It's still early in the Npfl season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Plateau United - Kano Pillars preview!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Plateau United form and stats
Perfect Npfl season at home so far for Plateau United, who have the most scored goals (10) in Npfl, 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Plateau United bring valid hopes of a third.
Plateau United are returning here after visiting Delta Force in a Npfl game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. 1-1 away at Nasarawa United before that.
Plateau United has the goal stats of 5-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Kano Pillars form and stats
Kano Pillars have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Npfl were 1 victory, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 2 fixtures. Kano Pillars has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The attacking players of Kano Pillars have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 360 minutes.
Kano Pillars's last game was the home draw against Wikki Tourist (0-0). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jigawa Golden Stars wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Kano Pillars has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Plateau United won 0, Kano Pillars won 4 and 4 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.Plateau United missing players
Kano Pillars missing players
| Plateau United | Kano Pillars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 2.8 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 24 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Kano Pillars has the fewest scored goals (0)
- Plateau United has the most scored goals (10)
| Plateau United | Last season | Kano Pillars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 93% | ||
| 45% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 74% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 23% | 9% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 37% | ||
| 55% | 82% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 22% | ||
| 5 | 6.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 3 | 1.4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 81 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 123 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 49 | ||
| 43% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plateau United | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Wikki Tourist | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Akwa Starlets | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Abia Warriors | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Katsina United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | MFM | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Rivers United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Ifeanyi Uba | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Warri Wolves | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Sunshine Stars | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Heartland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Akwa United | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Adamawa United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Delta Force | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Kano Pillars | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |