Sport Lagos and Rivers United will come up against each other on matchday 13 of 38 in the 2023–2024 Nigeria Professional Football League.
Date: 07/02/2024
Time: 16:00
Stadium: Onikan Stadium
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Rivers United are winless in their last eight away league matches, with five defeats and three draws, while Sport Lagos are unbeaten in their last eight home league matches, with four wins and four draws. Based on the results above, we predict Sport Lagos to win 1-0.
We predict under 2.5 goals for the Sport Lagos vs Rivers United match, as seven of Rivers United’s last ten league matches ended with under 2.5 goals and eight of Sport Lagos’ last ten matches ended with less than three goals.
Sport Lagos are unbeaten in their last eight league home matches, after four wins and four draws. They recently drew 2-2 against Shooting Stars at home last time out, and it is likely they will want to improve on that when they welcome Rivers Utd on Wednesday. They are winless in their last five games and sit in 17th place with 18 points.
Rivers United are winless in their last eight away league matches, with five defeats and three draws. They won 2-0 against Enyimba last time out and will be aiming to build on that when they travel to Lagos this week.
Predicted Starting Lineups
Sport Lagos: Nwoke, Olisema, Anthony, Nwokeji, Odibo, Orji, Emmanuel, Ufere, Ayemwenre, Alukwu, Lokosa
Rivers United: Abiodun, Enyinnaya, Paul, Mohammed, Ohaegbu, Emekayi, Echeta, Oyowah, Nwagua, Shedrack, Antwi