5 1.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 3.4
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.6 10   Shots (avg) S (   3.2 6.1
3 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1 1.9
32% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   20% 29%
 
7.3 5.1   Shots against (avg) S A   7.8 6.6
2.8 1.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.4 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bendel Insurance 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Remo Stars 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Enyimba 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
4 El Kanemi Warriors 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
5 Shooting Stars 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 2
6 Kwara United 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Plateau United 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
8 Gombe United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
9 Akwa United 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
10 Nasarawa United 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
Last season 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 38 23 8 7 58 24 19 18 1 0 41 5 19 5 7 7 17 19 34 77
2 Plateau United 38 21 4 13 50 29 19 18 1 0 39 6 19 3 3 13 11 23 21 67
3 Remo Stars 38 18 8 12 43 26 19 15 2 2 31 7 19 3 6 10 12 19 17 62
4 Kwara United 38 17 7 14 43 45 19 16 3 0 32 7 19 1 4 14 11 38 -2 58
5 Enugu Rangers 38 15 11 12 41 30 19 12 5 2 29 10 19 3 6 10 12 20 11 56
6 Nasarawa United 38 15 8 15 42 48 19 14 5 0 27 10 19 1 3 15 15 38 -6 53
7 Enyimba 38 15 7 16 39 36 19 13 4 2 32 13 19 2 3 14 7 23 3 52
8 Gombe United 38 14 10 14 39 39 19 13 6 0 29 10 19 1 4 14 10 29 0 52
9 Akwa United 38 13 13 12 35 36 19 11 7 1 29 13 19 2 6 11 6 23 -1 52
10 Wikki Tourist 38 15 7 16 34 35 19 13 5 1 24 6 19 2 2 15 10 29 -1 52
11 Sunshine Stars 38 14 9 15 30 30 19 14 3 2 27 8 19 0 6 13 3 22 0 51
12 Niger Tornadoes 38 15 6 17 32 38 19 14 3 2 25 9 19 1 3 15 7 29 -6 51
13 Abia Warriors 38 13 11 14 50 44 19 12 7 0 33 14 19 1 4 14 17 30 6 50
14 Akwa Starlets 38 15 4 19 42 49 19 14 2 3 31 12 19 1 2 16 11 37 -7 49
15 Lobi Stars 38 14 7 17 36 48 19 13 4 2 27 15 19 1 3 15 9 33 -12 49
16 Shooting Stars 38 12 12 14 41 45 19 11 8 0 29 12 19 1 4 14 12 33 -4 48
17 Katsina United 38 15 3 20 34 42 19 15 2 2 29 11 19 0 1 18 5 31 -8 48
18 Heartland 38 13 8 17 32 48 19 13 4 2 21 10 19 0 4 15 11 38 -16 47
19 Kano Pillars 38 15 6 17 32 36 19 13 4 2 23 8 19 2 2 15 9 28 -4 45
20 MFM 38 9 9 20 26 51 19 9 3 7 18 17 19 0 6 13 8 34 -25 36

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The Nigerian Professional Fotball League (NPFL) is the highest level of football in Nigeria. It has earlier been known as the Nigerian Premier League, Nigerian Premiership, Nigerian Professional League and other names. It currently holds two divisions each with twelve teams. The top three teams in each division qualify for a championship playoff.