Enyimba have travelled here for an intriguing duel against the hosts Plateau United. Read up on the fixture with this full Npfl preview!
2 - 3 - 6 with 5-13. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Enyimba when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Enyimba play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's no vacation for neither Plateau nor Enyimba 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.
Plateau United form and stats
The first Npfl game here at Jos International Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Plateau United's home game statistics were 18 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 19 games.
Plateau United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bendel Insurance (1-2). The defeat against Bendel Insurance was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by Osehenkhoe).
In the match before that, Plateau United hosted Shooting Stars and drew the game 3-3.Plateau United has scored {3 goals-1} so far and conceded {3 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Enyimba form and stats
Only one away game in the Npfl so far for Enyimba and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 14 losses from 19 travels.
Enyimba played 0-0 against Akwa United in their previous match.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Nasarawa United.It's early days yet, but Enyimba has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Plateau United three wins, two draws and Enyimba five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Plateau United missing players
Enyimba missing players
| Plateau United | Enyimba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 29% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | 4.5 |
| Plateau United | Last season | Enyimba | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 18 | Won | W | 2 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 0 | Lost | L | 14 | 16 | ||
| 50 | 39 | Scored | S | 7 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 6 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 63% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 34% | ||
| 13% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 5% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 32% | 26% | BTTS | BTTS | 26% | 37% | ||
| 45% | 74% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 63% | 39% | ||
| 3.5 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.7 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 56% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 41% | ||
| 5.1 | 3.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bendel Insurance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Remo Stars | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | El Kanemi Warriors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Shooting Stars | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kwara United | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Plateau United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Gombe United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Akwa United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Nasarawa United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 34 | 77 |
| 2 | Plateau United | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 67 |
| 3 | Remo Stars | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 62 |
| 4 | Kwara United | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 45 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 38 | -2 | 58 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 56 |
| 6 | Nasarawa United | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 38 | -6 | 53 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 52 |
| 8 | Gombe United | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 52 |
| 9 | Akwa United | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 | -1 | 52 |
| 10 | Wikki Tourist | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 35 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 29 | -1 | 52 |
| 11 | Sunshine Stars | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 51 |
| 12 | Niger Tornadoes | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 29 | -6 | 51 |
| 13 | Abia Warriors | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | 44 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 50 |
| 14 | Akwa Starlets | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 49 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 37 | -7 | 49 |
| 15 | Lobi Stars | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 33 | -12 | 49 |
| 16 | Shooting Stars | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 33 | -4 | 48 |
| 17 | Katsina United | 38 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 31 | -8 | 48 |
| 18 | Heartland | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 38 | -16 | 47 |
| 19 | Kano Pillars | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 28 | -4 | 45 |
| 20 | MFM | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 34 | -25 | 36 |