The league standings tells us that 1 points divide the two opponents in this Npfl fixture. Kwara United hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Kwara United have the most points from losing position (9) in Npfl
- Sunshine Stars have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Npfl
Sunshine Stars play their home games on artifical turf, while this fixture is played on grass. The latest results for Sunshine Stars when playing on grass are 2 wins, 6 draws and 13 defeats from 21 matches. They have created 10 goals and conceded 29 times on these occasions.
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.
Kwara United form and stats
Kwara United have been very solid at home in the Npfl so far, with 42 points collected from 16 matches (13-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 6th position in the table.
Kwara United drew their last game, also a home match. Sunshine Stars (placed 7th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Prior to that, an away loss at Enyimba.The Kwara United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. Defensively Kwara United have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (7 in 16 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sunshine Stars form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sunshine Stars so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-10 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 17 away games in a row.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Kwara United (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Before that, Sunshine secured a home win against Niger Tornadoes with the score 2-1.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sunshine Stars's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sunshine Stars have conceded 17 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Kwara and Sunshine Stars have faced off previously this season: Sunshine Stars - Kwara United 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kwara United two wins, three draws and Sunshine Stars five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Kwara United missing players
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| Kwara United | Sunshine Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 14 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 11 |
| 36 | 25 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| 40 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 23 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 71% | 76% |
| 71% | 59% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 29% | 41% |
| 41% | 29% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 12% | 26% |
| 9% | 6% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 41% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 12% | 21% |
| 29% | 59% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 47% |
| 26% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 88% | 56% |
| 3.2 | 4.6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 3.3 | 1.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.8 | 10.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 6.3 | 7.8 |
| 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 |
| 27% | 26% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 35% |
| 7.4 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.5 | 8.1 |
| 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
- 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 Sunshine Stars have scored away.
- Kwara United have the most points from losing position (9) in Npfl
- Kwara United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Kwara United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sunshine Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sunshine Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sunshine Stars have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Npfl
- Sunshine Stars 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 | Rivers United | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 71 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 33 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 60 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 52 |
| 4 | Enyimba | 33 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 51 |
| 5 | Remo Stars | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 50 |
| 6 | Kwara United | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 33 | -4 | 49 |
| 7 | Sunshine Stars | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 48 |
| 8 | Akwa United | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 48 |
| 9 | Gombe United | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 45 |
| 10 | Wikki Tourist | 33 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 24 | -3 | 45 |
| 11 | Nasarawa United | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 35 | -6 | 44 |
| 12 | Abia Warriors | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 42 |
| 13 | Shooting Stars | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 28 | -4 | 42 |
| 14 | Katsina United | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 27 | -7 | 42 |
| 15 | Niger Tornadoes | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 25 | -8 | 40 |
| 16 | Lobi Stars | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 25 | -9 | 40 |
| 17 | Heartland | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 36 | -17 | 40 |
| 18 | Kano Pillars | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 26 | -5 | 39 |
| 19 | Akwa Starlets | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 35 | -14 | 37 |
| 20 | MFM | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 29 | -20 | 33 |