Kwara United vs Rivers UnitedResult, Lineups & H2H

Npfl

2025/2026

Kwara United

Samsudeen31'

-FT

Feb 18, 2026

Ilorin Township Stadium

Rivers United

Sholumade90+4'

Match Timeline

Goal!

1-1

David Boluwaji Sholumade

90'+4·Rivers United

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90'Yellow Card

Ochiobi Elias

Rivers United

88'Yellow Card

Ibrahim Yahaya

Kwara United

87'Substitution

Akeem Akanni· In

Emmanuel Okon· Out

Kwara United

87'Substitution

Jamiu Suleiman· In

Mohammed Samsudeen· Out

Kwara United

81'Substitution

Wisdom Samuel· In

Timothy Zechariah· Out

Rivers United

66'Yellow Card

Junior Aimufua

Kwara United

65'Substitution

Isaac Annor· In

Effimi Nsi Edim· Out

Rivers United

65'Substitution

Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari· In

Emmanuel Nnaji· Out

Rivers United

64'Yellow Card

Osimaga Duke

Rivers United

48'Substitution

Junior Aimufua· In

Alege Mahee Mohammed· Out

Kwara United

47'Yellow Card

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Rivers United

47'Yellow Card

Stephen Gambo

Rivers United

45'+1Yellow Card

Emmanuel Nnaji

Rivers United

Goal!

1-0

Mohammed Samsudeen

31'·Kwara United

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Statistics of the Game

Kwara United

Rivers United

55%Ball Possession45%

12Shots Total9

2Shots On Target3

6Corners3

2Yellow Cards5

10Shots Off Target6

59Attacks62

36Dangerous Attacks35

1Goals1

4Substitutions3

Kwara United

Manager: N/A

Starting XI

Suraj Ayeleso

Ibrahim Yahaya

A. Ogbonna

Olaniyi Saheed

Seun Ogunribide

Babatunde Akaje Hannafi

Philip Felix Ozor

Alege Mahee Mohammed

Toheeb Gidado

Mohammed Samsudeen

Emmanuel Okon

Substitutes

Akeem Akanni

Gabriel Jeremiah Abutu

Shirsha Johnmark

Junior Aimufua

Abdulrahman Olanrewaju

Mustapha Salisu

Jamiu Suleiman

Rivers United

Manager: H. Busari

Starting XI

Osagie Onisodumeya

Effimi Nsi Edim

Stephen Gambo

Boluwaji Sholumade

Ochiobi Elias

Emmanuel Nnaji

Substitutes

Rivio Ayemwenre

Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

Temple Emekayi

John Noble Barinyima

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Suraj Ayeleso GK	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Philip Felix Ozor MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Mohammed Samsudeen	-	87'	1	-	-	-	-
Babatunde Akaje Hannafi MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Toheeb Gidado MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Emmanuel Okon FW	-	87'	0	-	-	-	-
Ibrahim Yahaya DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Olaniyi Saheed DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Alege Mahee Mohammed MF	-	48'	0	-	-	-	-
Seun Ogunribide DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
A. Ogbonna DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Akeem Akanni MF	-	3'	0	-	-	-	-
Junior Aimufua FW	-	42'	0	-	-	-	-
Jamiu Suleiman DF	-	3'	0	-	-	-	-

Kwara United vs Rivers United — computed insights

Kwara United moved from 17th to 16th in the Npfl table with this result.(Out of the relegation places (bottom 4). Before kickoff: 17th, 28 points from 25 matches. After: 16th, 29 points from 26 matches; 20 teams.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Kwara United	15	D1	1	2	1	7	4/15	3-5
Rivers United	15	L3	0	4	0	3	4/15	2-8

Kwara United — last 5 games

L0-1 @ Ikorodu City2026-01-18
L0-1 @ Kun Khalifat2026-01-29
W2-1 vs Warri Wolves2026-02-02
L0-1 @ Plateau United2026-02-08
D1-1 vs Kano Pillars2026-02-15

Rivers United — last 5 games

W1-0 vs Remo Stars2026-01-18
D0-0 @ Power Dynamos2026-01-24
L0-1 vs Power Dynamos2026-02-01
L1-4 vs Pyramids FC2026-02-08
L0-3 @ RSB Berkane2026-02-14

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 8
Period covered: 2019-02-06 – 2025-08-31
Kwara United wins: 2
Draws: 3
Rivers United wins: 3
Avg goals per meeting: 1.75
Over 2.5 goals: 50%
Both teams scored: 38%
Home side won: 63%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 2D 2L (Kwara United view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.6 vs 1.75

Most recent meetings (5 of 8)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-08-31	Rivers United	1-0	Kwara United
2025-05-11	Kwara United	3-1	Rivers United
2024-12-15	Rivers United	2-1	Kwara United
2024-05-09	Kwara United	0-0	Rivers United
2023-10-15	Rivers United	0-0	Kwara United

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 248 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Kwara United	17	25	28	-3	LLWLD	17	0
Rivers United	2	21	41	7	LDWDW	6	-4

Table context

Points gap: 13 ptsKwara United 28 · Rivers United 41
Positions: #17 vs #2
Goals per game: 0.8/0.92 vs 0.86/0.52scored/conceded per game · league average 0.9

How we calculate this