Shooting Stars vs Plateau United Prediction: A competitive opener expected

When the Nigeria Professional Football League picks back up, one of the matchups that will take place on opening day is between Shooting Stars and Plateau United at the Lekan Salami Stadium. Do you believe that the away team will be able to get at least one point from this match, despite the fact that the home team is at a slight advantage owing to playing on their home field?

As Shooting Stars prepare to play their first game of the season at home, they will enter this contest with the intention of picking up a victory. The previous year, Shooting Stars accumulated 23 points from a total of 18 games played, which was good for sixth place. When looking at their overall performance in their most recent matchups, Shooting Stars only managed to come out on top in one of them. Despite this, the home team suffered defeats at the hands of Nasarawa United and Warri Wolves, while Enyimba and Bendel Insurance played to a tie with them.

Plateau United will play their first game of the 2023–2024 NPFL season away from home, but they still have high hopes of picking up the win. Plateau United ended the regular season of the previous campaign in fifth place with a total of 23 points, which was not sufficient to qualify for the playoffs. Plateau United secured three victories over the course of their most recent five matches overall. These triumphs were against Enyimba, Ingas, and Kwara United in matches that ended 3-2, 2-1, and 1-0, respectively. In the meantime, they battled El Kanemi Warriors in one of the matches, and the result was a 2-2 tie. On the other hand, they faced Enugu Rangers and came out on the losing end of the clash.

Only four games have been played between Shooting Stars and Plateau United in recent history, with Shooting Stars claiming victory in two of those games and Plateau United claiming victory in just one. One hundred and one of the games were decided by a draw. Both Shooting Stars and Plateau United scored 9 goals in the head-to-head matchups between the two teams. Plateau United was able to score 9 goals.

The outcome of matches in this league has a significant impact on which team gets to play at home, and I believe that this pattern will continue here as well. As a result, I believe Shooting Stars will prevail in this match. Because both teams are anticipated to be strong defensively, this match is also anticipated to have a low goal total.