Sports bettors believe Rivers United will beat Warri Wolves at Yakubu Gowon Stadium

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yakubu Gowon Stadium (25000 seats)

Rivers United have performed better than Warri Wolves so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

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.

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Rivers United form and stats

Rivers United have been outstanding at home so far in the Npfl with 9 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Rivers United tasted defeat here at Yakubu Gowon Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

No payout for Rivers United in their previous match, an away game at Enugu Rangers that ended in defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match, Rivers United won a home game hosting Ifeanyi Uba (1-0).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Rivers United home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, four draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rivers United as they are travelling to their away game against Abia Warriors in the Npfl. That match is four days after this one.

Rivers United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Rivers United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 5 goals.

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Warri Wolves form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Warri Wolves so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose).

The Warri Wolves goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Warri Wolves are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Npfl against MFM (placed 16th).

You'll want to know how Warri Wolves managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found five similar matches resulting in one away win, three draws and one home win.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Akwa Starlets in just four days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 15 goals have been conceded by Warri Wolves in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Warri Wolves - Rivers United 0-1 earlier this season. Rivers United-Warri Wolves H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Rivers United three wins, Warri Wolves one win, one draw. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Rivers United Warri Wolves
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 4 12 23
12 9 3 Won W 0 2 9
6 3 2 Drew D 2 4 6
6 0 0 Lost L 2 6 8
25 16 6 Scored S 2 10 25
15 5 2 Conceded C 4 15 20
88% 83% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
54% 58% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
25% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 4%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 42% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 48%
46% 58% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 35%
29% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 0.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
183 113 52 Total Shots T S 9 46 120
67 45 20 Shots on Target S O 2 18 48
33% 36% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 33% 31%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Rivers United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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.
  • Warri Wolves has the most dropped points from leading position (11)
  • Warri Wolves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Warri Wolves haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Plateau United 24 13 7 4 34 14 12 10 2 0 27 5 12 3 5 4 7 9 20 46
2 Rivers United 24 12 6 6 25 15 12 9 3 0 16 5 12 3 3 6 9 10 10 42
3 Lobi Stars 24 11 7 6 25 19 12 8 4 0 19 5 12 3 3 6 6 14 6 40
4 Kano Pillars 23 8 10 5 27 17 11 7 3 1 17 3 12 1 7 4 10 14 10 34
5 Enugu Rangers 23 9 7 7 22 18 12 8 1 3 14 7 11 1 6 4 8 11 4 34
6 Akwa Starlets 25 8 10 7 24 23 12 7 2 3 14 9 13 1 8 4 10 14 1 34
7 Akwa United 24 8 10 6 23 22 12 5 6 1 15 8 12 3 4 5 8 14 1 34
8 Sunshine Stars 24 9 7 8 26 27 12 7 5 0 18 8 12 2 2 8 8 19 -1 34
9 Enyimba 19 10 3 6 28 20 10 8 1 1 20 6 9 2 2 5 8 14 8 33
10 Warri Wolves 23 9 6 8 25 20 11 7 2 2 15 5 12 2 4 6 10 15 5 33
11 Ifeanyi Uba 24 10 3 11 25 27 12 10 2 0 17 3 12 0 1 11 8 24 -2 33
12 Delta Force 14 6 1 7 17 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 7 2 0 5 6 16 -5 19
12 Heartland 24 9 5 10 20 19 12 7 3 2 15 6 12 2 2 8 5 13 1 32
13 Katsina United 23 8 7 8 16 24 12 8 4 0 15 6 11 0 3 8 1 18 -8 31
14 Abia Warriors 24 8 6 10 22 26 12 8 3 1 18 10 12 0 3 9 4 16 -4 30
15 Nasarawa United 24 8 4 12 27 27 12 7 2 3 17 9 12 1 2 9 10 18 0 28
16 MFM 24 7 7 10 17 18 12 5 6 1 13 5 12 2 1 9 4 13 -1 28
17 Wikki Tourist 24 7 7 10 22 24 12 6 4 2 18 10 12 1 3 8 4 14 -2 28
18 Kwara United 24 8 4 12 22 31 12 6 3 3 14 8 12 2 1 9 8 23 -9 28
19 Jigawa Golden Stars 24 8 2 14 23 34 12 8 2 2 16 10 12 0 0 12 7 24 -11 26
20 Adamawa United 24 6 2 16 17 45 12 6 2 4 13 11 12 0 0 12 4 34 -28 20

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The Nigerian Professional Fotball League (NPFL) is the highest level of football in Nigeria. It has earlier been known as the Nigerian Premier League, Nigerian Premiership, Nigerian Professional League and other names. It currently holds two divisions each with twelve teams. The top three teams in each division qualify for a championship playoff.