The visiting Wikki Tourist side should be favourites in this visit to Warri Wolves, as the away team holds a 6 point advantage from their seven league games this season.
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.
Wikki Tourist play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Wikki Tourist when playing on grass are 4 wins, 5 draws and 18 defeats from 27 matches. They have scored 12 goals and conceded 38 times in these games.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Warri Wolves form and stats
The story so far in the Npfl for Warri Wolves at their home stadium is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Warri Wolves haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 301 minutes ago. M. O. Omoduemuke scored that one.
The points were shared in Warri Wolves's previous game, also at home. Visiting Lobi Stars (placed 4th) travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Akwa Starlets (0-1).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Warri Wolves here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Defensively Warri Wolves have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wikki Tourist form and stats
Playing away, Wikki Tourist have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Npfl this season.
Two away games in a row for Wikki Tourist, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Ifeanyi Uba in the Npfl. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Heartland.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Wikki Tourist's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Wikki Tourist in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Warri Wolves won 4, Wikki Tourist won 5 and 1 draw. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.Warri Wolves missing players
Wikki Tourist missing players
| Warri Wolves | Wikki Tourist | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.3 | 8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 3.7 | 1 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 18 | 18 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 29% |
- Warri Wolves has the most dropped points from leading position (6)
- Warri Wolves have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Warri Wolves have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Wikki Tourist has the most points from losing position (3)
- Wikki Tourist have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
| 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Wikki Tourist | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Akwa Starlets | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Lobi Stars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Ifeanyi Uba | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Sunshine Stars | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Katsina United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Enyimba | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | Abia Warriors | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Kano Pillars | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | Rivers United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | MFM | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Heartland | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Akwa United | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Warri Wolves | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Adamawa United | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Delta Force | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Jigawa Golden Stars | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Enugu Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 20 | Nasarawa United | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 2 |