Akure Township Stadium: Sunshine Stars vs Heartland Npfl full preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Wed 11.Oct
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akure Township Stadium (10000 seats)

Finally! The Npfl season debut for these participants, whom are finally competing for points again. Will Sunshine Stars or Heartland get that key first three points?

0-1-6 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Heartland when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those seven matches are 5-16 (scored/conceded).

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 Heartland.

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Sunshine Stars form and stats

Last season, Sunshine Stars's league statistics were 0 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses, ending with 6th position in the Npfl. In these zero matches they scored {0 goals-1} and gave away 0. Playing at home in the last season Sunshine Stars produced 0-0-0 (win-draw-lost) with {0 goals-2} and 0 conceded.

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Heartland form and stats

Let's have a look at how Heartland performed last season in the Npfl: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 8 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 15 with 11/38 goals scored/conceded.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Katsina United in just four days.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Sunshine Stars, four draws and three wins for Heartland. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Sunshine Stars missing players

Heartland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunshine Stars Heartland
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
5.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
3.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
43% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
7.5 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Sunshine Stars Last season Heartland
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
23 12   Played P   19 38
8 7   Won W   0 13
8 3   Drew D   4 8
7 2   Lost L   15 17
25 15   Scored S   11 32
21 8   Conceded C   38 48
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
70% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 53%
26% 25%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   63% 42%
4% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 21%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
52% 33%   BTTS BTTS   53% 37%
30% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 42%
17% 17%   Failed to Score F T   47% 34%
 
3.2 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3 4
3.6 1.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 3.6
1.8 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
6.3 8.2   Shots (avg) S (   6.7 9.8
2.2 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3.4
48% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   13% 24%
 
8 7.3   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8.3
2.3 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.6

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bendel Insurance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Enyimba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lobi Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Remo Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rivers United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sunshine Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 23 8 7 58 24 19 18 1 0 41 5 19 5 7 7 17 19 34 77
2 Plateau United 38 21 4 13 50 29 19 18 1 0 39 6 19 3 3 13 11 23 21 67
3 Remo Stars 38 18 8 12 43 26 19 15 2 2 31 7 19 3 6 10 12 19 17 62
4 Kwara United 38 17 7 14 43 45 19 16 3 0 32 7 19 1 4 14 11 38 -2 58
5 Enugu Rangers 38 15 11 12 41 30 19 12 5 2 29 10 19 3 6 10 12 20 11 56
6 Nasarawa United 38 15 8 15 42 48 19 14 5 0 27 10 19 1 3 15 15 38 -6 53
7 Enyimba 38 15 7 16 39 36 19 13 4 2 32 13 19 2 3 14 7 23 3 52
8 Gombe United 38 14 10 14 39 39 19 13 6 0 29 10 19 1 4 14 10 29 0 52
9 Akwa United 38 13 13 12 35 36 19 11 7 1 29 13 19 2 6 11 6 23 -1 52
10 Wikki Tourist 38 15 7 16 34 35 19 13 5 1 24 6 19 2 2 15 10 29 -1 52
11 Sunshine Stars 38 14 9 15 30 30 19 14 3 2 27 8 19 0 6 13 3 22 0 51
12 Niger Tornadoes 38 15 6 17 32 38 19 14 3 2 25 9 19 1 3 15 7 29 -6 51
13 Abia Warriors 38 13 11 14 50 44 19 12 7 0 33 14 19 1 4 14 17 30 6 50
14 Akwa Starlets 38 15 4 19 42 49 19 14 2 3 31 12 19 1 2 16 11 37 -7 49
15 Lobi Stars 38 14 7 17 36 48 19 13 4 2 27 15 19 1 3 15 9 33 -12 49
16 Shooting Stars 38 12 12 14 41 45 19 11 8 0 29 12 19 1 4 14 12 33 -4 48
17 Katsina United 38 15 3 20 34 42 19 15 2 2 29 11 19 0 1 18 5 31 -8 48
18 Heartland 38 13 8 17 32 48 19 13 4 2 21 10 19 0 4 15 11 38 -16 47
19 Kano Pillars 38 15 6 17 32 36 19 13 4 2 23 8 19 2 2 15 9 28 -4 45
20 MFM 38 9 9 20 26 51 19 9 3 7 18 17 19 0 6 13 8 34 -25 36

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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.