Rivers United vs Kano Pillars Prediction & Betting Tips - NPFL Premier League

Prediction published on 07/03/2024, 10:00  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 09/03/2024 at 02:00 in NPFL Premier League Prediction

Rivers United will welcome Kano Pillars in Port Harcourt for their next Nigerian Premier League game. Three straight wins have lifted Rivers United to 13th in the standings while Kano Pillar are much ahead, in sixth. Rivers United are enjoying a rich vein of form coming into this game. They came from behind in their last game, at home to Dreams FC, to win 2-1. Echeta Deputy and Kazie Godswill scored the goals to cancel Aziz Issah’s first half opener for Dreams. Rivers were however aided by Seth Agyemang’s red card with 10 minutes to go, and Godswill scored in stoppage time. Attention now shifts to domestic action after their Confederations Cup sojourns. They will hope to pick up from where they left in the 3-2 win over Doma United. Rivers also have three straight home wins in the league and in these, they scored two or more goals in each. A run of 59 unbeaten matches in the league at home makes them favorites going into this encounter.

Kano Pillars are in the race for a continental spot next season. However, their recent results haven't been so inspiring and they’ve ceded some ground. With 36 points from 23 matches, they are four points behind the top three. Given the stakes, they will want to go for a win here. While they beat Rivers United 1-0 in the reverse fixture, their run against their hosts in recent times hasn’t been the best. They lost three of their last four matches against Rivers United. In their last six visits to Rivers United, Kano Pillars suffered five defeats and managed just a draw. It will not favor them seeing that they have no win in five straight away matches. Kano Pillars have suffered seven defeats in 10 away matches, winning just once.