A home victory is expected from this match if the league table is to be believed. The Rivers United regulars are positive that the mismatch between 1st and Akwa Starlets's 16th place in the table will show on the playing field.
- Rivers United have the most scored goals (15) in Npfl
- Akwa Starlets have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Rivers United nor Akwa Starlets 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.
Rivers United form and stats
The complete Npfl results playing at home this season for Rivers United are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Yakubu Gowon Stadium.
An away draw last time out for Rivers United, facing Remo Stars in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that, Rivers United had a home game versus Heartland which ended with a victory 3-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rivers as they are travelling to their away game against Plateau United in the Npfl. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Rivers United's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Rivers have only let in 1 goal at home.
Akwa Starlets form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Npfl travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Akwa Starlets's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Enugu Rangers that finished 0-0.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Abia Warriors.A new game in only four days for Akwa Starlets, the Npfl home match versus Kano Pillars. Busy days.
Akwa Starlets are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. The Starlets manager has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former three meetings): Rivers United won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Akwa Starlets have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneRivers United missing players
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| Rivers United | Akwa Starlets | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 44% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 11% |
| 44% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 56% | 75% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 3.5 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.9 | 17.8 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 7.4 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 45% | 45% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 6.5 | 4 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.3 | 9.5 |
| 2 | 0.8 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
- Akwa Starlets have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Akwa Starlets have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Akwa Starlets have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Akwa Starlets have yet to win a game away.
- Akwa Starlets haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rivers United have not yet lost a game.
- Rivers United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rivers United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rivers United have scored more than double the goals of Akwa Starlets.
- Rivers United have the most scored goals (15) in Npfl
- Rivers United have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Npfl
- Rivers United have the the best goal difference (+11) in Npfl
- 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.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Remo Stars | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Enyimba | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Plateau United | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Wikki Tourist | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Akwa United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Kwara United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Sunshine Stars | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Nasarawa United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Shooting Stars | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Lobi Stars | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Abia Warriors | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Gombe United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Akwa Starlets | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Niger Tornadoes | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Katsina United | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 19 | Heartland | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 20 | MFM | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -11 | 6 |
