By Akila Matawal
Nothing short of a spectacle is expected at the Lafia City Stadium, home of Nasarawa United when champions Akwa United come calling in a matchday 4 encounter of the current NPFL season tomorrow.
As has been the case recently, games involving both sides have been decided by slim margins and there have been plenty of stalemates.
Previous Meetings
Nasarawa United and Akwa United have met 20 times in competitive football action and Sunday’s clash will be the 21st.
The visitors in the tie in view boast a larger win ratio having won seven of those games while losing five in the process. Eight encounters have ended in draws.
Biggest winning margin
No team has ever won this fixture by a margin of more than two goals.
Highest scoring games
Four goals were recorded in a 3-1 win for Akwa United on January 18, 2009. Same number of goals sufficed on the 25th of September, 2016 in a 2-2 draw in Lafia.
Lowest scoring games
Three fixtures have ended 0-0 with the latest coming on the 18th day of March, 2020.
Goal Difference
Akwa United have scored 20 goals as against Nasarawa United’s 19. This means that the Promise Keepers have a +1 goal difference while Nasarawa United’s goal difference stands at zero.
Akwa United Team News
Coach Kennedy Boboye has 20 players in his fold for this game.
Goalkeepers
Adewale Adeyinka
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
Defenders
Etboy Akpan
John Lazarus
James Ajako
David Philip
Sampson Gbadebo
Charles Okafor
Denis Nya
Midfielders
Dare Ojo
Ubong Essien
Adam Yakubu
Seth Mayi
Isaac George
James Arong
Forwards
Ubong Friday
Ezekiel Bassey
Utibe Archibong
David Onovo
Akarandut Orok