Rivers United pay a visit to Nasarawa United and Lafia Township Stadium packed with hope and confidence, but the home team is hard to beat. More news on the match here!
- Nasarawa United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rivers United have the most scored goals (53) in Npfl
Happy, happy days for Rivers who are already winners of the Npfl. This could affect their motivation.
This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Nasarawa United form and stats
41 points is a decent return from 17 Npfl games here at Lafia Township Stadium for Nasarawa United. The data says 12 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. Nasarawa United has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Lafia Township Stadium. We remember; it was Remo Stars.
Nasarawa lost their last game at Niger Tornadoes (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Before that, Nasarawa United had a home game versus Enugu Rangers which ended with a victory 1-0.Nasarawa has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Nasarawa United have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Rivers United form and stats
Playing away, Rivers United have won 5 games, drawn 7 and suffered 5 defeats in the Npfl this season.
Rivers are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Enugu Rangers (placed 4th).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Abia Warriors.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Rivers United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Rivers United, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The attacking power of Rivers United when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Rivers as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H match ended Rivers United - Nasarawa United 2-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nasarawa United three wins, zero draws and Rivers United seven victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Nasarawa United missing players
Rivers United missing players
| Nasarawa United | Rivers United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 12 | 12 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 38 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 53 |
| 44 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 82% | 88% |
| 71% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 20% | 47% | 62% |
| 38% | 24% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 38% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 56% | 53% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 41% | 35% |
| 26% | 47% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 35% | 53% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 41% | 24% |
| 3.2 | 4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3 | 4 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 8.1 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.3 | 7.9 | 9.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 40% | 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 41% | 57% |
| 8.2 | 5.9 | 4.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 7.7 | 5.4 |
| 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 2 |
- Nasarawa United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nasarawa United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nasarawa United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Nasarawa United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nasarawa United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Rivers United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rivers United have the fewest conceded goals (14) away in Npfl
- Rivers United have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Npfl
- Rivers United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Npfl
- Rivers United have the most clean sheets (18) in Npfl
- Rivers United have the most points (22) away in Npfl
- Rivers United have the most scored goals (53) in Npfl
- Rivers United have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Npfl
- Rivers United have the the best goal difference (+0) away in Npfl
- Rivers United have the the best goal difference (+34) in Npfl
- Rivers United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rivers United is in the best form (4-1-1) 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 | Rivers United | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 71 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 35 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 61 |
| 3 | Remo Stars | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 53 |
| 4 | Enugu Rangers | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | Kwara United | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 44 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 37 | -7 | 52 |
| 6 | Enyimba | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 51 |
| 7 | Akwa United | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 51 |
| 8 | Sunshine Stars | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 48 |
| 9 | Gombe United | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 46 |
| 10 | Wikki Tourist | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 24 | -3 | 46 |
| 11 | Nasarawa United | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 35 | -6 | 44 |
| 12 | Shooting Stars | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 29 | -4 | 43 |
| 13 | Niger Tornadoes | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 25 | -5 | 43 |
| 14 | Lobi Stars | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 28 | -10 | 43 |
| 15 | Abia Warriors | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 42 |
| 16 | Kano Pillars | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 26 | -4 | 42 |
| 17 | Katsina United | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 27 | -7 | 42 |
| 18 | Akwa Starlets | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 48 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 36 | -13 | 40 |
| 19 | Heartland | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 36 | -17 | 40 |
| 20 | MFM | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 29 | -19 | 36 |
