Npfl: High-profile versus second-rate, at least according to the league table. Rivers United - Heartland. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Rivers United have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Npfl
- Heartland have lost all their away matches so far.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rivers United and Heartland.
Rivers United form and stats
Seven points from three Npfl home games is a great start for Rivers United, who are hoping to build on that form here at Yakubu Gowon Stadium.
Rivers United are returning here after visiting MFM and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Rivers drew their last game, 3-1 away at MFM (placed 20th). No payout for Rivers United in their previous match, an away game at MFM that ended in defeat 3-1.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kwara United in a game that was won 3-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-0 versus Kwara United. Preceding that match was the home game against Kwara United that was lost 3-0.A decent goal production from Rivers United in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Rivers United have only let in 0 goals at home.
Heartland form and stats
It's not happening yet for Heartland on their Npfl travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Ilechukwu, the Heartland manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The attacking players of Heartland have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 233 minutes.
There were no winners in Heartland's previous match, the home game that ended 0-3 vs Enugu Rangers (placed 3rd). Home advantage was not enough for Heartland in their previous game as they lost hosting Enugu Rangers, 0-3. Heartland go into this game after a win, the home game against Enugu Rangers that ended 0-3.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Abia Warriors at their stadium, the result 0-1. Before that, Heartland travelled to Abia Warriors and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Abia Warriors's place.The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Heartland we find five games. Results are zero Heartland wins, two draws and three defeats.
Heartland are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 3 away games. The Heartland manager Ilechukwu has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels. Heartland has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Rivers United five wins, two draws and Heartland two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Rivers United missing players
Heartland missing players
| Rivers United | Heartland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 4.5 | 7.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 4.2 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
| 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.3 | 23.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.5 | 12.3 |
| 4.7 | 6.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 39% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.8 |
- Heartland have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Heartland have failed to score a single goal away.
- Heartland have lost all their away matches so far.
- Heartland have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Heartland haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rivers United have not yet lost a game.
- Rivers United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rivers United have scored more than double the goals of Heartland.
- Rivers United have the most matches under the total-line (3) 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 | Remo Stars | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Enugu Rangers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Plateau United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | Kwara United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Sunshine Stars | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Wikki Tourist | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Nasarawa United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Lobi Stars | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Abia Warriors | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Niger Tornadoes | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Katsina United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Kano Pillars | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Akwa Starlets | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Heartland | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Gombe United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 19 | Shooting Stars | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 20 | MFM | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
