Shooting Stars vs Kano PillarsResult, Lineups & H2H

Npfl

2026/2027

Shooting Stars

-FT

Oct 07, 2026

Adamasingba Stadium

Kano Pillars

Match Timeline

88'Yellow Card

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Shooting Stars

87'Yellow Card

Adam Mustapha

Shooting Stars

74'Substitution

Promise Awosanmi· In

Sodiq Ibrahim· Out

Shooting Stars

68'Substitution

Damilola Akinola· In

Lucky Emmanuel· Out

Shooting Stars

63'Substitution

Abuidun Adegoke· In

Abubakar Taheer· Out

Shooting Stars

63'Substitution

Justice Apaingolo· In

Jamiu Amusat· Out

Shooting Stars

63'Substitution

Adam Mustapha· In

Joshua John· Out

Shooting Stars

Statistics of the Game

Shooting Stars

Kano Pillars

65%Ball Possession35%

13Shots Total10

2Shots On Target2

4Corners1

19Fouls13

2Yellow Cards0

3Offsides2

2Saves3

11Shots Off Target8

115Attacks94

76Dangerous Attacks59

15Free Kicks25

5Substitutions3

0Injuries1

Shooting Stars

Manager: N/A

Starting XI

Jamiu Amusat

Johnmark Atule

Olakunle Akala

Sodiq Ibrahim

Lucky Emmanuel

Abubakar Taheer

Substitutes

Adam Mustapha

Stephen Amos

Chikamso Okechukwu

Justice Apaingolo

Promise Awosanmi

Elkanah Godgift

Olaoke Olajobi

Abuidun Adegoke

Kano Pillars

Manager: N/A

Starting XI

Joke Efeverha

Ali Abdullahi

David Ishaya

Fabian Nworie Maduabuchi

Sadiq Ashiru

Substitutes

Nazifi Yahaya

Ibrahim Yahaya

Justus Ohanu

Salihu Nasiru

Onyebuchi Frank

Adediran David

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Desmond Ojietefian DF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Olakunle Akala MF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Johnmark Atule MF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Lucky Emmanuel MF	-	68'	-	-	-	-
Mustapha Lawal GK	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Abubakar Taheer FW	-	63'	-	-	-	-
Ismail Ghali Falke DF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Gbolagade Adelowo DF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Sodiq Ibrahim FW	-	74'	-	-	-	-
Jamiu Amusat DF	-	63'	-	-	-	-
Joshua John MF	-	63'	-	-	-	-
Adam Mustapha FW	-	27'	-	-	-	-
Justice Apaingolo DF	-	27'	-	-	-	-
Promise Awosanmi MF	-	16'	-	-	-	-
Abuidun Adegoke FW	-	27'	-	-	-	-

Shooting Stars vs Kano Pillars — computed insights

Shooting Stars moved from 17th to 14th in the Npfl table with this result.(Out of the relegation places (bottom 4). Before kickoff: 17th, 7 points from 6 matches. After: 14th, 8 points from 7 matches; 20 teams.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Shooting Stars	15	D1	1	3	0	0	4/15	5-8
Kano Pillars	15	D3	6	3	1	1	9/15	9-5

Shooting Stars — last 5 games

L1-3 @ Plateau United2026-09-20
W2-0 vs Katsina United2026-09-23
L0-1 @ Warri Wolves2026-09-27
L2-4 @ Enyimba2026-09-30
D0-0 vs Nasarawa United2026-10-04

Kano Pillars — last 5 games

W3-2 vs Niger Tornadoes2026-09-06
W4-1 vs Doma United2026-09-20
D1-1 @ Inter Lagos2026-09-23
D0-0 vs Enyimba2026-09-27
D1-1 vs Sporting Lagos2026-10-03

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 9
Period covered: 2013-08-11 – 2026-03-01
Shooting Stars wins: 6
Draws: 1
Kano Pillars wins: 2
Avg goals per meeting: 2.56
Over 2.5 goals: 56%
Both teams scored: 67%
Home side won: 78%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 3W 1D 1L (Shooting Stars view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 2.8 vs 2.56

Most recent meetings (5 of 9)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-03-01	Shooting Stars	2-1	Kano Pillars
2025-10-12	Kano Pillars	1-1	Shooting Stars
2025-05-11	Kano Pillars	3-1	Shooting Stars
2024-12-14	Shooting Stars	2-0	Kano Pillars
2024-04-08	Kano Pillars	1-2	Shooting Stars

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 68 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Shooting Stars	17	6	7	-2	LWLLD	18	-1
Kano Pillars	8	6	10	4	WWDDD	2	+6

Table context

Points gap: 3 ptsShooting Stars 7 · Kano Pillars 10
Positions: #17 vs #8
Goals per game: 1.17/1.5 vs 1.83/1.17scored/conceded per game · league average 1.2

How we calculate this