Gombe United vs Bendel Insurance Prediction: A close contest ahead

In the sixteenth round of the Nigeria Professional Football League, Gombe United will take on Bendel Insurance at the Gombe Township Stadium pantami. The home team just suffered a loss to Shooting Stars, while the away team, Bendel Insurance, have yet to experience defeat in any of their matches this season.

Gombe United had a winning record of two games against Kwara United and El Kanemi Warriors,losing to Shooting Stars, and two draws with Remo Stars and Nasarawa United in their previous matches. Gombe United were only able to score three goals while allowing four in those contests. During the course of the current league season, Gombe United has scored an average of 0.67 goals per game. In terms of disciplinary action, the team playing at home was issued 19 cautions, including one for a red card. This season, Gombe United has had an average possession of the ball of 53.60 percent, which indicates that they are good at keeping the ball.

Bendel Insurance comes into this match having won one of their previous five matches against El Kanemi Warriors and playing to a draw in four matchups against Akwa United, Plateau United, Kwara United, and Remo Stars. The away team scored six goals in those matchups while conceding five. Bendel Insurance scored 1.33 goals on average per match played away from home while allowing 0.6 goals to be scored against them. The away squad were shown 21 yellow cards, but none of the more serious red cards for disciplinary actions. Bendel Insurance is not very strong at keeping possession of the ball, as evidenced by their overall average of 39.33% during this season.

The only time that Gombe United and Bendel Insurance have competed against one another in recent history, the game ended in a scoreless draw.

The host team have not been particularly dominant thus far this campaign; therefore, the fact that Bendel Insurance are coming off a victory will be a significant help for them in this matchup. We can say without a doubt that this away team will not end up on the losing end. As a result, we are going to put our money on Bendel Insurance to at least tie this one.