NpflMatchday 37El Kanemi Stadium
This meeting
Events
ELK 0–0 NER · 0–5 yellow- Full time 0–0
- Niger TornadoesYellow card
- Tasiu Lawalfor Terdoo Shimagande
- Daniel GodwinYellow card
- Rickson Theophilus Mendosfor Ismail Sarki
- Abbati Musafor John Godwin
- Half-time 0–0
- Idris SaiduYellow card
- Jerry IsaacYellow card
- Ismail SarkiYellow card
Lineups
Starting XIs- 13Ibrahim Iddrisu115′
- 2Bilal Yakubu115′
- 12Godspower Akekoromowei115′
- 20David Idaiye115′
- 27Ibrahim Yahaya115′
- 6Ismail Muktar115′
- 4Zayyad Musa115′
- 10Salisu Ibrahim115′
- 11Sama'ila Bello115′
- 17Musa Bashar115′
- 31John Zakka115′
- 31Daniel GodwinYC 115′
- 3Mohammed Aliyu115′
- 5Sunday Akinmoladun115′
- 30John Godwin↓53′
- 18Abba Khalid115′
- 12Idris SaiduYC 115′
- 14Ifeanyi Okoye115′
- 6Chigozie Ani115′
- 13Ahmad Liman
- 24Terdoo Shimagande↓80′ 91′
- 9Ismail SarkiYC ↓53′
- 7Gambo Shehu
- 8Daddy AbdulrahmanMF
- 9Babatunde OnifadeFW
- 16Risilanu IsmailFW
- 21Bakura JibrinDF
- 23Usman AuduDF
- 29Saliu SuleimanGK
- 34Sadiq Mohd
- 36Habibi LawanFW
SubstitutesCoaches: Onyewuchi Nosike Godwin (1.36 PPG) · Hamza AbarahG goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off
- 11Tasiu LawalFW · ↑80′
- 29Abbati MusaFW · ↑53′
- 40Rickson Theophilus MendosFW · ↑53′
- 7Abdulrasheed Shehu DabaiFW
- 15Ahmed FamilyDF
- 19Michael NelsonMF
- 20Abdulaz DalhatuMF
- 21Jerry IsaacGK · YC
- 28Abdullahi ZulkifiluFW
Head-to-head
3 meetings on record since 20241-0-2El Kanemi Warriors W-D-L · goals 1:5
1 ELK0 draws2 NER- Goals per meeting
- 2
- Over 2.5 goals
- 33%
- Both teams scored
- 0%
- Won by the host
- 100%
What stands out
- 0–0half-time
The match stood at 0–0 at half-time before a goalless second half (0–0 full time).
- 1-0-2prior H2H
Entering this match, El Kanemi Warriors held a 1-0-2 record across 3 previous meetings with Niger Tornadoes.
Table
Npfl 2025/2026 · current| # | Team | P | W-D-L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 | 19-11-8 | 47:27 | +20 | 68 | |
| 14 | 38 | 13-10-15 | 42:43 | -1 | 49 | |
| 15 | 38 | 13-10-15 | 36:41 | -5 | 49 | |
| 16 | 38 | 13-9-16 | 37:36 | +1 | 48 | |
| 17 | 38 | 14-5-19 | 42:47 | -5 | 47 | |
| 18 | 38 | 13-8-17 | 30:46 | -16 | 47 | |
| 19 | 38 | 11-10-17 | 37:42 | -5 | 43 | |
| 20 | 37 | 9-12-16 | 32:44 | -12 | 39 |
Season comparison
as the teams came into the match- Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
- 2.27Goals per game (both sides)1.8
- 73%Over 1.560%
- 47%Over 2.533%
- 7%Over 3.513%
- 33%Both teams scored20%
- 33%Clean sheets47%
- 40%Failed to score60%
- El Kanemi Warriors at home v Niger Tornadoes away
- 7Played7
- 4Won0
- 2Drawn1
- 1Lost6
- 8-4Goals (for-against)1-13
- 2Points per game0.14
- 14%Over 2.543%
- 57%Clean sheets14%
- 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 games each
- 7-111st-half goals (for-against)1-11
- 4-122nd-half goals (for-against)9-6
- 36%Goals after half-time90%
- 80%Goal before half-time47%
- 3-7-5Half-time W-D-L0-9-6
Match info
- Competition
- Npfl
- Season
- 2025/2026 · Matchday 37 of 38
- Kick-off
- Venue
- El Kanemi Stadium, Maiduguri
- Capacity
- 10,000 · grass
- ELK coach
- Onyewuchi Nosike Godwin (1.36 PPG)
- NER coach
- Hamza Abarah
Match summary
El Kanemi Warriors and Niger Tornadoes drew 0-0 in the Npfl.
Before kickoff, El Kanemi Warriors sat 18th on 40 points, while Niger Tornadoes were 15th on 44 points. Across 3 previous meetings on record, El Kanemi Warriors won 1 and Niger Tornadoes won 2, with 0 draws (2 goals per game).
El Kanemi Warriors — live results and scheduleNiger Tornadoes — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this
Form
last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off- 2-0W28 Feb
- 0-3L4 Mar
- 1-2L7 Mar
- 1-1D15 Mar
- 0-2L22 Mar
- 1-1D29 Mar
- 0-3L5 Apr
- 1-0W14 Apr
- 1-2L19 Apr
- 0-3L3 May
2-2-6goals 7:170.80pts/game
Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below
- 0-0D1 Mar
- 0-3L8 Mar
- 0-0D15 Mar
- 1-0W19 Mar
- 1-2L23 Mar
- 2-0W29 Mar
- 0-1L5 Apr
- 0-0D12 Apr
- 0-3L19 Apr
- 2-2D3 May
2-4-4goals 6:111.00pts/game
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