Only a few games have been played in the Npfl so far, with Rivers United placed 9th and Abia Warriors sitting in the 6th position.
Rivers United and Abia Warriors should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Rivers United form and stats
Only two Npfl home games for Rivers United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Happy days for Rivers United in their previous game, a Npfl match away at Warri Wolves (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Enugu Rangers in a game that was won 2-1.
Rivers United has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Abia Warriors form and stats
The Npfl season is young and Abia Warriors have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Abia Warriors won their last game, 1-0 versus MFM played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Adamawa United wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Abia Warriors have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 0 - 3 - 4 (Rivers United wins - draws - Abia Warriors wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Rivers United missing players
Abia Warriors missing players
| Rivers United | Abia Warriors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 5 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 10 | 5.5 |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 26 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 44 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
- Abia Warriors have failed to score a single goal away.
- Abia Warriors have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Abia Warriors have yet to win a game away.
- All of Rivers United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rivers United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rivers United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Rivers United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Rivers United | Last season | Abia Warriors | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 50% | 36% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 14% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 5% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 45% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | ||
| 27% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 41% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 158 | 92 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 94 | ||
| 57 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 29 | ||
| 23% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 31% | ||
| 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 |