Nasarawa United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 2 points and a 20th position in the Npfl table. Visiting Kano Pillars holds 10th place with 9 pts.
It's no vacation for neither Nasarawa United nor Kano Pillars as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Kano Pillars have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 3-6-14 (win-draw-loss) from 23 matches.
Nasarawa United form and stats
Nasarawa United have played three Npfl home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 1 point from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The fans are hoping that Nasarawa United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the Npfl game against Sunshine Stars (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the home game against Delta Force that was lost 0-1.
A goal frenzy last time out for Nasarawa United, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sunshine Stars. Fun stuff to watch!
Nasarawa United have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Nasarawa United have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Kano Pillars form and stats
Kano Pillars are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Npfl, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Kano Pillars won their last game, 6-1 versus Delta Force played at home. Prior to that result Kano Pillars won their away game at Akwa Starlets. The scoreline was 2-1.
As mentioned above, Kano Pillars was the only team on the pitch versus Delta Force in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nasarawa United 5 wins, 2 draws and Kano Pillars 3 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Nasarawa United missing players
Kano Pillars missing players
| Nasarawa United | Kano Pillars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 31 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 18 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 22% | 8% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 60% |
- Kano Pillars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Kano Pillars have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nasarawa United has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Nasarawa United has the fewest points (1) at home
- Nasarawa United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Nasarawa United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Nasarawa United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nasarawa United have yet to win a game.
- Nasarawa United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plateau United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Wikki Tourist | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Akwa Starlets | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Lobi Stars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Ifeanyi Uba | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Sunshine Stars | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Katsina United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Enyimba | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Abia Warriors | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Rivers United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | MFM | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Heartland | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Akwa United | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Warri Wolves | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Adamawa United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Delta Force | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 2 |