Abia Warriors will host Bendel Insurance on 27 September at 15:00 GMT, with both sides looking to strengthen their position in the league.
The home side enter the match with mixed recent form, while Bendel Insurance arrive after a more consistent run of results. Abia Warriors’ last five games have produced the sequence DLDWL, compared with Bendel Insurance’s WLWLW.
The key statistics of the players of both teams this season:
- Assists: (Abia Warriors) — 0 assists, (Bendel Insurance) — 0 assists.
- Goalkeepers saves: (Abia Warriors) — 0, (Bendel Insurance) — 0
- Tackles: (Abia Warriors) — 0, (Bendel Insurance) — 0.
- Most encounters won: (Abia Warriors) — 0, (Bendel Insurance) — 0.
Top 5 scorers this season:
- (0)
- (0)
- (0)
- (0)
- (0)
Team statistics:
The contrasting records make this an important fixture for both teams. Abia Warriors have collected one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five matches. Bendel Insurance have won three and lost two during the same period, giving them the stronger recent record ahead of the meeting.
The five previous matches played by the teams:
- Abia Warriors — DLDWL
- Bendel Insurance — WLWLW
Abia Warriors will hope home advantage can help them produce a more commanding performance. Their latest sequence shows a side that has been difficult to beat in some matches but has not found the consistency required to build a strong run. The draw results suggest they have remained competitive, although the defeats have limited their progress.
According to home statistics this season, Abia Warriors scores more goals and concedes more in the following intervals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 100.00% | 50.00% |
| 16-30 | 50.00% | |
| 31-45 | ||
| 46-60 | ||
| 61-75 | ||
| 76-90 | ||
| 91-105 |
Bendel Insurance has the following time frames of scoring and conceding goals:
| Intervals | Goal Scored, % | Goals conceded, % |
| 0-15 | 33.33% | 25.00% |
| 16-30 | 33.33% | 50.00% |
| 31-45 | 33.33% | 25.00% |
| 46-60 | ||
| 61-75 | ||
| 76-90 | ||
| 91-105 |
Head-to-head stats:
| Teams | Games | Win | Draws | Losses | |||
| H | A | H | A | H | A | ||
| Abia Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bendel Insurance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Probabilities before the match:
| Abia Warriors | Bendel Insurance | |
| 50.5% | Winning the game | 50.5% |
| 31% | Attack potential | 31% |
| 47% | Potential in defense | 47% |
| 62% | Strength against each other | 62% |
| 67% | Goal Potential | 67% |
Summary: the probability of Bendel Insurance winning – 10%, draw – 45%, loss – 45%. Thus Abia Warriors, most likely, win (win or draw)
Goal Forecast:Abia Warriors, is likely to score -1.5 goals, Bendel Insurance is likely to score no more than -2.5.
The bookmaker odds for this match:
| Home win | Draw | Away win |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Save the date
The match between the teams Abia Warriors and Bendel Insurance will take place on September 27 at 15:00 (GMT) at the stadium Umuahia Township Stadium.