Npfl fixture prediction and stats, news and lineups for the Shooting Stars vs Rivers United clash

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 10.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adamasingba Stadium (10000 seats)

This season has been demanding for Shooting Stars so far, while Rivers United have done well. Will the away team get another notch in their belt at Adamasingba Stadium?

Insights:
  • Shooting Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rivers United have the most scored goals (55) in Npfl

Shooting are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Happy, happy days for Rivers United who are already winners of the Npfl. This could affect their motivation.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Shooting Stars form and stats

Shooting Stars are steadily winning Npfl games and points here at Adamasingba Stadium. 10 wins, 8 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 18 games. When Shooting Stars hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Plateau United, Remo Stars, Enyimba, Enugu Rangers and Kwara United), they have won 3 of 5 matches! With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Shooting Stars.

The Shooting coach and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Enugu Rangers (placed 5th).

In the match before that, Shooting Stars hosted Abia Warriors and drew the game 2-2.

An interesting fact: 8 of the latest 10 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Shooting Stars are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. Shooting are not conceding a lot of goals here at Adamasingba Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 18 matches.

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Rivers United form and stats

5-7-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Rivers United in their Npfl matches away.

Impressive finishing secured the home win 1-0 against Kano Pillars in their previous game.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nasarawa United wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Observe: 12 of the last 16 league fixtures featuring this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The attacking power of Rivers United when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 18 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Rivers United as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Rivers United - Shooting Stars 2-0. Data for the previous six meetings between these two participants are: one win for Shooting, one draw and four wins for Rivers United. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Shooting Stars missing players

Rivers United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shooting Stars Rivers United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 6 18 36
11 10 3 Won W 4 5 22
12 8 2 Drew D 1 7 8
13 0 0 Lost L 1 6 6
37 26 8 Scored S 9 15 55
41 10 4 Conceded C 6 16 21
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 89%
67% 61% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 61%
39% 33% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 22% 39%
22% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 8%
47% 44% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 36%
36% 56% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 53%
28% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 39% 22%
 
3.2 3.3 3.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.8 3.9
3.7 1.9 0.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.3 2.9
1.6 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 0.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 10.2 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.2 8.7
3.2 3.8 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.4 3
29% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 45% 59%
 
8.6 5.5 4.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 7.1 5.2
3.4 1.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 2
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Rivers United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Rivers United have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in Npfl
  • Rivers United have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Npfl
  • Rivers United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Npfl
  • Rivers United have the most clean sheets (19) in Npfl
  • Rivers United have the most points (22) away in Npfl
  • Rivers United have the most scored goals (55) in Npfl
  • Rivers United have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Npfl
  • Rivers United have the the best goal difference (+34) in Npfl
  • Rivers United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Shooting Stars have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Shooting Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  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 36 22 8 6 55 21 18 17 1 0 40 5 18 5 7 6 15 16 34 74
2 Plateau United 36 20 4 12 49 27 18 17 1 0 38 6 18 3 3 12 11 21 22 64
3 Remo Stars 36 16 8 12 39 26 18 14 2 2 28 7 18 2 6 10 11 19 13 56
4 Kwara United 36 16 7 13 40 44 18 15 3 0 29 7 18 1 4 13 11 37 -4 55
5 Enugu Rangers 36 14 11 11 39 29 18 11 5 2 27 10 18 3 6 9 12 19 10 53
6 Enyimba 36 15 7 14 39 33 18 13 4 1 32 11 18 2 3 13 7 22 6 52
7 Sunshine Stars 36 14 9 13 30 26 18 14 3 1 27 7 18 0 6 12 3 19 4 51
8 Akwa United 36 13 12 11 33 32 18 11 6 1 27 11 18 2 6 10 6 21 1 51
9 Gombe United 36 13 10 13 38 38 18 12 6 0 28 10 18 1 4 13 10 28 0 49
10 Wikki Tourist 36 14 7 15 30 32 18 12 5 1 22 6 18 2 2 14 8 26 -2 49
11 Nasarawa United 36 13 8 15 40 48 18 13 5 0 26 10 18 0 3 15 14 38 -8 47
12 Abia Warriors 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 11 7 0 30 14 18 1 3 14 15 28 3 46
13 Niger Tornadoes 36 14 6 16 30 34 18 13 3 2 23 8 18 1 3 14 7 26 -4 46
14 Lobi Stars 36 13 7 16 33 43 18 12 4 2 24 13 18 1 3 14 9 30 -10 46
15 Shooting Stars 36 11 12 13 37 41 18 10 8 0 26 10 18 1 4 13 11 31 -4 45
16 Kano Pillars 36 14 6 16 30 34 18 12 4 2 21 7 18 2 2 14 9 27 -4 45
17 Katsina United 36 14 3 19 32 40 18 14 2 2 27 11 18 0 1 17 5 29 -8 45
18 Heartland 36 12 8 16 30 46 18 12 4 2 20 10 18 0 4 14 10 36 -16 44
19 Akwa Starlets 36 13 4 19 37 49 18 13 2 3 28 12 18 0 2 16 9 37 -12 43
20 MFM 36 9 9 18 26 47 18 9 3 6 18 16 18 0 6 12 8 31 -21 36

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 Rivers United 36 22 8 6 55 21 18 17 1 0 40 5 18 5 7 6 15 16 34 74
2 Plateau United 36 20 4 12 49 27 18 17 1 0 38 6 18 3 3 12 11 21 22 64
3 Remo Stars 36 16 8 12 39 26 18 14 2 2 28 7 18 2 6 10 11 19 13 56
4 Kwara United 36 16 7 13 40 44 18 15 3 0 29 7 18 1 4 13 11 37 -4 55
5 Enugu Rangers 36 14 11 11 39 29 18 11 5 2 27 10 18 3 6 9 12 19 10 53
6 Enyimba 36 15 7 14 39 33 18 13 4 1 32 11 18 2 3 13 7 22 6 52
7 Sunshine Stars 36 14 9 13 30 26 18 14 3 1 27 7 18 0 6 12 3 19 4 51
8 Akwa United 36 13 12 11 33 32 18 11 6 1 27 11 18 2 6 10 6 21 1 51
9 Gombe United 36 13 10 13 38 38 18 12 6 0 28 10 18 1 4 13 10 28 0 49
10 Wikki Tourist 36 14 7 15 30 32 18 12 5 1 22 6 18 2 2 14 8 26 -2 49
11 Nasarawa United 36 13 8 15 40 48 18 13 5 0 26 10 18 0 3 15 14 38 -8 47
12 Abia Warriors 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 11 7 0 30 14 18 1 3 14 15 28 3 46
13 Niger Tornadoes 36 14 6 16 30 34 18 13 3 2 23 8 18 1 3 14 7 26 -4 46
14 Lobi Stars 36 13 7 16 33 43 18 12 4 2 24 13 18 1 3 14 9 30 -10 46
15 Shooting Stars 36 11 12 13 37 41 18 10 8 0 26 10 18 1 4 13 11 31 -4 45
16 Kano Pillars 36 14 6 16 30 34 18 12 4 2 21 7 18 2 2 14 9 27 -4 45
17 Katsina United 36 14 3 19 32 40 18 14 2 2 27 11 18 0 1 17 5 29 -8 45
18 Heartland 36 12 8 16 30 46 18 12 4 2 20 10 18 0 4 14 10 36 -16 44
19 Akwa Starlets 36 13 4 19 37 49 18 13 2 3 28 12 18 0 2 16 9 37 -12 43
20 MFM 36 9 9 18 26 47 18 9 3 6 18 16 18 0 6 12 8 31 -21 36

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