Here's what we know about the Rivers United - Lobi Stars match:

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Date: Wed 15.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

This could be an interesting match as Rivers United have their presumed home advantage while Lobi Stars are ahead 3 points in the Npfl table.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lobi Stars have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 1-7-8 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.

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Rivers United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Rivers United have scored 10 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Rivers United has recorded two wins in a row here, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The home team returns after sharing the points with Kwara United on their last time out; the Npfl game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Enyimba.

Rivers United are traveling soon after this match as the Npfl match at Enugu Rangers awaits in four days.

Rivers United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 10 goals in 9 matches. Rivers United have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Lobi Stars form and stats

Lobi Stars have only collected 6 points from their away games after 0-6-3 (9 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 20 away games in a row.

Lobi Stars won their last game, 1-0 versus Enugu Rangers played at home. Before that, Lobi Stars secured a home win against Bendel Insurance with the score 1-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wikki Tourist in just four days.

Goals are few and far between in Lobi Stars's away games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. As opposed to that, Lobi Stars have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Lobi Stars - Rivers United 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Rivers United, 0 draws and 5 wins for Lobi Stars. Over 2,5 goals: 2 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

A. Sikiru
4 goals
M. Martins
2 goals
Y. Kone
2 goals

Rivers United missing players

Lobi Stars missing players

Rivers United Lobi Stars
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played 3 9 19
7 6 3 Won 0 0 7
6 2 0 Drew 0 6 9
6 1 0 Lost 3 3 3
16 10 5 Scored 0 4 19
15 3 0 Conceded 6 10 16
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 100% 67% 79%
53% 33% 33% Over 1.5 67% 56% 58%
21% 22% 33% Over 2.5 33% 22% 37%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
37% 22% 0% BTTS 0% 33% 42%
47% 78% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 42%
26% 11% 0% Failed To Score 100% 67% 37%
 
3.4 4.1 5 Corners For (avg) 2.3 1.4 2.7
3.6 2.3 3 Corners Against (avg) 3 3.7 3.2
1.6 1.3 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red Cards 1 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • Lobi Stars have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Lobi Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Lobi Stars have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lobi Stars have yet to win a game away.
  • 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 at home.
  • Rivers United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lobi Stars have scored away.
  • Rivers United have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Rivers United
All CAF Confederations Cup Premier League Club Friendlies Npfl CAF Champions League
All Home Away
07-04-19 NP Rivers United 1 - 0 Niger Tornadoes
14-04-19 NP Katsina United 2 - 1 Rivers United
21-04-19 NP Rivers United 1 - 1 Sunshine Stars
02-05-19 NP Rivers United 3 - 0 Enugu Rangers
05-05-19 NP MFM 1 - 0 Rivers United
08-05-19 NP Rivers United 1 - 0 Enyimba
12-05-19 NP Kwara United 0 - 0 Rivers United
15-05-19 NP Rivers United 15:00 Lobi Stars
19-05-19 NP Enugu Rangers 15:00 Rivers United
26-05-19 NP Rivers United 15:00 Bendel Insurance
Lobi Stars
All Premier League Club Friendlies Npfl CAF Champions League
All Home Away
11-04-19 NP Sunshine Stars 3 - 0 Lobi Stars
14-04-19 NP MFM 0 - 0 Lobi Stars
17-04-19 NP Enugu Rangers 1 - 1 Lobi Stars
21-04-19 NP Lobi Stars 0 - 0 Enyimba
05-05-19 NP Kwara United 0 - 0 Lobi Stars
09-05-19 NP Lobi Stars 1 - 0 Bendel Insurance
12-05-19 NP Lobi Stars 1 - 0 Enugu Rangers
15-05-19 NP Rivers United 15:00 Lobi Stars
19-05-19 NP Lobi Stars 15:00 Wikki Tourist
26-05-19 NP Remo Stars 15:00 Lobi Stars

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Enugu Rangers 19 10 4 5 21 17 9 8 1 0 14 4 10 2 3 5 7 13 4 34
2 Lobi Stars 19 7 9 3 19 16 10 7 3 0 15 6 9 0 6 3 4 10 3 30
3 Enyimba 19 7 8 4 19 11 10 7 3 0 15 3 9 0 5 4 4 8 8 29
4 MFM 19 8 5 6 18 14 10 7 3 0 14 4 9 1 2 6 4 10 4 29
5 Rivers United 19 7 6 6 16 15 9 6 2 1 10 3 10 1 4 5 6 12 1 27
6 Sunshine Stars 19 7 5 7 18 16 10 6 3 1 14 6 9 1 2 6 4 10 2 26
7 Bendel Insurance 19 5 10 4 12 11 10 5 5 0 9 3 9 0 5 4 3 8 1 25
8 Katsina United 19 7 3 9 18 21 9 7 2 0 16 7 10 0 1 9 2 14 -3 24
9 Wikki Tourist 19 7 3 9 18 21 9 6 2 1 12 6 10 1 1 8 6 15 -3 24
10 Kwara United 19 5 6 8 11 17 10 5 4 1 10 5 9 0 2 7 1 12 -6 21
11 Niger Tornadoes 19 3 9 7 13 18 9 3 6 0 7 3 10 0 3 7 6 15 -5 18
12 Remo Stars 19 4 6 9 16 22 9 4 3 2 8 5 10 0 3 7 8 17 -6 18

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