Warri Wolves have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Sunshine Stars. Prepare for the match with this Npfl preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Warri Wolves have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 2-4-10 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
Sunshine Stars form and stats
Warri Wolves form and stats
Let's have a look at how Warri Wolves performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 9 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 13 with 9/30 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Sunshine Stars won 3, Warri Wolves won 5 and 2 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.Sunshine Stars missing players
Warri Wolves missing players
| Sunshine Stars | Warri Wolves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunshine Stars | Last season | Warri Wolves | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 13 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 18 | Scored | S | 9 | 31 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 30 | 38 | ||
| 95% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 86% | ||
| 59% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 51% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 45% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 39% | 32% | ||
| 27% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 38% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 61% | 43% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
- Sunshine Stars have created more than twice as many corners as Warri Wolves.
- Sunshine Stars have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunshine Stars have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Warri Wolves have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Warri Wolves 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 | Plateau United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Abia Warriors | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Wikki Tourist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ifeanyi Uba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MFM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Akwa Starlets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Akwa United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Delta Force | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Warri Wolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rivers United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Enugu Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Enyimba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Nasarawa United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sunshine Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Adamawa United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Heartland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Lobi Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Katsina United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | Enugu Rangers | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 40 |
| 2 | Lobi Stars | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Enyimba | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| 4 | MFM | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Rivers United | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Katsina United | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 7 | Wikki Tourist | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Sunshine Stars | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Bendel Insurance | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Kwara United | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 11 | Niger Tornadoes | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -7 | 21 |
| 12 | Remo Stars | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -7 | 20 |
| 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 | Enugu Rangers | 37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 37 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 17 | 66 |
| 2 | Wikki Tourist | 37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 60 |
| 3 | Rivers United | 37 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 60 |
| 4 | Ifeanyi Uba | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 59 |
| 5 | Lobi Stars | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 34 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 58 |
| 6 | Sunshine Stars | 37 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 37 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 53 |
| 7 | Nasarawa United | 37 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 44 | 44 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 53 |
| 8 | El Kanemi Warriors | 37 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 34 | -4 | 53 |
| 9 | Kano Pillars | 37 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 31 | 5 | 52 |
| 10 | Niger Tornadoes | 37 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 41 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 30 | -1 | 52 |
| 11 | Plateau United | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 28 | -1 | 52 |
| 12 | Akwa United | 37 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 50 |
| 13 | Enyimba | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 26 | -1 | 50 |
| 14 | Shooting Stars | 37 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 44 | 50 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 36 | -6 | 50 |
| 15 | Abia Warriors | 37 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | -4 | 49 |
| 16 | Warri Wolves | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 38 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 30 | -7 | 48 |
| 17 | Heartland | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 24 | -3 | 47 |
| 18 | MFM | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 30 | -3 | 45 |
| 19 | Ikorodu United | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 36 | -24 | 32 |
| 20 | Giwa | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -16 | 13 |