Match Report
8 points and 11 places separated them: Niger Tornadoes 16th with 48, Bendel Insurance 5th with 56. Niger Tornadoes had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Niger Tornadoes were scoring 0.97 and conceding 0.95, Bendel Insurance 1.16 and 1, against a competition average of 1.01 goals per team per game.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Niger Tornadoes, 2 by Bendel Insurance, 2 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Lokoja Confluence Stadium, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Bendel Insurance led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Niger Tornadoes: R. Mendos (90'), Abdulaz Dalhatu (60') · Bendel Insurance: Nnamdi Anthony (2'), Chinedu Nwosu (38')
Key stats
Possession: Niger Tornadoes 69% · Bendel Insurance 31% · Total shots: 21-6 · On target: 8-4 · Corners: 13-1