STATISTICAL REVIEW OF 2017 NPFL MATCH DAY 8 RESULTS

STATISTICAL REVIEW OF 2017 NPFL MATCH DAY 8 RESULTS

AKWA UNITED 2-1 PLATEAU UNITED

2- This is Akwa United’s second victory of the season.

1 – This is Plateau United’s first defeat of the season.  

1 – This is Akwa United’s first back to back home wins this season.

0 -   Akwa United continues their unbeaten run both home and away against Plateau United from last season.

EL KANEMI WARRIORS 3-0 GOMBE UNITED

17 – This is EL Kanemi has now won all their last 17 home matches in the NPFL

13 – This is Gombe United’s 13^th loss of their last 17 away matches and the last time they picked up an away point in the NPFL was in 2014.

0 – EL Kanemi continues their record of never lost or drawn a match at home to visiting Gombe United dating back to 2013.

NASSARAWA UNITED 3-1 ABIA WARRIORS

2 – This is Nasarawa United’s second win of the season.

3 – Nassarawa has drawn three of their last five home matches and won two.

0 – No match between these teams has ended in a draw in the history of the NPFL.

0 – Nassarawa United continues the record of never drawn or lost a match at home to visiting Abia Warriors in the NPFL.

SUNSHINE STARS 2-2 ABS

4 – ABS has an exactly contrasting statistics after eight matches this season with Sunshine stars. ABS has won exactly the same number of matches Sunshine has lost 4, lost exactly the same number of matches sunshine has won 2, and drawn the same number of matches as Sunshine 2.

2 – This is ABS second point away from home since 2013.

0 - ABS kept their record of never lost a match to Sunshine stars both home and away since 23^rd of August, 2012.

LOBI STARS 0-0 KATSINA UNITED

1 – Lobi stars dropped points at home for the first time this season.

2 – Katsina United has now drawn two of their last four away matches.

1 – It was the first match between these teams in the NPFL.

NIGER TORNADOES 1-0 ENYIMBA

3 – This is Niger tornadoes’ 3^rd win of the season.

3 – This is Enyimba’s 3rd loss of the season. They have won 4 and drawn 1.

0 – Tornadoes remains unbeatable at home since 2012.

0 – Enyimba has never scored a goal away to Niger Tornadoes in Minna since 2011.

BY AGU UCHENNA KINGSLEY