MFM vs Akwa Starlets match preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 30.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Agege Stadium (24325 seats)

Classic home win, away team steals the points or a score draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams MFM and Akwa Starlets clash at Agege Stadium.

Insights:
  • MFM have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Npfl
  • Akwa Starlets have the most points from losing position (12) in Npfl

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.

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MFM form and stats

MFM have collected 21 points from their Npfl home games so far after 6-3-2.

The MFM goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 389 minutes without conceding a goal in the Npfl.

MFM drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sunshine Stars (placed 18th).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Lobi Stars.

MFM has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. MFM have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Akwa Starlets form and stats

Akwa Starlets have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Npfl, after 1-2-8 (11 played).

Starlets had fun at their own home (Agege Stadium) last time out, beating Ifeanyi Uba 2-1.

A 1-1 draw at Jigawa Golden Stars's stadium before that.

Akwa Starlets are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 11 away games. Starlets struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Akwa Starlets - MFM 1-1. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (MFM wins - draws - Akwa Starlets wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

MFM missing players

Akwa Starlets missing players

MFM Akwa Starlets
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
8 6 2 Won W 0 1 10
7 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
8 2 1 Lost L 3 8 10
19 12 3 Scored S 2 4 25
18 7 2 Conceded C 5 19 32
83% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
52% 55% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 78%
22% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 52%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
30% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 27% 48%
48% 55% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 22%
39% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 64% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
7.5 8.8 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 4.3 9.2
2.6 3.5 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 1.9 2.9
28% 31% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 18% 35%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Akwa Starlets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Akwa Starlets have the most points from losing position (12) in Npfl
  • MFM have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MFM have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Akwa Starlets have scored away.
  • MFM have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Npfl
  • MFM have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Npfl
  • MFM have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Npfl

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kano Pillars 23 13 5 5 27 18 12 11 1 0 16 2 11 2 4 5 11 16 9 44
2 Akwa United 22 11 8 3 27 12 11 8 3 0 17 3 11 3 5 3 10 9 15 41
3 Kwara United 22 11 7 4 29 15 12 8 4 0 21 4 10 3 3 4 8 11 14 40
4 Rivers United 23 12 4 7 26 19 11 10 1 0 18 1 12 2 3 7 8 18 7 40
5 Nasarawa United 23 12 3 8 30 23 11 9 1 1 24 10 12 3 2 7 6 13 7 39
6 Enugu Rangers 21 10 4 7 21 15 11 9 1 1 15 2 10 1 3 6 6 13 6 34
7 Enyimba 19 10 4 5 19 16 8 6 2 0 11 5 11 4 2 5 8 11 3 34
8 Heartland 23 9 6 8 29 29 12 7 4 1 19 9 11 2 2 7 10 20 0 33
9 Akwa Starlets 23 10 3 10 25 32 12 9 1 2 21 13 11 1 2 8 4 19 -7 33
10 Plateau United 23 9 5 9 29 21 11 9 1 1 25 8 12 0 4 8 4 13 8 32
11 Lobi Stars 22 9 4 9 24 22 11 9 2 0 20 6 11 0 2 9 4 16 2 31
12 MFM 23 8 7 8 19 18 11 6 3 2 12 7 12 2 4 6 7 11 1 31
13 Abia Warriors 21 7 7 7 31 26 10 7 1 2 20 9 11 0 6 5 11 17 5 28
14 Jigawa Golden Stars 22 7 7 8 17 22 11 6 4 1 10 5 11 1 3 7 7 17 -5 28
15 Wikki Tourist 23 6 6 11 20 28 12 6 3 3 15 9 11 0 3 8 5 19 -8 24
16 Warri Wolves 23 6 6 11 19 28 12 6 4 2 13 7 11 0 2 9 6 21 -9 24
17 Katsina United 23 6 4 13 20 32 11 6 4 1 17 7 12 0 0 12 3 25 -12 22
18 Sunshine Stars 23 4 9 10 14 22 12 3 7 2 9 7 11 1 2 8 5 15 -8 21
19 Ifeanyi Uba 23 4 8 11 17 28 11 4 4 3 9 8 12 0 4 8 8 20 -11 20
20 Adamawa United 23 3 7 13 12 29 12 3 6 3 11 10 11 0 1 10 1 19 -17 16

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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.