Wikki Tourist vs Abia Warriors match preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Sun 18.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (15000 seats)

Npfl: Important and interesting fight between Wikki Tourist and Abia Warriors at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium. Both are in need of a good run!

Insights:
  • Wikki Tourist have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Abia Warriors is in the worst form (1-0-5)

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 artifical turf and that the visiting Abia Warriors have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-2-9 (win-draw-loss) from 13 matches.

These teams have little in common geographically as Abia Warriors have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Wikki Tourist form and stats

The story so far in the Npfl for Wikki Tourist at their home stadium (Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Tourist here at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Tourist lost their last game at Enugu Rangers (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

Before that, Wikki Tourist had a home game versus Akwa Starlets which ended with a victory 2-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tourist as they are travelling to their away game against Kwara United in the Npfl. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Wikki Tourist in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Tourist have conceded only 15 goals.

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Abia Warriors form and stats

Abia Warriors have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Npfl, after 0-8-8 (16 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 16 away games in a row.

The supporters enjoyed Warriors's previous game versus Kwara United (placed 6th), a Npfl 2-1 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Warri Wolves's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Abia Warriors are hosting Heartland in the Npfl only three days away.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Warriors have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Abia Warriors - Tourist 1-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Tourist wins - draws - Abia Warriors wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Wikki Tourist missing players

Abia Warriors missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wikki Tourist Abia Warriors
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 5 16 32
9 9 3 Won W 0 0 9
9 4 1 Drew D 3 8 11
14 3 0 Lost L 2 8 12
32 24 7 Scored S 3 13 38
40 15 3 Conceded C 6 23 36
88% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 75% 81%
62% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 62%
41% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 44% 44%
16% 19% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 22%
9% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
53% 56% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 56%
28% 44% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 28%
31% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 34%
 
5.5 7.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 5.1
4.4 2.6 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.2 4.4 4.1
1.7 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.5 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.8 10.1 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.7 8.9
3.4 4.2 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.2 3.4
30% 36% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 33% 36%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Abia Warriors have the most scored goals (13) away in Npfl
  • Abia Warriors have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Npfl
  • Abia Warriors have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Abia Warriors have yet to win a game away.
  • Abia Warriors is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Wikki Tourist have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wikki Tourist have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Wikki Tourist have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 32 16 12 4 39 18 16 13 3 0 27 6 16 3 9 4 12 12 21 60
2 Nasarawa United 32 17 4 11 44 32 16 14 1 1 35 13 16 3 3 10 9 19 12 55
3 Rivers United 32 16 7 9 39 29 16 14 2 0 27 4 16 2 5 9 12 25 10 55
4 Kano Pillars 32 16 7 9 34 25 16 14 2 0 22 3 16 2 5 9 12 22 9 55
5 Enyimba 32 15 9 8 31 27 16 10 6 0 20 10 16 5 3 8 11 17 4 54
6 Kwara United 32 15 7 10 39 26 16 12 4 0 28 4 16 3 3 10 11 22 13 52
7 Enugu Rangers 32 15 7 10 36 25 16 13 2 1 27 6 16 2 5 9 9 19 11 52
8 Lobi Stars 32 15 4 13 35 31 16 14 2 0 29 7 16 1 2 13 6 24 4 49
9 Akwa Starlets 32 14 4 14 32 38 16 11 2 3 25 15 16 3 2 11 7 23 -6 46
10 Plateau United 32 12 8 12 36 27 16 11 4 1 29 8 16 1 4 11 7 19 9 44
11 MFM 32 11 11 10 25 24 16 9 5 2 16 8 16 2 6 8 9 16 1 44
12 Heartland 32 11 8 13 37 42 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 2 3 11 12 29 -5 41
13 Katsina United 32 12 5 15 31 37 16 11 4 1 27 9 16 1 1 14 4 28 -6 41
14 Abia Warriors 32 9 11 12 38 36 16 9 3 4 25 13 16 0 8 8 13 23 2 38
15 Wikki Tourist 32 9 9 14 32 40 16 9 4 3 24 15 16 0 5 11 8 25 -8 36
16 Sunshine Stars 32 9 9 14 23 32 16 7 7 2 14 8 16 2 2 12 9 24 -9 36
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 32 9 9 14 22 37 16 8 6 2 13 7 16 1 3 12 9 30 -15 36
18 Ifeanyi Uba 32 8 10 14 30 40 16 8 5 3 18 11 16 0 5 11 12 29 -10 34
19 Warri Wolves 32 8 7 17 26 40 16 8 4 4 17 10 16 0 3 13 9 30 -14 31
20 Adamawa United 32 5 8 19 18 41 16 5 7 4 16 13 16 0 1 15 2 28 -23 23

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 32 16 12 4 39 18 16 13 3 0 27 6 16 3 9 4 12 12 21 60
2 Nasarawa United 32 17 4 11 44 32 16 14 1 1 35 13 16 3 3 10 9 19 12 55
3 Rivers United 32 16 7 9 39 29 16 14 2 0 27 4 16 2 5 9 12 25 10 55
4 Kano Pillars 32 16 7 9 34 25 16 14 2 0 22 3 16 2 5 9 12 22 9 55
5 Enyimba 32 15 9 8 31 27 16 10 6 0 20 10 16 5 3 8 11 17 4 54
6 Kwara United 32 15 7 10 39 26 16 12 4 0 28 4 16 3 3 10 11 22 13 52
7 Enugu Rangers 32 15 7 10 36 25 16 13 2 1 27 6 16 2 5 9 9 19 11 52
8 Lobi Stars 32 15 4 13 35 31 16 14 2 0 29 7 16 1 2 13 6 24 4 49
9 Akwa Starlets 32 14 4 14 32 38 16 11 2 3 25 15 16 3 2 11 7 23 -6 46
10 Plateau United 32 12 8 12 36 27 16 11 4 1 29 8 16 1 4 11 7 19 9 44
11 MFM 32 11 11 10 25 24 16 9 5 2 16 8 16 2 6 8 9 16 1 44
12 Heartland 32 11 8 13 37 42 16 9 5 2 25 13 16 2 3 11 12 29 -5 41
13 Katsina United 32 12 5 15 31 37 16 11 4 1 27 9 16 1 1 14 4 28 -6 41
14 Abia Warriors 32 9 11 12 38 36 16 9 3 4 25 13 16 0 8 8 13 23 2 38
15 Wikki Tourist 32 9 9 14 32 40 16 9 4 3 24 15 16 0 5 11 8 25 -8 36
16 Sunshine Stars 32 9 9 14 23 32 16 7 7 2 14 8 16 2 2 12 9 24 -9 36
17 Jigawa Golden Stars 32 9 9 14 22 37 16 8 6 2 13 7 16 1 3 12 9 30 -15 36
18 Ifeanyi Uba 32 8 10 14 30 40 16 8 5 3 18 11 16 0 5 11 12 29 -10 34
19 Warri Wolves 32 8 7 17 26 40 16 8 4 4 17 10 16 0 3 13 9 30 -14 31
20 Adamawa United 32 5 8 19 18 41 16 5 7 4 16 13 16 0 1 15 2 28 -23 23

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