3 key statistics as champions Rivers United hit the road again

Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, champions Rivers United are on a road trip again but this time in the NPFL.

Rivers United are visitors at the Umuahia Township Stadium in Abia State where they take on hosts Abia Warriors in a rescheduled matchday nine (9) in the NPFL.

Both teams are looking to close the gap between them and the pacesetters in Group B of the NPFL abridged season and will see this particular fixture as crucial to the goal.

Here are some of the key Pulse Sports statistics and what you need to know about the regional derby between the NPFL neighbours later this evening.

This encounter will see two teams who follow each closely in the NPFL Group B table go head-to-head in the football league.

Fourth-placed Abia Warriors will welcome neighbours from Port Harcourt, Rivers United, to their NPFL home in Umuahia for a wonderful date.

In terms of points, Rivers United have taken 14 points from a possible 21 while the Warriors have one fewer point (13) from a possible 24 in the NPFL.

The statistics for goals scored and conceded also show that Rivers United have the edge with 12 goals scored and eight conceded in 21 matches in the NPFL.

For their hosts, Abia Warriors, they have scored 11 and conceded seven in 24 NPFL matches.

These two teams will take to the Umuahia pitch in the NPFL this evening with contrasting forms.

The home side has just two wins in the last five matches across all competitions but is winless in the last two matches, both of which were in the NPFL.

Warriors have, however, not lacked goals in their last five matches in the NPFL, with six goals in that time.

For United, while they have lost the same number of matches in their last five games, two, the Pride of Rivers are unbeaten in the last three matches, which include a draw in their last game in the NPFL.

In terms of goals scored, United are as potent in the final third as their hosts, with seven netted in the period in view.

This fixture remains one of the most keenly contested and less entertaining, in terms of goals produced, in the NPFL.

Three draws in the last five matches between them in the NPFL, with two wins for United, mean the defending champions can go into this game confident of taking something positive back to Port Harcourt.

Here is a video of the last time both sides locked horns in the NPFL.