Match summary
Before kickoff, Shooting Stars were 6th in the table but 14th on points from the last five league games. Only 17% of their 6 previous meetings had three or more goals.
Shooting Stars vs Rivers UnitedResult, Lineups & H2H
Adamasingba Stadium
Shooting Stars vs Rivers United in numbers
What stands outUpdated 2026-09-27
- Q. Adegoke's 90th-minute goal decided the match.Shooting Stars's goal 2 of 2 put them ahead for good; the goal timeline matches the 2-1 final score.
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Shooting Stars2W 0D 3L
Shooting StarsRivers United
6Pointsof 1510
7Goals scored8
11Goals conceded3
0Clean sheets2
0Scored in a row2
0Unbeaten in a row2
1Without a win0
6Conceded in a row1
Head to head6 meetings · Mar 2022 – Sep 2025
- Shooting Stars wins
- 2
- Draws
- 0
- Rivers United wins
- 4
2goals per meeting
17%both teams scored
17%3+ goals
100%won by the host
Last 5 meetingsShooting Stars 2W 0D 3L · 2 goals per game
Meetings
- NpflRivers United1-0Shooting Stars
- NpflRivers United2-0Shooting Stars
- NpflRivers United1-0Shooting Stars
- NpflShooting Stars1-0Rivers United
- NpflShooting Stars3-2Rivers United
Show all 6 meetings
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 281 earlier results
Shooting StarsRivers United
#6Position#1
41Points28 v 27 games52
-3Goal difference+12
0.96Scored per gameleague avg 0.921
1.07Conceded per game0.56
#14Form table position#2
Match Timeline
Shooting StarsRivers United
- Substitution · Shooting Stars · Gbolagade Adelowo · InOut: Tijani Kabiru90+5'
- Yellow Card · Shooting Stars · —90+3'
- Yellow Card · Shooting Stars · —90+3'
- Goal · Shooting Stars · Q. Adegoke2-190+2'
- Substitution · Shooting Stars · Adam Mustapha · InOut: Ismail Ayodele80'
- 69'Goal · Rivers United · Wasiu Falolu1-1
- Substitution · Shooting Stars · Q. Adegoke · InOut: Ayobami Junior61'
- Substitution · Shooting Stars · Justice Apaingolo · InOut: Sodiq Ibrahim61'
- 44'Yellow Card · Rivers United · Ogbu Ogechukwu
- Goal · Shooting Stars · Sodiq Ibrahim1-034'
- 30'Yellow Card · Rivers United · T. Otaniyi
Match Statistics
Match stats
Shooting StarsRivers United
46%Ball Possession54%
8Shots Total6
2Shots On Target4
6Corners8
2Yellow Cards2
6Shots Off Target2
98Attacks105
47Dangerous Attacks59
2Goals1
4Substitutions5
Team Lineups
Lineups
4-3-3 · 4-3-3
Manager: N/A
Starting XI
-
JA
Jamiu Amusat-
SA
Stephen Amos-
TK
Tijani KabiruSubstitutes
-
AM
Adam Mustapha-
VC
Victor Chukwudi-
QA
Q. Adegoke-
JA
Justice Apaingolo-
JN
James Namapele-
CD
Christian DawariomiManager: H. Busari
Starting XI
-
OE
Ochiobi Elias-
DS
David SholumadeSubstitutes
-
IP
Ibrahim Pius-
DI
Douglas IyowunaPlayer Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 61' | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
Stephen Amos MF | - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 80' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 61' | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Jamiu Amusat DF | - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
Tijani Kabiru MF | - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Q. Adegoke FW | - | 29' | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
Justice Apaingolo DF | - | 29' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
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