Kwara United vs Plateau United match preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Kwara United perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Plateau United can look both up and down from their 10th position.

Insights:
  • Kwara United have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Npfl
  • Plateau United have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Plateau United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-10-18 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.

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Kwara United form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 10 Npfl games here for Kwara United. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Kwara tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

A decent goal production from Kwara United in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. Kwara have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Plateau United form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Plateau United so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-7 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Goals are few and far between in Plateau's away league games. Only 4 goals from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Plateau in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Plateau United - Kwara 0-2. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - one - four (Kwara wins - draws - Plateau United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Kwara United missing players

Plateau United missing players

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Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 5 Played P 2 10 20
10 7 3 Won W 0 0 8
6 3 2 Drew D 0 3 4
4 0 0 Lost L 2 7 8
26 18 7 Scored S 0 4 25
14 3 2 Conceded C 2 11 18
85% 90% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 70% 85%
70% 70% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 30% 60%
35% 30% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 50%
5% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 15%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
35% 30% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 30% 40%
50% 70% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 35%
30% 10% 20% Failed to Score F T 100% 70% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.6 10.9 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.8 10.4
3.4 4.1 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.3 3.9
38% 44% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 35%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Kwara United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kwara United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kwara United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Plateau United have scored away.
  • Kwara United have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Npfl
  • Plateau United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Plateau United have yet to win a 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 Akwa United 20 10 7 3 25 12 10 8 2 0 17 3 10 2 5 3 8 9 13 37
2 Kano Pillars 20 11 4 5 24 17 10 9 1 0 14 2 10 2 3 5 10 15 7 37
3 Kwara United 20 10 6 4 26 14 10 7 3 0 18 3 10 3 3 4 8 11 12 36
4 Rivers United 20 11 2 7 24 18 10 10 0 0 18 1 10 1 2 7 6 17 6 35
5 Enugu Rangers 19 10 3 6 21 14 9 8 1 0 13 1 10 2 2 6 8 13 7 33
6 Nasarawa United 20 10 3 7 25 20 10 8 1 1 21 9 10 2 2 6 4 11 5 33
7 Enyimba 18 9 4 5 17 15 9 6 2 1 11 7 9 3 2 4 6 8 2 31
8 Heartland 20 8 5 7 26 26 10 6 3 1 17 9 10 2 2 6 9 17 0 29
9 Akwa Starlets 20 9 2 9 22 28 10 8 1 1 19 10 10 1 1 8 3 18 -6 29
10 Plateau United 20 8 4 8 25 18 10 8 1 1 21 7 10 0 3 7 4 11 7 28
11 Lobi Stars 19 8 4 7 22 20 10 8 2 0 18 6 9 0 2 7 4 14 2 28
12 Abia Warriors 20 7 6 7 31 26 10 7 1 2 20 9 10 0 5 5 11 17 5 27
13 Jigawa Golden Stars 20 7 5 8 16 21 10 6 3 1 9 4 10 1 2 7 7 17 -5 26
14 MFM 20 6 6 8 16 18 10 5 3 2 11 7 10 1 3 6 5 11 -2 24
15 Wikki Tourist 20 6 6 8 17 20 10 6 3 1 13 5 10 0 3 7 4 15 -3 24
16 Katsina United 20 6 3 11 19 28 10 6 3 1 16 6 10 0 0 10 3 22 -9 21
17 Warri Wolves 20 5 5 10 15 23 10 5 4 1 12 5 10 0 1 9 3 18 -8 20
18 Sunshine Stars 20 4 7 9 14 21 10 3 5 2 9 7 10 1 2 7 5 14 -7 19
19 Ifeanyi Uba 20 3 8 9 15 24 10 3 4 3 8 8 10 0 4 6 7 16 -9 17
20 Adamawa United 20 2 6 12 8 25 10 2 5 3 7 7 10 0 1 9 1 18 -17 12

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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.