Soccer match preview: Home crowds with big optimism before Nasarawa United - Katsina United

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lafia Township Stadium (5000 seats)

Nasarawa United have 9 points performing as the hosts. Katsina United have got 7 points being the away side. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Nasarawa United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Katsina United have lost all their away matches so far.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Katsina United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 1-4-26 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.

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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Nasarawa United form and stats

Seven points from three Npfl home games is a great start for Nasarawa United, who are hoping to build on that form here at Lafia Township Stadium. Nasarawa United has recorded two wins in a row here at Lafia Township Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A good away victory last time out for Nasarawa United, who won 2-3 against Plateau United (placed 4th). Nasarawa United drew their last game, 2-3 away at Plateau United (placed 4th). In their previous game, led his Nasarawa to a defeat away at Plateau United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Lafia Township Stadium.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Lobi Stars. Before that, Nasarawa United drew at home versus Lobi Stars. Before that game, the home loss against Lobi Stars with the scoreline 2-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Nasarawa United home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and three defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.

Nasarawa United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Lafia Township Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Nasarawa United are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lafia Township Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Katsina United form and stats

It's not happening yet for Katsina United on their Npfl travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? Three consecutive losses in away matches means Katsina United are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Katsina United aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal.

Katsina United played 0-0 against Lobi Stars in their previous match. Home advantage was not enough for Katsina United in their previous game as they lost hosting Lobi Stars, 0-0. The followers enjoyed Katsina's previous match versus Lobi Stars (placed 11th), a 0-0 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Akwa United at their stadium, the result 0-2. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Akwa United that ended 0-2. A 0-2 defeat away at Akwa United before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Katsina United played away with similar odds. This revealed ten games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected eight times.

Katsina United are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 3 away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Nasarawa United three wins, zero draws and Katsina United two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Nasarawa United missing players

Katsina United missing players

Nasarawa United Katsina United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 3 4
11 5 1 Scored S 0 0 4
10 2 1 Conceded C 0 6 9
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 57%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
71% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 29%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 57%
 
3.2 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.7 2.7
4.3 5.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
1.5 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.2 10.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 4
4 5.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 2.3
46% 29% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
8.8 8.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.3 8.3
3.7 2.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • All of Nasarawa United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Katsina United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Katsina United have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Katsina United have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Nasarawa United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Nasarawa United have scored more than double the goals of Katsina United.
  • Nasarawa United have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Remo Stars 7 5 2 0 10 2 4 3 1 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 5 2 8 17
2 Rivers United 7 4 3 0 11 2 3 2 1 0 6 0 4 2 2 0 5 2 9 15
3 Enugu Rangers 7 4 2 1 12 3 3 2 0 1 6 1 4 2 2 0 6 2 9 14
4 Plateau United 7 4 0 3 12 5 4 4 0 0 12 2 3 0 0 3 0 3 7 12
5 Kwara United 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 3 1 0 6 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 11
6 Akwa United 6 3 1 2 7 4 3 3 0 0 6 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 10
7 Enyimba 6 3 1 2 4 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 10
8 Sunshine Stars 6 2 3 1 7 3 3 2 1 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 9
9 Wikki Tourist 6 3 0 3 6 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 9
10 Nasarawa United 7 2 3 2 11 10 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 6 8 1 9
11 Lobi Stars 7 2 3 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 0 2 2 1 5 -2 9
12 Abia Warriors 7 2 2 3 6 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 0 1 3 3 6 -1 8
13 Niger Tornadoes 7 2 2 3 4 7 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 6 -3 8
14 Katsina United 7 2 1 4 4 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 0 6 -5 7
15 Kano Pillars 7 2 1 4 3 8 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 0 8 -5 7
16 Akwa Starlets 7 2 1 4 5 12 4 2 1 1 5 3 3 0 0 3 0 9 -7 7
17 Heartland 7 2 1 4 5 13 4 2 1 1 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 -8 7
18 Gombe United 7 1 3 3 5 6 3 1 2 0 3 0 4 0 1 3 2 6 -1 6
19 Shooting Stars 7 1 3 3 5 8 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 1 3 1 5 -3 6
20 MFM 7 2 0 5 4 13 4 2 0 2 4 6 3 0 0 3 0 7 -9 6

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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.