Plateau United vs Akwa Starlets: Soccer betting preview

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Wed 12.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jos International Stadium (15000 seats)

Plateau United and Akwa Starlets are both riding high in the Npfl with their 2nd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

It's no vacation for neither Plateau United nor Akwa Starlets 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.

D W D W L

Plateau United form and stats

Home games in the Npfl have been a walk in the park for Plateau United so far, with 23 points won from 9 matches; 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Jos International Stadium.

Plateau United are confident in defense, having played 417 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Plateau United manager and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Akwa Starlets (placed 5th) in the Npfl. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Rivers United.

Plateau United can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 21 times. Plateau United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

D D W D L

Akwa Starlets form and stats

Playing away, Akwa Starlets, who have the the best goal difference (+1) away in Npfl, have won 1 game, drawn 7 and suffered 1 defeat in the Npfl this season. Two points from the last two away games for Akwa Starlets, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Akwa Starlets's last game was the home draw against Plateau United (0-0). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Wikki Tourist.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Akwa Starlets as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

Plateau United and Akwa Starlets have met before this season: Akwa Starlets - Plateau United 0-0.

Plateau United missing players

Akwa Starlets missing players

Plateau United Akwa Starlets
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
9 7 2 Won W 0 1 7
6 2 1 Drew D 3 7 8
4 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
27 21 4 Scored S 1 7 20
12 3 1 Conceded C 1 6 15
74% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 78% 84%
47% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 63%
42% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 26%
26% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
32% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 47%
53% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 37%
42% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 32%
 
3.3 3.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.4
2.5 1.3 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.8 4.8
1.3 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
132 64 31 Total Shots T S 7 29 96
54 26 11 Shots on Target S O 0 10 35
35% 65% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 37%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Akwa Starlets has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
  • Akwa Starlets has the the best goal difference (+1) away
  • Plateau United has the most scored goals (21) at home
  • Plateau United has the most scored goals (27)
  • Plateau United has the most scored goals in the second half (12)
  • Plateau United has the the best goal difference (+15)
  • Plateau United has the the best goal difference (+18) at home
  • Plateau United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Plateau United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Plateau United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Plateau United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Akwa Starlets have scored away.
  • Plateau United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Lobi Stars 19 10 5 4 22 11 10 8 2 0 17 3 9 2 3 4 5 8 11 35
2 Plateau United 19 9 6 4 27 12 9 7 2 0 21 3 10 2 4 4 6 9 15 33
3 Rivers United 19 9 5 5 19 12 10 7 3 0 13 4 9 2 2 5 6 8 7 32
4 Sunshine Stars 19 8 6 5 24 18 10 6 4 0 17 8 9 2 2 5 7 10 6 30
5 Akwa Starlets 19 7 8 4 20 15 10 6 1 3 13 9 9 1 7 1 7 6 5 29
6 Akwa United 19 7 7 5 16 15 10 5 4 1 12 5 9 2 3 4 4 10 1 28
7 Katsina United 18 7 6 5 14 17 10 7 3 0 13 5 8 0 3 5 1 12 -3 27
8 MFM 19 7 5 7 17 14 10 5 4 1 13 5 9 2 1 6 4 9 3 26
9 Heartland 19 7 4 8 13 16 9 5 3 1 8 4 10 2 1 7 5 12 -3 25
10 Kano Pillars 17 5 9 3 19 12 8 4 3 1 12 3 9 1 6 2 7 9 7 24
11 Abia Warriors 19 6 6 7 17 18 9 6 3 0 13 4 10 0 3 7 4 14 -1 24
12 Delta Force 14 6 1 7 17 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 7 2 0 5 6 16 -5 19
12 Ifeanyi Uba 19 7 3 9 18 22 9 7 2 0 11 1 10 0 1 9 7 21 -4 24
13 Kwara United 18 7 2 9 19 25 9 5 2 2 12 6 9 2 0 7 7 19 -6 23
14 Wikki Tourist 18 5 7 6 16 17 9 4 4 1 13 9 9 1 3 5 3 8 -1 22
15 Enyimba 14 6 3 5 16 17 7 5 1 1 12 6 7 1 2 4 4 11 -1 21
16 Warri Wolves 18 5 5 8 16 19 8 4 2 2 8 5 10 1 3 6 8 14 -3 20
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 18 6 2 10 18 26 10 6 2 2 12 8 8 0 0 8 6 18 -8 20
18 Enugu Rangers 14 4 5 5 14 14 6 3 1 2 7 5 8 1 4 3 7 9 0 17
19 Adamawa United 19 5 2 12 14 34 10 5 2 3 11 9 9 0 0 9 3 25 -20 17
20 Nasarawa United 18 4 4 10 18 23 8 3 2 3 9 8 10 1 2 7 9 15 -5 16

Read more about Npfl

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.