Rivers United vs BarauResult, Lineups & H2H

Npfl

2025/2026

Rivers United

Manyo81'

-FT

Feb 25, 2026

Yakubu Gowon Stadium

Barau

Match Timeline

Goal!

1-0

Stephen Manyo

81'·Rivers United

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62'Substitution

Yunusa Ibrahim Sulaiman· In

Barau

56'Substitution

Emmanuel Okoko· In

Usman Maidubuji· Out

Barau

56'Substitution

Aliyu Sugau· In

Mohammed M Umar· Out

Barau

56'Substitution

Sandei Haruna· In

I. Nura· Out

Barau

51'Yellow Card

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Barau

Rivers United

Manager: H. Busari

Starting XI

Ochiobi Elias

David Boluwaji Sholumade

Emmanuel Nnaji

Substitutes

Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

Obi Samson Bossa

John Noble Barinyima

Ebuka Akobundu

Barau

Manager: Ladan Isah Bosso

Starting XI

Chisom Chiaha

Orji Kalu Okagube

I. Nura

Usman Maidubuji

Mohammed M Umar

Henry Ezeonye

Uche Moses

Substitutes

Moses Tsehuan

Joseph Atule

Sandei Haruna

Emmanuel Okoko

Tijjani Sa'Ad

Aliyu Sugau

Amah Chibundu

Oscar Destiny

Yunusa Ibrahim Sulaiman

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Stephen Manyo DF	-	90'	1	-	-	-	-
Aniekeme Okon FW	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Isaac Annor DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Emmanuel Nnaji MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Mbaoma Chijioke FW	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
T. Otaniyi MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Timothy Zechariah FW	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Osagie Onisodumeya GK	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Temple Emekayi DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Ochiobi Elias DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-

Rivers United vs Barau — computed insights

Rivers United moved from 3rd to 1st in the Npfl table with this result.(Into first place. Before kickoff: 3rd, 43 points from 23 matches. After: 1st, 46 points from 24 matches; 20 teams.)
Stephen Manyo's 81st-minute goal decided the match.(Score by goal: 81' 1-0.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Rivers United	15	D2	2	6	2	5	2/15	3-10
Barau	15	D1	6	1	0	0	9/15	2-0

Rivers United — last 5 games

L0-1 vs Power Dynamos2026-02-01
L1-4 vs Pyramids FC2026-02-08
L0-3 @ RSB Berkane2026-02-14
D1-1 @ Kwara United2026-02-18
D1-1 vs Enyimba2026-02-22

Barau — last 5 games

D0-0 @ Enyimba2026-01-18
D0-0 @ Bendel Insurance2026-01-29
W1-0 vs Ikorodu City2026-02-02
W1-0 vs Kun Khalifat2026-02-14
D0-0 @ Warri Wolves2026-02-21

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 259 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Rivers United	3	23	43	7	WDWDD	5	-2
Barau	13	25	33	-2	DDWWD	5	+8

Table context

Points gap: 10 ptsRivers United 43 · Barau 33
Positions: #3 vs #13
Goals per game: 0.87/0.57 vs 0.8/0.88scored/conceded per game · league average 0.9

How we calculate this