Football betting preview: Plateau United vs Kwara United

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jos International Stadium (15000 seats)

With the edgy opening game finished it’s time for the second Npfl duel of the season. Plateau United are eager to welcome Kwara United in front of their home following.

Plateau's stadium, Jos International Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Kwara United have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Kwara United when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 1 draw and 15 losses from 19 matches. They have scored 10 goals in these games and conceded 34.

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!

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Plateau United form and stats

In the previous season, Plateau United's league results were 14 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, providing 9th spot in the Npfl. Over these 38 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 35. Playing as the home team in the previous season Plateau United produced 13-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 8 conceded.

Plateau are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 195 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Ochowechi).

The fans are hoping that Plateau will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Npfl game against Niger Tornadoes (placed 4th).

Heartbreak before that as Plateau lost 0-2 at Enugu Rangers's place.

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Kwara United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Kwara United performed last season in the Npfl: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 28 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 13/23 goals scored/conceded.

481 minutes! That's how long the Kwara United goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Kwara had fun at their own home (Jos International Stadium) last time out, beating Akwa Starlets 3-0.

Before that, Kwara United secured a home win against Katsina United with the score 3-0.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: four - one - two (Plateau wins - draws - Kwara United wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Plateau United missing players

Kwara United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Plateau United Kwara United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Plateau United Last season Kwara United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 13   Won W   4 19
9 5   Drew D   4 8
15 1   Lost L   11 11
45 35   Scored S   13 48
35 8   Conceded C   23 28
79% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
63% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 68%
39% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 34%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 5%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
32% 32%   BTTS BTTS   37% 32%
45% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 50%
45% 26%   Failed to Score F T   53% 29%
 
5 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.7
3.9 2.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.4
1.6 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
11.3 14.5   Shots (avg) S (   6.3 8.6
3.9 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.4 3.3
33% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 37%
 
7.9 4.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 7.4
2.4 1.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 2.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akwa United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kwara United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Remo Stars 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Niger Tornadoes 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Heartland 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Nasarawa United 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Abia Warriors 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Enugu Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Enyimba 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Gombe United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Katsina United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lobi Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rivers United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Shooting Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Sunshine Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wikki Tourist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Plateau United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 MFM 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Akwa Starlets 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Kano Pillars 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Akwa United 38 19 14 5 53 24 19 16 3 0 38 8 19 3 11 5 15 16 29 71
2 Enyimba 38 18 12 8 41 33 19 12 7 0 25 13 19 6 5 8 16 20 8 66
3 Kwara United 38 19 8 11 48 28 19 15 4 0 35 5 19 4 4 11 13 23 20 65
4 Nasarawa United 38 20 5 13 55 38 19 17 1 1 43 13 19 3 4 12 12 25 17 65
5 Kano Pillars 38 19 7 12 38 29 19 17 2 0 26 3 19 2 5 12 12 26 9 64
6 Rivers United 38 18 9 11 48 36 19 16 3 0 33 6 19 2 6 11 15 30 12 63
7 Enugu Rangers 38 18 8 12 43 31 19 16 2 1 32 6 19 2 6 11 11 25 12 62
8 Lobi Stars 38 17 7 14 43 39 19 16 3 0 35 11 19 1 4 14 8 28 4 58
9 Plateau United 38 14 9 15 45 35 19 13 5 1 35 8 19 1 4 14 10 27 10 51
10 MFM 38 13 12 13 34 35 19 11 6 2 23 11 19 2 6 11 11 24 -1 51
11 Akwa Starlets 38 15 5 18 37 47 19 12 3 4 30 18 19 3 2 14 7 29 -10 50
12 Katsina United 38 14 7 17 35 42 19 13 5 1 31 10 19 1 2 16 4 32 -7 49
13 Heartland 38 13 9 16 43 50 19 11 6 2 28 14 19 2 3 14 15 36 -7 48
14 Abia Warriors 38 12 11 15 48 42 19 12 3 4 35 16 19 0 8 11 13 26 6 47
15 Wikki Tourist 38 12 9 17 40 47 19 12 4 3 31 17 19 0 5 14 9 30 -7 45
16 Sunshine Stars 38 11 12 15 28 39 19 9 8 2 18 10 19 2 4 13 10 29 -11 45
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 38 11 10 17 29 46 19 10 7 2 19 9 19 1 3 15 10 37 -17 43
18 Warri Wolves 38 11 8 19 30 45 19 11 4 4 20 10 19 0 4 15 10 35 -15 41
19 Ifeanyi Uba 38 9 12 17 33 50 19 9 7 3 21 12 19 0 5 14 12 38 -17 39
20 Adamawa United 38 5 10 23 20 55 19 5 9 5 17 16 19 0 1 18 3 39 -35 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akwa United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kwara United 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Remo Stars 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Niger Tornadoes 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Heartland 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Nasarawa United 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Abia Warriors 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Enugu Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Enyimba 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Gombe United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Katsina United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lobi Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Rivers United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Shooting Stars 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Sunshine Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wikki Tourist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Plateau United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 MFM 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Akwa Starlets 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Kano Pillars 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.