Look at this absorbing match in the Npfl. Shooting Stars is in the 17th place from playing five games. They welcome Sunshine Stars who are placed 14th from four matches.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sunshine Stars have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-8-20 (win-draw-loss) from 32 matches.
This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Shooting Stars form and stats
Only two Npfl home games for Shooting Stars so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. In general it's been a long time since Shooting Stars tasted defeat here at Adamasingba Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Shooting Stars faced defeat in their previous match, away at Enyimba (0-1).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Katsina United in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Shooting Stars as they are travelling to their away game against Niger Tornadoes in the Npfl. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Shooting Stars's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Sunshine Stars form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Npfl for Sunshine Stars with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The Sunshine goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 332 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Sunshine Stars's previous game versus Kano Pillars (placed 20th), a Npfl 3-0 win played at home.
Before that, Sunshine Stars travelled to Rivers United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.A new game in only three days for Sunshine Stars, the Npfl home match versus Gombe United. Busy days.
Sunshine Stars have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Shooting Stars victories, two draws and four Sunshine Stars wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Shooting Stars missing players
Sunshine Stars missing players
| Shooting Stars | Sunshine Stars | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 4.3 |
| 5.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.4 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8 | 9.3 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2 | 3.3 |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 9 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 19 | 14 |
| 4.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Shooting Stars | Last season | Sunshine Stars | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 13 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 29 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 76% | ||
| 65% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 39% | ||
| 12% | 22% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 34% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 18% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 11% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 37% | ||
| 41% | 78% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 42% | ||
| 35% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 45% | ||
| 3 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 0.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | ||
| 6.5 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Kwara United | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Lobi Stars | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Nasarawa United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Akwa United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Heartland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Wikki Tourist | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Plateau United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Katsina United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | MFM | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Gombe United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Abia Warriors | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Shooting Stars | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Akwa Starlets | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 19 | Niger Tornadoes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | Kano Pillars | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
