Lobi Stars vs Wikki Tourist: Soccer match betting guide

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 10.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aper Aku Stadium (15000 seats)

Lobi Stars are counting on their home following to support them to do well in this match versus Wikki Tourist. Who is the winner at Aper Aku Stadium?

Insights:
  • Lobi Stars have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Npfl
  • Wikki Tourist have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Lobi Stars are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Wikki Tourist are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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!

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Lobi Stars form and stats

Lobi Stars are steadily winning Npfl games and points here at Aper Aku Stadium. 12 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 18 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Aper Aku Stadium after three straight home wins.

The followers are hoping that Stars will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Plateau United (placed 2nd).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Akwa Starlets.

The Lobi Stars fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 18 matches. From these home matches, Lobi Stars have conceded only 13 goals.

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Wikki Tourist form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wikki Tourist so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-14 (win-draw-lose).

Wikki Tourist are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Akwa United (placed 8th). That win felt nice as this team had gone three league rounds without winning.

Prior to that match, the Tourist manager Abdallah faced defeat when travelling to Gombe United and losing 1-2.

Few goals the story here? 19 of this team's most recent 22 league matches have contained two goals or less.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Wikki Tourist's away games in the league this season with only 8 goals from 18 matches. Wikki Tourist have conceded 26 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stars and Wikki Tourist have duelled previously this season: Wikki Tourist - Lobi Stars 1-0. Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Lobi Stars won two games, three matches ended with a tie and Wikki Tourist got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Lobi Stars missing players

Wikki Tourist missing players

Lobi Stars Wikki Tourist
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
13 12 3 Won W 2 2 14
7 4 2 Drew D 2 2 7
16 2 1 Lost L 2 14 15
33 24 7 Scored S 4 8 30
43 13 5 Conceded C 3 26 32
86% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 89%
58% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 53%
47% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 28%
8% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 3%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 17% 28% 28%
31% 39% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 44%
39% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 61% 39%
 
3.4 4.9 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 2.7 4.8
3.2 2.2 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.3 3.7
1.4 1.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.7 8.8 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 7.4 8.3
2.8 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.1 3.6
31% 29% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 20% 24%
 
7.9 6.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9.1 6.4
3.9 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 2.6
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Lobi Stars have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wikki Tourist have scored away.
  • Lobi Stars have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Npfl
  • Lobi Stars have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Lobi Stars have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wikki Tourist have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Wikki Tourist have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wikki Tourist have won significantly less corners away then 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 36 22 8 6 55 21 18 17 1 0 40 5 18 5 7 6 15 16 34 74
2 Plateau United 36 20 4 12 49 27 18 17 1 0 38 6 18 3 3 12 11 21 22 64
3 Remo Stars 36 16 8 12 39 26 18 14 2 2 28 7 18 2 6 10 11 19 13 56
4 Kwara United 36 16 7 13 40 44 18 15 3 0 29 7 18 1 4 13 11 37 -4 55
5 Enugu Rangers 36 14 11 11 39 29 18 11 5 2 27 10 18 3 6 9 12 19 10 53
6 Enyimba 36 15 7 14 39 33 18 13 4 1 32 11 18 2 3 13 7 22 6 52
7 Sunshine Stars 36 14 9 13 30 26 18 14 3 1 27 7 18 0 6 12 3 19 4 51
8 Akwa United 36 13 12 11 33 32 18 11 6 1 27 11 18 2 6 10 6 21 1 51
9 Gombe United 36 13 10 13 38 38 18 12 6 0 28 10 18 1 4 13 10 28 0 49
10 Wikki Tourist 36 14 7 15 30 32 18 12 5 1 22 6 18 2 2 14 8 26 -2 49
11 Nasarawa United 36 13 8 15 40 48 18 13 5 0 26 10 18 0 3 15 14 38 -8 47
12 Abia Warriors 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 11 7 0 30 14 18 1 3 14 15 28 3 46
13 Niger Tornadoes 36 14 6 16 30 34 18 13 3 2 23 8 18 1 3 14 7 26 -4 46
14 Lobi Stars 36 13 7 16 33 43 18 12 4 2 24 13 18 1 3 14 9 30 -10 46
15 Shooting Stars 36 11 12 13 37 41 18 10 8 0 26 10 18 1 4 13 11 31 -4 45
16 Kano Pillars 36 14 6 16 30 34 18 12 4 2 21 7 18 2 2 14 9 27 -4 45
17 Katsina United 36 14 3 19 32 40 18 14 2 2 27 11 18 0 1 17 5 29 -8 45
18 Heartland 36 12 8 16 30 46 18 12 4 2 20 10 18 0 4 14 10 36 -16 44
19 Akwa Starlets 36 13 4 19 37 49 18 13 2 3 28 12 18 0 2 16 9 37 -12 43
20 MFM 36 9 9 18 26 47 18 9 3 6 18 16 18 0 6 12 8 31 -21 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.