Rivers United vs Remo StarsResult, Lineups & H2H

Npfl

2025/2026

Rivers United

Okon80'

-FT

Jan 18, 2026

Yakubu Gowon Stadium

Remo Stars

Match Timeline

85'Yellow Card

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Remo Stars

84'Yellow Card

Samson Obi

Rivers United

Goal!

1-0

Aniekeme Okon

80'·Rivers United

⚽

69'Yellow Card

Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

Rivers United

50'Red Card

Chigozie Chilekwu

Remo Stars

41'Yellow Card

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Remo Stars

13'Yellow Card

Taofeek Otaniyi

Rivers United

Statistics of the Game

Rivers United

Remo Stars

71%Ball Possession29%

15Shots Total2

7Shots On Target0

20Corners2

13Fouls28

3Yellow Cards3

1Offsides4

8Shots Off Target2

133Attacks63

121Dangerous Attacks22

1Goals0

28Free Kicks13

4Substitutions5

0Red Cards1

0Ball Safe1

0Injuries5

Rivers United

Manager: Finidi George

Starting XI

Stephen Manyo

Friday Ubong

Aniekeme Okon

Ogbu Ogechukwu

Taiwo Abdulrafiu

Seyi Oguntayo

Isaac Annor

Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari

Taofeek Otaniyi

Osagie Onisodumeya

David Benjamin

Substitutes

Osimaga Duke

Wisdom Samuel

Rivio Ayemwenre

Wasiu Falolu

Samson Obi

Timothy Zachariah

Temple Emekayi

John Noble

Ochobi Elias

Remo Stars

Manager: Tiago Frias Conde

Starting XI

Sodiq Oshidero

Samson Olasupo

Albert Korvah

Alex Oyowah

Fabian Nworie Maduabuchi

Chigozie Chilekwu

Michael Ibe

Adama Goita

Ahmed Akinyele

Alladum Kolimba

Olalekan Adeleke

Substitutes

Azeez Agboola

Hadi Haruna

Samuel Anakwe

Ibrahim Adeiza Obansa

Emmanuel Olisa Okechukwu

Mark Gibson

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Stephen Manyo DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Friday Ubong MF	-	90'	1	-	-	-	-
Aniekeme Okon MF	-	90'	1	-	-	-	-
Ogbu Ogechukwu DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Taiwo Abdulrafiu DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Seyi Oguntayo MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Isaac Annor DF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Taofeek Otaniyi MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
Osagie Onisodumeya GK	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-
David Benjamin MF	-	90'	0	-	-	-	-

Rivers United vs Remo Stars — computed insights

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Rivers United	15	D1	3	1	0	0	8/15	4-5
Remo Stars	15	W1	1	0	1	0	6/15	6-7

Rivers United — last 5 games

W1-0 vs Wikki Tourist2025-12-15
L1-4 @ Barau2025-12-19
D1-1 @ Katsina United2025-12-22
W1-0 vs Enugu Rangers2025-12-28
D0-0 @ Enugu Rangers2026-01-14

Remo Stars — last 5 games

W2-1 vs Enyimba2025-12-07
L1-2 @ Bayelsa United2025-12-14
L2-3 vs Bendel Insurance2025-12-21
L0-1 @ Ikorodu City2025-12-28
W1-0 vs Ikorodu City2026-01-14

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 8
Period covered: 2019-01-30 – 2025-08-22
Rivers United wins: 4
Draws: 3
Remo Stars wins: 1
Avg goals per meeting: 1.5
Over 2.5 goals: 13%
Both teams scored: 38%
Home side won: 63%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 2W 2D 1L (Rivers United view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.6 vs 1.5

Most recent meetings (5 of 8)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-08-22	Remo Stars	1-1	Rivers United
2025-04-06	Rivers United	1-0	Remo Stars
2024-11-17	Remo Stars	0-0	Rivers United
2024-05-06	Remo Stars	2-1	Rivers United
2023-10-12	Rivers United	2-0	Remo Stars

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 201 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Rivers United	1	20	38	6	WLDWD	6	-5
Remo Stars	13	20	25	-5	WLLLW	10	+3

Table context

Points gap: 13 ptsRivers United 38 · Remo Stars 25
Positions: #1 vs #13
Goals per game: 0.85/0.55 vs 1/1.25scored/conceded per game · league average 0.92

How we calculate this