After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Sunshine Stars and Warri Wolves in this fresh Npfl season. Read our match preview!
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 Warri Wolves.
Warri Wolves play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Warri Wolves when playing on artifical turf are 0 wins, 5 draws and 12 defeats from 17 matches. They have scored 10 goals and conceded 31 times in these games.
Sunshine Stars form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Sunshine Stars's two home games in the Npfl so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Akure Township Stadium.
The spoils were shared in Sunshine Stars's previous game, also at home. Visiting Lobi Stars (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at MFM.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sunshine Stars at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Warri Wolves form and stats
It's not happening yet for Warri Wolves on their Npfl travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? With two straight losses from their last two away games, Wolves are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Warri Wolves are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Npfl against Katsina United (placed 11th). A 0-3 defeat away at Lobi Stars before that.
1 goal so far away for Warri Wolves, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 5. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Sunshine Stars-Warri Wolves H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sunshine three wins, Warri Wolves five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Sunshine Stars missing players
Warri Wolves missing players
| Sunshine Stars | Warri Wolves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 6.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 38% | 60% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Sunshine Stars | Last season | Warri Wolves | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 24 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 33% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 46% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 33% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.4 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.2 | 7.4 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | ||
| 38% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Enugu Rangers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Kano Pillars | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Nasarawa United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Akwa Starlets | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Lobi Stars | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | MFM | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Warri Wolves | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Enyimba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Katsina United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Akwa United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Plateau United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Kwara United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 15 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Wikki Tourist | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Ifeanyi Uba | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Heartland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Adamawa United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 20 | Abia Warriors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Plateau United | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 49 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Lobi Stars | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
| 4 | Enugu Rangers | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 37 |
| 5 | Enyimba | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 6 | Akwa United | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 35 |
| 7 | Kano Pillars | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 8 | Akwa Starlets | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Sunshine Stars | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | Katsina United | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | -7 | 34 |
| 11 | Warri Wolves | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 33 |
| 12 | Ifeanyi Uba | 25 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 25 | -3 | 33 |
| 13 | Heartland | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 32 |
| 14 | MFM | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 31 |
| 15 | Wikki Tourist | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 14 | -1 | 31 |
| 16 | Abia Warriors | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 18 | -5 | 30 |
| 17 | Nasarawa United | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 29 |
| 18 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 24 | -10 | 29 |
| 19 | Kwara United | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -10 | 28 |
| 20 | Adamawa United | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 34 | -30 | 20 |