Match Report
El Kanemi Warriors went into the game 18th in the table on 47 points; Nasarawa United sat 6th on 56 — a 9-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Nasarawa United: only 10th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 6th. Scoring rates set the scale: El Kanemi Warriors 0.79 scored and 1.21 conceded per game, Nasarawa United 0.97 and 0.89, with the league averaging 1.01.
El Kanemi Warriors's winless run stood at 6.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 4 for El Kanemi Warriors, 1 for Nasarawa United and 0 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings.
The match was played at El Kanemi Stadium (capacity 10,000). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
El Kanemi Warriors: Risilanu Ismail (88')