Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Npfl

2025/2026

Bayelsa United

Wisdom18'

Goal76'

Goal83'

Goal90+1'

-FT

Mar 29, 2026

Sapele Township Stadium

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 H2H, Form & Key Stats

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

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Bayelsa United	15	1.67	47%	20%	7%	33%	27%	53%
Kano Pillars	15	1.73	53%	33%	0%	27%	60%	27%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Bayelsa United	Home	7	4	2	1	7-3	2	29%	57%
Kano Pillars	Away	6	1	3	2	3-5	1	17%	50%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Bayelsa United	15	6-9	4-6	40%	67%	4-6-5
Kano Pillars	15	8-5	10-3	56%	53%	4-8-3

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 team 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 307 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 0.94

How we calculate this

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Verified regulation-time goal windows (scored vs conceded)

Bayelsa United

Last 20 gamesPeak scoring: 61-75'76-90+' goal in 40% of games

Minutes	Scored (18)	Conceded (23)
1-15'	3 (17%)	4 (17%)
16-30'	4 (22%)	2 (9%)
31-45+'	3 (17%)	5 (22%)
46-60'	2 (11%)	4 (17%)
61-75'	5 (28%)	0 (0%)
76-90+'	1 (6%)	8 (35%)

Kano Pillars

Last 20 gamesPeak scoring: 31-45+'76-90+' goal in 30% of games

Minutes	Scored (16)	Conceded (19)
1-15'	3 (19%)	2 (11%)
16-30'	3 (19%)	3 (16%)
31-45+'	5 (31%)	3 (16%)
46-60'	1 (6%)	3 (16%)
61-75'	2 (13%)	4 (21%)
76-90+'	2 (13%)	4 (21%)

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — Corners & Cards Trends

Bayelsa UnitedLast 15 games

4 straight games under 10.5 corners

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 5.1 / 4.5
Match total corners/g: 9.5
Over 8.5 corners: 60%
Over 9.5 corners: 53%
Over 10.5 corners: 47%
Won corner count: 47%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 1
Opponent cards / game: 1.47
Match total cards / game: 2.47
Over 3.5 match cards: 40%
Over 4.5 match cards: 13%

Kano PillarsLast 9 games

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 5.1 / 6.8
Match total corners/g: 11.9
Over 8.5 corners: 67%
Over 9.5 corners: 56%
Over 10.5 corners: 56%
Won corner count: 44%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 0.6
Opponent cards / game: 0.27
Match total cards / game: 0.93
Over 3.5 match cards: 0%
Over 4.5 match cards: 0%

Npfl Standings

Npfl · 2025/2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Enugu Rangers	38	19	11	8	+20	68	DWWWW
···
7	Abia Warriors	38	16	7	15	-3	55	LWLLL
8	Barau	38	13	13	12	+4	52	WLWLW
9	Kano PillarsA	38	15	6	17	-2	51	LWLLW
10	Katsina United	37	14	9	14	-3	51	LWLWL
11	Plateau United	38	15	5	18	-1	50	LDLWL
···
17	Remo Stars	38	14	5	19	-5	47	LWLDW
18	El Kanemi Warriors	38	13	8	17	-16	47	WLLLD
19	Bayelsa UnitedH	38	11	10	17	-5	43	LLLWL
20	Wikki Tourist	37	9	12	16	-12	39	WLLLL

10 / 20Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Npfl

Bayelsa United38 matches

Kano Pillars

38 matches

#19Position#9

43Points51

11Wins15

10Draws6

17Losses17

37Goals37

0.97Goals per game0.97

42Goals conceded39

1.11Goals per game conceded1.03

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (38 vs 38 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityBayelsa United 36% · X · Draw 31% · Kano Pillars 33%

1 · Home Win

36%

X · Draw

31%

2 · Away Win

33%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.00 vs 0.94

Projected Total: 1.94

Over 1.5 Goals

58%

Over 2.5 Goals

31%

Over 3.5 Goals

13%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

39%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

39% / 37%

Bayelsa United / Kano Pillars

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 0(14.3%)0 - 0(14.3%)1 - 1(13.5%)

Recent matches

All Bayelsa United fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 5 matches

Won 40%

(2/5)

Draw 40%

(2/5)

Won 20%

(1/5)

Goals

3-4

Total matches

Recent matches

Premier League•Jul 20, 2013

Bayelsa United

1-0

Kano Pillars

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — Head to Head

Last 5 matches

Bayelsa United wins

Draws

Kano Pillars wins

Goals Scored

3 - 4

Matchday 32 — Npfl

Match summary

Bayelsa United beat Kano Pillars 4-1 in the Npfl.

Before kickoff, Bayelsa United sat 18th on 36 points, while Kano Pillars were 9th on 42 points. Before kickoff, Bayelsa United were 18th in the table but 9th on points from the last five league games. Across 5 previous meetings on record, Bayelsa United won 2 and Kano Pillars won 1, with 2 draws (1.4 goals per game).

More details:

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Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars H2H, Form & Key Stats

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — Corners & Cards Trends

Npfl Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches

Bayelsa United vs Kano Pillars — Head to Head

Last 5 matches

Matchday 32 — Npfl

Match summary