Game week two of the Npfl campaign and the participants have adjusted from insights gained in the first match. Here's the Lobi Stars - Enyimba guide:
- Lobi Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Enyimba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Enyimba's familiar surface at their own arena. When appearing on artifical turf Enyimba have performed like this: Played ten matches taking 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats with the goal data 4-11 (scored/conceded).
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.
Lobi Stars form and stats
Last season, Lobi Stars's league results were 14 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses, providing 15th position in the Npfl. During these 38 matches they scored {36 goals} and conceded 48. Playing as the home team in the previous season Lobi Stars managed 13-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 15 conceded.
Stress levels are on the rise for Lobi Stars's attacking players as they have now played 206 minutes without scoring in a league game. Elijah was their last goal scorer.
An away draw last time out for Lobi Stars, facing Bendel Insurance in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Wikki Tourist (0-2).Low on goals? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rivers United are coming to town in two days.
Enyimba form and stats
Let's have a look at how Enyimba performed last season in the Npfl: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded {36 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 3 and lost 14 with 7/23 goals scored/conceded.
Enyimba delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Remo Stars (placed 3rd) in their previous fixture.
Before that, Enyimba travelled to Shooting Stars and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Enyimba are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Enyimba now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Npfl game at Bendel Insurance is waiting in only two days.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Stars won one game, five matches ended with a tie and Enyimba have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
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| Lobi Stars | Enyimba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 20 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 63% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 44% | 68% |
| 32% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 42% |
| 5% | 11% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 5% | 11% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 32% | 22% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 47% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 26% |
| 2.9 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2 | 3.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.2 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 3.8 | 6.8 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| 54% | 71% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 55% | 50% |
| 4.6 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
- Enyimba have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Enyimba have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lobi Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lobi Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lobi Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Enyimba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Remo Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Lobi Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bendel Insurance | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sunshine Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
