Bayelsa United vs Kano PillarsResult, Lineups & H2H

Npfl

2025/2026

Bayelsa United

Wisdom18'

Goal76'

Goal83'

Goal90+1'

-FT

Mar 29, 2026

Sapele Township Stadium

Kano Pillars

Yikat90+8'

Match Timeline

Goal!

4-1

Williams Yikat

90'+8·Kano Pillars

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90'+7Yellow Card

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Bayelsa United

Goal!

4-0

Goal

90'+1·Bayelsa United

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89'Yellow Card

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Bayelsa United

Goal!

3-0

Goal

83'·Bayelsa United

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82'Yellow Card

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Bayelsa United

Goal!

2-0

Goal

76'·Bayelsa United

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49'Yellow Card

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Kano Pillars

Goal!

1-0

Stephen Wisdom

18'·Bayelsa United

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Statistics of the Game

Bayelsa United

Kano Pillars

56%Ball Possession44%

11Shots Total13

4Shots On Target3

6Corners1

3Yellow Cards1

7Shots Off Target10

91Attacks91

42Dangerous Attacks35

4Goals1

5Substitutions4

Bayelsa United

Manager: Meremu Okara

Starting XI

Andy Ezekiel

Loveday Osaro

Kelvin Ihunwo

Energy Etunuya

Stephen Wisdom

Peter Ebimobowei

Kehinde Malik

Substitutes

Issa Yusuf

Gabriel Biriduba

Chinedu Onyinjekwu

Ettah Ikoi

Eyong Nneyi Ofem

Oladipupo Kolawole

Ayiba Edwin

Nupe Godstime

Kano Pillars

Manager: N/A

Starting XI

Abuchi Okeke

Mubarak Lawan

Chinedu Ozor

Abdullahi Musa

Fahad Usman

Izuchukwu Christian Olewunne

Olakunle Akala

Ahmed Musa

Rabiu Ali

Lius Dadong

Chiedozie Okorie

Substitutes

Ibrahim Inuwa

Mustapha Umar

Mohammed Mukhtar

Aminu Mohammed

Joseph Ezigbo

Bernard Ovoke

Williams Yikat

Mohammed Galadima

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — computed insights

Bayelsa United moved from 18th to 15th in the Npfl table with this result.(Out of the relegation places (bottom 4). Before kickoff: 18th, 36 points from 30 matches. After: 15th, 39 points from 31 matches; 20 teams; the table also counts 7 matches played at the same time.)
Bayelsa United, 18th before kickoff, beat Kano Pillars, who were 9th.(Table before kickoff: Bayelsa United 36 points from 30 matches, Kano Pillars 42 from 30.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Bayelsa United	15	L1	0	1	0	3	7/15	4-4
Kano Pillars	15	W1	3	0	1	0	10/15	7-2

Bayelsa United — last 5 games

D1-1 @ Ikorodu City2026-02-22
W1-0 vs Rivers United2026-03-01
L0-1 @ Kun Khalifat2026-03-08
W2-1 vs Warri Wolves2026-03-15
L0-1 @ Plateau United2026-03-22

Kano Pillars — last 5 games

W3-0 vs El Kanemi Warriors2026-02-22
L1-2 @ Shooting Stars2026-03-01
W1-0 vs Barau2026-03-08
D0-0 @ Niger Tornadoes2026-03-15
W2-0 vs Enyimba2026-03-22

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 5
Period covered: 2013-07-20 – 2025-11-09
Bayelsa United wins: 2
Draws: 2
Kano Pillars wins: 1
Avg goals per meeting: 1.4
Over 2.5 goals: 40%
Both teams scored: 20%
Home side won: 60%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 2W 2D 1L (Bayelsa United view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.4 vs 1.4

Most recent meetings

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-11-09	Kano Pillars	0-0	Bayelsa United
2025-02-02	Kano Pillars	0-0	Bayelsa United
2024-03-17	Bayelsa United	2-1	Kano Pillars
2023-11-01	Kano Pillars	3-0	Bayelsa United
2013-07-20	Bayelsa United	1-0	Kano Pillars

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 305 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Bayelsa United	18	30	36	-6	DWLWL	9	+9
Kano Pillars	9	30	42	2	WLWDW	2	+7

Table context

Points gap: 6 ptsBayelsa United 36 · Kano Pillars 42
Positions: #18 vs #9
Goals per game: 0.83/1.03 vs 0.93/0.87scored/conceded per game · league average 0.93

How we calculate this