Npfl: Wikki Tourist - Kano Pillars preview and statistics

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Competition: Nigeria Npfl
Competition: Wed 18.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (25000 seats)

Struggling Wikki Tourist will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kano Pillars in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Wikki Tourist form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Wikki Tourist have to build on here at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in the Npfl.

Wikki Tourist haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 243 minutes ago. F. Omofoman scored that one.

Wikki Tourist lost their last game at Kwara United (placed 18th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wikki Tourist handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

There will be little rest for Wikki Tourist after this match as they are travelling to Heartland for a Npfl game in only four days.

Wikki Tourist have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches. From these home matches, Wikki Tourist have conceded only 10 goals.

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Kano Pillars form and stats

Kano Pillars have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Npfl, after 1-7-4 (12 played).

Kano Pillars won their last game, 2-0 versus Jigawa Golden Stars played at home. Before that, Kano Pillars travelled to Lobi Stars and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

We have checked recent matches where Kano Pillars have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, four draws and one defeat.

After this away game Kano Pillars return home for a Npfl game against Plateau United. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Kano Pillars have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Kano Pillars - Wikki Tourist 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wikki Tourist three wins, three draws and Kano Pillars four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Wikki Tourist missing players

Kano Pillars missing players

Wikki Tourist Kano Pillars
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 12 23
7 6 1 Won W 0 1 8
7 4 2 Drew D 1 7 10
10 2 1 Lost L 2 4 5
22 18 6 Scored S 1 10 27
24 10 3 Conceded C 4 14 17
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 78%
58% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 58% 57%
38% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 42% 26%
8% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
46% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 39%
29% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 48%
38% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 0.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 0.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
69 24 0 Total Shots T S 10 34 35
30 10 0 Shots on Target S O 4 14 15
33% 70% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 80%
Key stats in Npfl this season:
  • Kano Pillars have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wikki Tourist have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wikki Tourist haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 24 13 7 4 34 14 12 10 2 0 27 5 12 3 5 4 7 9 20 46
2 Rivers United 24 12 6 6 25 15 12 9 3 0 16 5 12 3 3 6 9 10 10 42
3 Lobi Stars 24 11 7 6 25 19 12 8 4 0 19 5 12 3 3 6 6 14 6 40
4 Kano Pillars 23 8 10 5 27 17 11 7 3 1 17 3 12 1 7 4 10 14 10 34
5 Enugu Rangers 23 9 7 7 22 18 12 8 1 3 14 7 11 1 6 4 8 11 4 34
6 Akwa Starlets 25 8 10 7 24 23 12 7 2 3 14 9 13 1 8 4 10 14 1 34
7 Akwa United 24 8 10 6 23 22 12 5 6 1 15 8 12 3 4 5 8 14 1 34
8 Sunshine Stars 24 9 7 8 26 27 12 7 5 0 18 8 12 2 2 8 8 19 -1 34
9 Enyimba 19 10 3 6 28 20 10 8 1 1 20 6 9 2 2 5 8 14 8 33
10 Warri Wolves 23 9 6 8 25 20 11 7 2 2 15 5 12 2 4 6 10 15 5 33
11 Ifeanyi Uba 24 10 3 11 25 27 12 10 2 0 17 3 12 0 1 11 8 24 -2 33
12 Delta Force 14 6 1 7 17 22 7 4 1 2 11 6 7 2 0 5 6 16 -5 19
12 Heartland 24 9 5 10 20 19 12 7 3 2 15 6 12 2 2 8 5 13 1 32
13 Katsina United 23 8 7 8 16 24 12 8 4 0 15 6 11 0 3 8 1 18 -8 31
14 Abia Warriors 24 8 6 10 22 26 12 8 3 1 18 10 12 0 3 9 4 16 -4 30
15 Nasarawa United 24 8 4 12 27 27 12 7 2 3 17 9 12 1 2 9 10 18 0 28
16 MFM 24 7 7 10 17 18 12 5 6 1 13 5 12 2 1 9 4 13 -1 28
17 Wikki Tourist 24 7 7 10 22 24 12 6 4 2 18 10 12 1 3 8 4 14 -2 28
18 Kwara United 24 8 4 12 22 31 12 6 3 3 14 8 12 2 1 9 8 23 -9 28
19 Jigawa Golden Stars 24 8 2 14 23 34 12 8 2 2 16 10 12 0 0 12 7 24 -11 26
20 Adamawa United 24 6 2 16 17 45 12 6 2 4 13 11 12 0 0 12 4 34 -28 20

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The Nigerian Professional Fotball League (NPFL) is the highest level of football in Nigeria. It has earlier been known as the Nigerian Premier League, Nigerian Premiership, Nigerian Professional League and other names. It currently holds two divisions each with twelve teams. The top three teams in each division qualify for a championship playoff.