Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between Bayelsa United (11th, 52 pts) and Lobi Stars (20th, 28 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Bayelsa United 1.03 scored and 0.95 conceded per game, Lobi Stars 0.76 and 1.47, with the league averaging 1.03.
Lobi Stars had not won in 7 games.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Bayelsa United, 2 by Lobi Stars, 1 drawn, at 3.75 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.