Match Report
4 points and 3 places separated them: Shooting Stars 3rd with 60, Nasarawa United 6th with 56. Nasarawa United's recent output lagged their position: 10th on form over five rounds while 6th in the table. Per game in the league, Shooting Stars were scoring 1.08 and conceding 1.05, Nasarawa United 0.97 and 0.89, against a competition average of 1.01 goals per team per game.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Shooting Stars 2, draws 1, Nasarawa United 3, at 1.5 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 83% of the meetings won by the home side. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 0% of meetings.
The match was played at Adamasingba Stadium (capacity 18,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Shooting Stars led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Shooting Stars: Lucky Emmanuel (4'), Lucky Emmanuel (24'), Qamar Adegoke (77') · Nasarawa United: Istifanus Jofrank (42'), Habib Yakub (55')
Key stats
Possession: Shooting Stars 48% · Nasarawa United 52% · Total shots: 5-9 · On target: 1-1 · Corners: 7-1