Bendel Insurance vs Shooting Stars Prediction: Home team will win

In the 17th round of the Nigeria Professional Football League, the match between Bendel Insurance and Shooting Stars will take place at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium.

Bendel Insurance's past matches resulted in one victory against El Kanemi Warriors as well as four draws against Plateau United, Kwara United, Remo Stars, and Gombe United. Bendel Insurance were only able to score five goals while allowing four goals to be scored against them in those matchups. During the current league season, Bendel Insurance has scored 1.25 goals on average in every game they have played. Bendel Insurance appears to be lacking in some capacity to maintain possession of the ball, as evidenced by their season-long average of 39.33% possession.

Shooting Stars come into this match having won two of their most recent five matches against Kwara United and Gombe United, lost to Nasarawa United, and drawn with Remo Stars and El Kanemi Warriors. The visiting team scored five goals, but they allowed two to be scored against them. Away from home, Shooting Stars games resulted in an average of 1.19 goals scored and 1.19 goals conceded per game. The Shooting Stars are not very strong at keeping possession of the ball, as evidenced by their overall average of 48.50% throughout this season.

Since 2018, Bendel Insurance and Shooting Stars have only conferred a total of five times. Bendel Insurance were victorious in two of those matches, while Shooting Stars prevailed in just one of them. Despite this, two of the matches ended in draws. During those encounters, Bendel Insurance scored a total of six goals, while the visiting Shooting Stars only managed to score five.

Considering how erratic and unstable the away team have been throughout the entire season, there is little hope for them to win this match. In the meantime, given the performances that Bendel Insurance have turned in thus far this year, we anticipate that they will win their home match by a narrow margin and increase their advantage atop the NPFL standings.