Struggling Plateau United will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Akwa United in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Akwa United have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 0-5-5 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Plateau United form and stats
Plateau United, who have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Npfl, have collected 12 points from their home games so far after 3-3-1.Plateau United lost their last game at El Kanemi Warriors after a 0-1 scoreline. In the match before that, Plateau United hosted Heartland and drew the game 0-0.
Plateau United have scored 4 goals here in 7 matches, not a lot. Plateau United have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Akwa United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (8) away in Npfl, on their travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.Akwa United are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Npfl against Kano Pillars. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Gombe United.
Akwa United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Akwa United have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Akwa United - Plateau United 2-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 3 - 1 (Plateau United wins - draws - Akwa United wins).Plateau United missing players
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| Plateau United | Akwa United | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | Played | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | Scored | 8 | 24 |
| 11 | 1 | Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| 67% | 57% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 14% | Over 1.5 | 86% | 73% |
| 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 47% |
| 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 29% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 14% | 7% |
| 20% | 0% | Both teams to score | 71% | 40% |
| 53% | 86% | Clean Sheet | 14% | 47% |
| 60% | 57% | Failed To Score | 14% | 13% |
| 2.5 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | 0.7 | 2.8 |
| 1.5 | 0.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| 0.7 | 0.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Akwa United hasn'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 | D | P |
| 1 | Akwa United | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | El Kanemi Warriors | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Ifeanyi Uba | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Kano Pillars | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Nasarawa United | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 6 | Kada City | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 27 |
| 6 | Heartland | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Go Round | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 8 | Delta Force | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Abia Warriors | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Gombe United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Plateau United | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Yobe Stars | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 11 |
