Match summary
Plateau United beat Kano Pillars 1-0 in the Npfl.
Plateau United vs Kano Pillars in numbers
What stands outUpdated 2026-09-27
- Victor Dawa's 90th-minute goal decided the match.Plateau United's goal 1 of 1 put them ahead for good; the goal timeline matches the 1-0 final score.
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Plateau United1W 1D 3L
Plateau UnitedKano Pillars
4Pointsof 159
5Goals scored8
5Goals conceded6
0Clean sheets2
0Scored in a row3
0Unbeaten in a row1
4Without a win0
6Conceded in a row0
Head to head9 meetings · Jan 2018 – Dec 2025
- Plateau United wins
- 3
- Draws
- 1
- Kano Pillars wins
- 5
2.11goals per meeting
56%both teams scored
44%3+ goals
78%won by the host
Last 5 meetingsPlateau United 1W 1D 3L · 2.8 goals per game
Meetings
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 363 earlier results
Plateau UnitedKano Pillars
#12Position#8
47Points37 v 36 games51
-2Goal difference+1
1.03Scored per gameleague avg 0.991.03
1.08Conceded per game1
#16Form table position#5
Match Timeline
Plateau UnitedKano Pillars
- Goal · Plateau United · Victor Dawa1-090+3'
- 77'Yellow Card · Kano Pillars · Abuchi Okeke
- Yellow Card · Plateau United · —62'
- Substitution · Plateau United · Sad'eeq Yusuf · InOut: Vincent Temitope62'
- Substitution · Plateau United · Silas Nenrot · InOut: Kazeem Adeyanju46'
- Substitution · Plateau United · Victor Dawa · InOut: Ifegwu Abdallah33'
- Yellow Card · Plateau United · Ifegwu Abdallah21'
- 8'Yellow Card · Kano Pillars · Ibrahim Inuwa
Match Statistics
Match stats
Plateau UnitedKano Pillars
57%Ball Possession43%
8Shots Total5
5Shots On Target3
1Corners3
2Yellow Cards2
3Shots Off Target2
81Attacks69
54Dangerous Attacks31
1Goals0
Team Lineups
Lineups
4-2-3-1 · 3-4-3
Manager: Gbenga Ogunbote
Starting XI
-
UA
Umar Ahmed-
AN
Andrew Majalisa Naroro-
MA
Mustapha Abdullahi-
JO
Jonathan Okechukwu-
IA
Ifegwu Abdallah-
KA
Kazeem AdeyanjuSubstitutes
-
AO
Austin Chukwuma Opara-
YA
Yusuf Abdullahi-
SY
Sad'eeq Yusuf-
PM
Paul MagitManager: N/A
Starting XI
-
AO
Abuchi Okeke-
II
Ibrahim Inuwa-
MK
Mubarak Karmami-
OA
Olakunle Akala-
CO
Chinedu OzorSubstitutes
-
AA
Ali Abdullahi-
HY
Habibu Yakubu-
LD
Lius Dadong-
MM
Muttaka Musa-
AA
Abdulmajid Aminu-
SI
Suleiman Idris-
JE
Joseph Ezigbo-
AK
Abba Adam KabirPlayer Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Umar Ahmed DF | - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 62' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Ifegwu Abdallah MF | - | 33' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
Mustapha Abdullahi DF | - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
Kazeem Adeyanju MF | - | 46' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Andrew Majalisa Naroro DF | - | 90' | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Jonathan Okechukwu MF | - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | 44' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 57' | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Sad'eeq Yusuf FW | - | 28' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
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