Npfl match preview and statistics: Rivers United fight Enugu Rangers

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yakubu Gowon Stadium (25000 seats)

Rivers United and Enugu Rangers are ready to show off their new players and skills: It's their first game of the Npfl season.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a CAF Confederations Cup match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Bloemfontein Celtic, so at least Rivers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Rivers's stadium, Yakubu Gowon Stadium, has a grass surface. Enugu Rangers have artifical turf 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 Enugu Rangers when playing on grass; 7 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses from 28 matches. They have scored 30 goals in these games and conceded 35.

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Rivers United form and stats

There will be little rest for Rivers United after this match as they are travelling to Wikki Tourist for a Npfl game in only one day.

Last season, Rivers United's league statistics were 13 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Npfl. Over these 25 matches they scored 28 goals and conceded 15. Playing at home last season Rivers United managed 10-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 5 conceded.

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Enugu Rangers form and stats

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Enugu Rangers manager S. Yusuf as the team has another away game coming up in only one day, this time against MFM.

Let's have a look at how Enugu Rangers performed last season in the Npfl: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 4 with 11/13 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Rivers, one draw and five wins for Enugu Rangers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Rivers United missing players

Enugu Rangers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rivers United Enugu Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 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%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
Rivers United Last season Enugu Rangers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 24
13 10   Won W   2 10
6 3   Drew D   6 7
6 0   Lost L   4 7
28 19   Scored S   11 25
15 5   Conceded C   13 20
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   75% 83%
56% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 54%
28% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 33%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 12%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 4%
36% 38%   BTTS BTTS   67% 46%
48% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 42%
28% 15%   Failed to Score F T   33% 29%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.5
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.1 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   5 4.8
3.3 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 1.9
36% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 59%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Abia Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Adamawa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Akwa Starlets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Akwa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Enugu Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Enyimba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Heartland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ifeanyi Uba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jigawa Golden Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kano Pillars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Katsina United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Kwara United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lobi Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MFM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Nasarawa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Plateau United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rivers United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sunshine Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Warri Wolves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wikki Tourist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Plateau United 25 14 7 4 36 15 13 11 2 0 29 6 12 3 5 4 7 9 21 49
2 Rivers United 25 13 6 6 28 15 13 10 3 0 19 5 12 3 3 6 9 10 13 45
3 Lobi Stars 25 12 7 6 26 19 13 9 4 0 20 5 12 3 3 6 6 14 7 43
4 Enugu Rangers 24 10 7 7 25 20 12 8 1 3 14 7 12 2 6 4 11 13 5 37
5 Enyimba 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 20 6 10 3 2 5 10 14 10 36
6 Akwa United 25 8 11 6 23 22 12 5 6 1 15 8 13 3 5 5 8 14 1 35
7 Kano Pillars 24 8 10 6 27 18 11 7 3 1 17 3 13 1 7 5 10 15 9 34
8 Akwa Starlets 26 8 10 8 26 26 13 7 2 4 16 12 13 1 8 4 10 14 0 34
9 Sunshine Stars 25 9 7 9 27 29 13 7 5 1 19 10 12 2 2 8 8 19 -2 34
10 Katsina United 24 9 7 8 18 25 12 8 4 0 15 6 12 1 3 8 3 19 -7 34
11 Warri Wolves 24 9 6 9 25 23 11 7 2 2 15 5 13 2 4 7 10 18 2 33
12 Ifeanyi Uba 25 10 3 12 25 28 12 10 2 0 17 3 13 0 1 12 8 25 -3 33
13 Heartland 25 9 5 11 21 21 12 7 3 2 15 6 13 2 2 9 6 15 0 32
14 MFM 25 8 7 10 19 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 12 2 1 9 4 13 0 31
15 Wikki Tourist 25 8 7 10 23 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 12 1 3 8 4 14 -1 31
16 Abia Warriors 25 8 6 11 23 28 12 8 3 1 18 10 13 0 3 10 5 18 -5 30
17 Nasarawa United 25 8 5 12 27 27 13 7 3 3 17 9 12 1 2 9 10 18 0 29
18 Jigawa Golden Stars 25 9 2 14 25 35 13 9 2 2 18 11 12 0 0 12 7 24 -10 29
19 Kwara United 25 8 4 13 23 33 12 6 3 3 14 8 13 2 1 10 9 25 -10 28
20 Adamawa United 25 6 2 17 17 47 13 6 2 5 13 13 12 0 0 12 4 34 -30 20

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 Abia Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Adamawa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Akwa Starlets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Akwa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Enugu Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Enyimba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Heartland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ifeanyi Uba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jigawa Golden Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Kano Pillars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Katsina United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Kwara United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lobi Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MFM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Nasarawa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Plateau United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rivers United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sunshine Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Warri Wolves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wikki Tourist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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