Sunshine Stars and Jigawa Golden Stars spectators can't wait for Npfl clash at Akure Township Stadium

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akure Township Stadium (10000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Akure Township Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sunshine Stars languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Jigawa Golden Stars will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Jigawa Golden Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sunshine Stars form and stats

Sunshine Stars have collected 14 points from their Npfl home games so far after 3-5-2. All in all it has been a very rough period for Sunshine Stars who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Enugu Rangers, 105 days ago.

Sunshine Stars aren't scoring a lot here at Akure Township Stadium in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Sunshine are not conceding a lot of goals here at Akure Township Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.

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Jigawa Golden Stars form and stats

Jigawa Golden Stars have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Npfl, after 1-2-7 (10 played).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Jigawa as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jigawa have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Jigawa Golden Stars - Sunshine Stars 1-0. Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Sunshine, zero draws and one win for Jigawa Golden Stars. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Sunshine Stars missing players

Jigawa Golden Stars missing players

Sunshine Stars Jigawa Golden Stars
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
4 3 0 Won W 0 1 7
7 5 2 Drew D 2 2 5
9 2 1 Lost L 2 7 8
14 9 3 Scored S 2 7 16
21 7 4 Conceded C 5 17 21
75% 70% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 85%
40% 40% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 55%
35% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 35%
20% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 35%
35% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 10% 35%
50% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 75% 60% 45%
 
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 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.6 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.1 5.9 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 4.2 4.6
2.6 2.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.6 1.7
28% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 44%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Jigawa Golden Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Jigawa Golden Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Akwa United 20 10 7 3 25 12 10 8 2 0 17 3 10 2 5 3 8 9 13 37
2 Kano Pillars 20 11 4 5 24 17 10 9 1 0 14 2 10 2 3 5 10 15 7 37
3 Kwara United 20 10 6 4 26 14 10 7 3 0 18 3 10 3 3 4 8 11 12 36
4 Rivers United 20 11 2 7 24 18 10 10 0 0 18 1 10 1 2 7 6 17 6 35
5 Enugu Rangers 19 10 3 6 21 14 9 8 1 0 13 1 10 2 2 6 8 13 7 33
6 Nasarawa United 20 10 3 7 25 20 10 8 1 1 21 9 10 2 2 6 4 11 5 33
7 Enyimba 18 9 4 5 17 15 9 6 2 1 11 7 9 3 2 4 6 8 2 31
8 Heartland 20 8 5 7 26 26 10 6 3 1 17 9 10 2 2 6 9 17 0 29
9 Akwa Starlets 20 9 2 9 22 28 10 8 1 1 19 10 10 1 1 8 3 18 -6 29
10 Plateau United 20 8 4 8 25 18 10 8 1 1 21 7 10 0 3 7 4 11 7 28
11 Lobi Stars 19 8 4 7 22 20 10 8 2 0 18 6 9 0 2 7 4 14 2 28
12 Abia Warriors 20 7 6 7 31 26 10 7 1 2 20 9 10 0 5 5 11 17 5 27
13 Jigawa Golden Stars 20 7 5 8 16 21 10 6 3 1 9 4 10 1 2 7 7 17 -5 26
14 MFM 20 6 6 8 16 18 10 5 3 2 11 7 10 1 3 6 5 11 -2 24
15 Wikki Tourist 20 6 6 8 17 20 10 6 3 1 13 5 10 0 3 7 4 15 -3 24
16 Katsina United 20 6 3 11 19 28 10 6 3 1 16 6 10 0 0 10 3 22 -9 21
17 Warri Wolves 20 5 5 10 15 23 10 5 4 1 12 5 10 0 1 9 3 18 -8 20
18 Sunshine Stars 20 4 7 9 14 21 10 3 5 2 9 7 10 1 2 7 5 14 -7 19
19 Ifeanyi Uba 20 3 8 9 15 24 10 3 4 3 8 8 10 0 4 6 7 16 -9 17
20 Adamawa United 20 2 6 12 8 25 10 2 5 3 7 7 10 0 1 9 1 18 -17 12

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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.