Katsina United vs Rivers UnitedResult, Lineups & H2H

Npfl

2026/2027

Katsina United

Mubarak50'

-FT

Sep 30, 2026

Muhammadu Dikko Stadium

Rivers United

Olasupo48'

Match Timeline

60'Yellow Card

Shola Oladunjoye

Rivers United

Goal!

1-1

Sani Mubarak

50'·Katsina United

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Goal!

0-1

Samson Olasupo

48'·Rivers United

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15'Yellow Card

Abdulrasheed Shehu Dabai

Rivers United

Statistics of the Game

Katsina United

Rivers United

1Goals1

Katsina United

Manager: N/A

Starting XI

Saidu Hamisu

Bilal Yakubu

Kabir Muhammad

Yusuf Mannase

Emmanuel Bakare

Massally Boubacar

Abdulrahman Garba

Substitutes

Bashir Usman

Kolawole Oladipo

Sani Sanusi Chana

Abdulbari Nura

Umar Mohammed Rabiu

Daniel Barnabas

Salisu Umar

Abba Dali

Rivers United

Manager: Finidi George

Starting XI

Ezekiel Andy

Gabriel Innocent

Stephen Manyo

Samuel Bassey

Ochobi Elias

Alex Oyowah

Salman Abubakar

Chinemerem Ugwueze

Abdulrasheed Shehu Dabai

Samson Olasupo

Timothy Zachariah

Substitutes

Douglas Iyowuna

Handsome Surveyor

Shola Oladunjoye

Emmanuel Utaka

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Kabir Muhammad	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Emmanuel Bakare DF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Yusuf Mannase	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Ismail Muktar MF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Saidu Hamisu GK	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Bilal Yakubu DF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Massally Boubacar FW	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Samson Obi FW	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Michael Ibe MF	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Abdulrahman Garba FW	-	90'	-	-	-	-
Ubong Effiong Essien MF	-	90'	-	-	-	-

Katsina United vs Rivers United — computed insights

Rivers United moved from 2nd to 1st in the Npfl table with this result.(Into first place. Before kickoff: 2nd, 11 points from 5 matches. After: 1st, 12 points from 6 matches; 20 teams; the table also counts 3 matches played at the same time.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Katsina United	15	W1	1	0	1	2	7/15	4-7
Rivers United	15	D1	10	1	0	0	9/15	10-3

Katsina United — last 5 games

D1-1 @ Enugu Rangers2026-08-30
L0-3 @ Kwara United2026-09-13
W1-0 vs Niger Tornadoes2026-09-19
L0-2 @ Shooting Stars2026-09-23
W2-1 vs Doma United2026-09-27

Rivers United — last 5 games

D2-2 vs San-Pedro2026-09-13
W2-0 vs Warri Wolves2026-09-16
D1-1 @ Nasarawa United2026-09-20
W5-0 vs Kun Khalifat2026-09-24
D0-0 @ Ranchers Bees2026-09-28

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 7
Period covered: 2021-02-04 – 2026-05-24
Katsina United wins: 2
Draws: 1
Rivers United wins: 4
Avg goals per meeting: 2.14
Over 2.5 goals: 43%
Both teams scored: 29%
Home side won: 71%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 1D 3L (Katsina United view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.8 vs 2.14

Most recent meetings (5 of 7)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-05-24	Rivers United	3-0	Katsina United
2025-12-22	Katsina United	1-1	Rivers United
2024-04-25	Rivers United	2-0	Katsina United
2023-11-12	Katsina United	1-0	Rivers United
2022-04-13	Katsina United	0-1	Rivers United

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 54 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Katsina United	15	5	7	-3	DLWLW	6	+9
Rivers United	2	5	11	9	WWDWD	1	+1

Table context

Points gap: 4 ptsKatsina United 7 · Rivers United 11
Positions: #15 vs #2
Goals per game: 0.8/1.4 vs 2/0.2scored/conceded per game · league average 1.22

How we calculate this