Sunshine Stars vs Plateau United match preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Wed 28.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Akure Township Stadium (10000 seats)

Sunshine Stars - Plateau United in Npfl: Statistics, line-ups, matches, trends and news. Get our full preview!

Insights:
  • Sunshine Stars have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Npfl
  • Plateau United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Relegation threatens Sunshine Stars who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Plateau most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Sunshine Stars form and stats

7 victories, 8 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Sunshine Stars, who have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Npfl, have to build on here at Akure Township Stadium in the Npfl.

Sunshine Stars haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 301 minutes ago. S. Yusuf scored that one.

Sunshine are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Nasarawa United. Sunshine Stars were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The game against Nasarawa United was basically lost in the first half (0-4) and the second half was more of a formality.

Before that, Sunshine drew at home versus Katsina United.

Sunshine are traveling soon after this match as the Npfl match at Enyimba awaits in four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sunshine here at Akure Township Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 17 games). Defensively Sunshine Stars have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (8 in 17 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Plateau United form and stats

There's been little loot from Plateau United's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 17 away games in the Npfl. Plateau United only have 1 win to counter their 12 defeats and 4 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Plateau, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Plateau played 0-0 against Lobi Stars in their previous match.

Prior to that match, the Plateau manager faced defeat when travelling to MFM and losing 1-3.

A new game in only four days for Plateau United, the Npfl home match versus Akwa Starlets. Busy days.

Goals are few and far between in Plateau's away league games. Only 8 goals from 17 travels. 22 goals have been conceded by Plateau United in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Plateau United - Sunshine 3-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Sunshine Stars, one draw and two wins for Plateau United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Sunshine Stars missing players

Plateau United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sunshine Stars Plateau United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 6 17 35
9 7 2 Won W 1 1 13
11 8 4 Drew D 2 4 9
15 2 0 Lost L 3 12 13
23 14 7 Scored S 3 8 41
36 8 4 Conceded C 4 22 30
74% 65% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 76% 77%
37% 29% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 47% 60%
34% 24% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 29% 40%
17% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 20%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
34% 29% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 29% 31%
43% 65% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 46%
49% 41% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 65% 46%
 
3.3 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.5 5
3 1.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.4 3.9
1.8 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.3 5.3 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.5 11.2
2.2 2.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 4
31% 42% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 18% 32%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Plateau United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Plateau United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sunshine Stars have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Npfl
  • Sunshine Stars have won at least twice as many corners 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 Akwa United 35 18 13 4 46 19 18 15 3 0 33 6 17 3 10 4 13 13 27 67
2 Nasarawa United 35 19 4 12 51 35 18 16 1 1 40 13 17 3 3 11 11 22 16 61
3 Kano Pillars 35 18 7 10 37 27 18 16 2 0 25 3 17 2 5 10 12 24 10 61
4 Enyimba 35 17 10 8 36 30 18 12 6 0 24 12 17 5 4 8 12 18 6 61
5 Rivers United 35 17 8 10 43 32 18 15 3 0 30 5 17 2 5 10 13 27 11 59
6 Kwara United 35 16 8 11 42 28 17 13 4 0 31 5 18 3 4 11 11 23 14 56
7 Enugu Rangers 35 16 8 11 40 28 17 14 2 1 29 6 18 2 6 10 11 22 12 56
8 Lobi Stars 35 16 6 13 39 34 17 15 2 0 32 9 18 1 4 13 7 25 5 54
9 Akwa Starlets 35 15 4 16 36 42 17 12 2 3 29 15 18 3 2 13 7 27 -6 49
10 Plateau United 35 13 9 13 41 30 18 12 5 1 33 8 17 1 4 12 8 22 11 48
11 MFM 35 12 11 12 29 28 17 10 5 2 19 9 18 2 6 10 10 19 1 47
12 Katsina United 35 13 7 15 34 38 18 12 5 1 30 10 17 1 2 14 4 28 -4 46
13 Heartland 35 12 9 14 40 45 18 10 6 2 27 14 17 2 3 12 13 31 -5 45
14 Abia Warriors 35 10 11 14 40 39 17 10 3 4 27 14 18 0 8 10 13 25 1 41
15 Wikki Tourist 35 10 9 16 34 44 17 10 4 3 25 15 18 0 5 13 9 29 -10 39
16 Jigawa Golden Stars 35 10 9 16 25 43 17 9 6 2 15 8 18 1 3 14 10 35 -18 39
17 Sunshine Stars 35 9 11 15 23 36 17 7 8 2 14 8 18 2 3 13 9 28 -13 38
18 Warri Wolves 35 10 7 18 28 43 18 10 4 4 19 10 17 0 3 14 9 33 -15 37
19 Ifeanyi Uba 35 8 11 16 31 47 17 8 6 3 19 12 18 0 5 13 12 35 -16 35
20 Adamawa United 35 5 10 20 19 46 18 5 9 4 17 14 17 0 1 16 2 32 -27 25

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 Akwa United 35 18 13 4 46 19 18 15 3 0 33 6 17 3 10 4 13 13 27 67
2 Nasarawa United 35 19 4 12 51 35 18 16 1 1 40 13 17 3 3 11 11 22 16 61
3 Kano Pillars 35 18 7 10 37 27 18 16 2 0 25 3 17 2 5 10 12 24 10 61
4 Enyimba 35 17 10 8 36 30 18 12 6 0 24 12 17 5 4 8 12 18 6 61
5 Rivers United 35 17 8 10 43 32 18 15 3 0 30 5 17 2 5 10 13 27 11 59
6 Kwara United 35 16 8 11 42 28 17 13 4 0 31 5 18 3 4 11 11 23 14 56
7 Enugu Rangers 35 16 8 11 40 28 17 14 2 1 29 6 18 2 6 10 11 22 12 56
8 Lobi Stars 35 16 6 13 39 34 17 15 2 0 32 9 18 1 4 13 7 25 5 54
9 Akwa Starlets 35 15 4 16 36 42 17 12 2 3 29 15 18 3 2 13 7 27 -6 49
10 Plateau United 35 13 9 13 41 30 18 12 5 1 33 8 17 1 4 12 8 22 11 48
11 MFM 35 12 11 12 29 28 17 10 5 2 19 9 18 2 6 10 10 19 1 47
12 Katsina United 35 13 7 15 34 38 18 12 5 1 30 10 17 1 2 14 4 28 -4 46
13 Heartland 35 12 9 14 40 45 18 10 6 2 27 14 17 2 3 12 13 31 -5 45
14 Abia Warriors 35 10 11 14 40 39 17 10 3 4 27 14 18 0 8 10 13 25 1 41
15 Wikki Tourist 35 10 9 16 34 44 17 10 4 3 25 15 18 0 5 13 9 29 -10 39
16 Jigawa Golden Stars 35 10 9 16 25 43 17 9 6 2 15 8 18 1 3 14 10 35 -18 39
17 Sunshine Stars 35 9 11 15 23 36 17 7 8 2 14 8 18 2 3 13 9 28 -13 38
18 Warri Wolves 35 10 7 18 28 43 18 10 4 4 19 10 17 0 3 14 9 33 -15 37
19 Ifeanyi Uba 35 8 11 16 31 47 17 8 6 3 19 12 18 0 5 13 12 35 -16 35
20 Adamawa United 35 5 10 20 19 46 18 5 9 4 17 14 17 0 1 16 2 32 -27 25

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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.