Season ticket holders at Akure Township Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sunshine Stars languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Enyimba will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Sunshine Stars is in the worst form (0-4-2)
- Enyimba have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Npfl
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 Sunshine and Enyimba.
Sunshine's stadium, Akure Township Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Enyimba have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Enyimba when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 10 goals in these games and conceded 17.
Sunshine Stars form and stats
Overall Npfl stats at home this season for Sunshine Stars are 3-4-1 (wins-draw-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Sunshine have been steadily collecting points here at Akure Township Stadium through three straight draws.
In the match before that, Sunshine hosted Nasarawa United and drew the game 0-0.
The Sunshine fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sunshine have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Enyimba form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Npfl, on their Npfl travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Enyimba has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 43 days ago, in the Plateau United fixture. It's three draws from Enyimba's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
There might be some fixture complaints from Enyimba as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the CAF Confederations Cup match against Orlando Pirates (1-2).
The attacking power of Enyimba when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Enyimba as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sunshine won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Enyimba has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveSunshine Stars missing players
Enyimba missing players
| Sunshine Stars | Enyimba | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 85% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 54% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 31% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 46% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 38% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 57% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.8 | 6.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 7.2 | 8.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 31% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 42% |
- Enyimba have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Npfl
- Enyimba have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Npfl
- Sunshine Stars is in the worst form (0-4-2)
| 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 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Nasarawa United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Kwara United | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Kano Pillars | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Enugu Rangers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Enyimba | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Akwa Starlets | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -6 | 23 |
| 9 | Plateau United | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | Lobi Stars | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Heartland | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Abia Warriors | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 13 | Wikki Tourist | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Sunshine Stars | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 15 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | Katsina United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | MFM | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Warri Wolves | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | Ifeanyi Uba | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | -10 | 11 |