Struggling Kwara United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lobi Stars in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Lobi Stars's home stadium. The visitors last 17 games on grass have ended in 1 win, 6 draws and 10 losses.
Kwara United form and stats
Kwara United are steadily winning games and points here. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.The points were shared in Kwara United's previous game, also at home. Visiting Bendel Insurance travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Enyimba.
Kwara United has scored 10 goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Kwara United have only conceded 5 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lobi Stars form and stats
There's been little loot from Lobi Stars's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 8 away games. Lobi Stars only has 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 19 away games in a row. Lobi Stars have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.Lobi Stars's last game was the home draw against Enyimba (0-0). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Enugu Rangers.
Goals are few and far between in Lobi Stars's away games. Only 4 goals from 8 travels. As opposed to that, Lobi Stars have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Lobi Stars - Kwara United 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 2 - 4 (Kwara United wins - draws - Lobi Stars wins).Kwara United missing players
Lobi Stars missing players
| Kwara United | Lobi Stars | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | Played | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 10 | Scored | 4 | 17 |
| 16 | 5 | Conceded | 10 | 16 |
| 81% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 75% | 81% |
| 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 62% | 69% |
| 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 25% | 44% |
| 6% | 12% | Over 3.5 | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 38% | Both teams to score | 38% | 50% |
| 44% | 62% | Clean Sheet | 25% | 31% |
| 50% | 12% | Failed To Score | 62% | 38% |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | Corners For (avg) | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| 1.8 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| 0.9 | 0.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | Enugu Rangers | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 31 |
| 2 | Enyimba | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | MFM | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Lobi Stars | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Wikki Tourist | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Katsina United | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Sunshine Stars | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Rivers United | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Kwara United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Bendel Insurance | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Niger Tornadoes | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Remo Stars | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -6 | 14 |