Football preview: Plateau United favourites when Enyimba arrive

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jos International Stadium (15000 seats)

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.

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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.

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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 top Statistics Stat vs low 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

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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.