Match Report
3 points and 5 places separated them: Akwa United 16th with 49, Kano Pillars 11th with 52. Akwa United ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Akwa United 1.16 scored and 1.11 conceded per game, Kano Pillars 1.29 and 1.32, with the league averaging 1.11.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 1 for Akwa United, 3 for Kano Pillars and 2 drawn, at 1.67 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Akwa Ibom Stadium, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. Akwa United led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Akwa United: U. Friday (35'), U. Friday (59'), S. Mubarak (90')




