Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium: Wikki Tourist vs Heartland Npfl preview

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Wed 28.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (15000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Wikki Tourist languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Heartland will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Wikki Tourist have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Heartland have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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 Tourist and Heartland.

Tourist's stadium, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Heartland have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Heartland when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses from 14 matches. They have scored 5 goals in these games and conceded 27.

Wikki Tourist are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Heartland are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Wikki Tourist form and stats

Wikki Tourist are steadily winning Npfl games and points here at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium. 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 17 games. After failing to beat Akwa United here at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Wikki Tourist has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Tourist faced defeat in their previous match, away at Warri Wolves (0-1).

Heartbreak before that as Tourist lost 1-3 at Kwara United's place.

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

Tourist are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 17 games. From these home matches, Wikki Tourist have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Heartland form and stats

There's been little loot from Heartland's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 17 away games in the Npfl. Heartland only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws. Bitter travels for Heartland as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Enyimba match.

Heartland delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Kwara United (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Npfl game.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Abia Warriors wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

The schedule is very tough for Heartland now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Npfl game at Warri Wolves is waiting in only four days.

The attacking power of Heartland when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Heartland have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Wikki Tourist and Heartland have met before this season: Heartland - Wikki Tourist 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Tourist won one, Heartland won six and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Wikki Tourist missing players

Heartland missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wikki Tourist Heartland
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
10 10 5 Won W 1 2 12
9 4 1 Drew D 1 3 9
16 3 0 Lost L 3 12 14
34 25 10 Scored S 5 13 40
44 15 3 Conceded C 7 31 45
89% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
60% 65% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 80%
40% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 65% 54%
17% 18% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 17%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
51% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 59% 57%
29% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 29%
31% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 35% 26%
 
5.6 7.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.2 1.7 3.5
4.5 2.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.3 3.9
1.7 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.7 10.1 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 2.6 3.5 7.3
3.3 4.2 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.8 1.4 2.9
30% 36% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 125% 50% 40%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Heartland have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Heartland have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Heartland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Heartland have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 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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