Katsina United vs Bendel Insurance: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Katsina United played Bendel Insurance in NPFL (Nigeria). The match was played on 7 December 2025. Final score: 0:1.

Current form

Katsina United: 1-3-1, 1.20 points/match. Bendel Insurance: 2-2-1, 1.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

Katsina United scores 0.93 and concedes 1.00 goals per match. Bendel Insurance scores 0.93 and concedes 1.00. League average: 1.83 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Katsina United 40%, Bendel Insurance 47%. Over 2.5: Katsina United 20%, Bendel Insurance 20%. League level: BTTS 37%, Over 2.5 25%.

xG, shots and style

Bendel Insurance has higher xG: 1.73 vs 1.20. Katsina United: 3.3 shots per match, Bendel Insurance: 10.5.

Match halves

Katsina United: half-time lead 33%, second-half goals 0.40. Bendel Insurance: half-time lead 13%, second-half goals 0.47.

Goals by minute

Katsina United: 31-45+ (4 goals). Bendel Insurance: 0-15 (4 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

NPFL: 1.83 goals per match, BTTS 37%, Over 2.5 25%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Half-by-half

0 : 0
1st half
0 : 1
2nd half

Match statistics

38Possession (%)62
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
11Shots20
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
2Shots on target7
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
1.12xG2.05
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
3Corners12
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
40Dangerous attacks42
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
10Fouls28
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0Cards0
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.93Goals scored / match0.93
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
1Goals conceded / match1
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
21%Average possession41%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.73Shots on target / match3.8
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

3.27Shots per match10.47
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.73Shots on target3.8
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
28.6%Shot conversion8.9%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
21%Possession41%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
1.2xG for1.73
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
1.6xG against1.17
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

Shooting quality

Katsina United: Counter-attackingBendel Insurance: Balanced
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
Accuracy (shots on target)22%36%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.370.17
Finishing (goals per shot on target)1.270.24

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Bendel Insurance is 33% better for: last-5 form.

1.2 pts / match - Katsina United · 1.6 pts / match - Bendel Insurance

Katsina United
DDLWD
Season result split
40% W20% D40% L
Season (W-D-L)
6-3-6
1.40 pts / match · goal difference -1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-3-1
1.20 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
5-1-1
Last 5 at home
4-1-0
WWWDW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 1.30Opponent xG: 1.47BTTS: 80%Over 2.5: 20%
Bendel Insurance
DLWDW
Season result split
20% W47% D33% L
Season (W-D-L)
3-7-5
1.07 pts / match · goal difference -1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-3-4
Last 5 away
0-2-3
LLDLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.4Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.85Opponent xG: 1.36BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 40%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Katsina United scoring profile: strong

Katsina United scores in 60% of matches (9 of 15 matches), while Bendel Insurance keeps a clean sheet in 27% (4 of 15 matches).

Bendel Insurance scoring profile: strong

Bendel Insurance scores in 60% of matches (9 of 15 matches), while Katsina United keeps a clean sheet in 20% (3 of 15 matches).

14Goals scored (season)14
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
15Goals conceded (season)15
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
1.93Average goals in match1.93
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
6Goals scored (last 5)7
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
7Goals conceded (last 5)4
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

How often they score at least...

60%1 goal60%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
20%2 goals20%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
13%3 goals13%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0%4 goals0%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

How often they concede at least...

80%1 goal73%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
20%2 goals20%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0%3 goals7%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0%4 goals0%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

37%
League average

Goal patterns

20%BTTS at half-time33%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0%BTTS in both halves7%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
20%Scored in both halves20%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

BTTS and goal count

20%Min. 3 goals and BTTS13%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS7%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
80%BTTS - last 540%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

67%Min. 1 goal before half-time53%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
20%Min. 2 goals before half-time33%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time7%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

2nd half

73%Min. 1 goal after half-time60%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
20%Min. 2 goals after half-time33%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
7%Min. 3 goals after half-time7%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Katsina United is 35% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.53 pts / match - Katsina United · 1.13 pts / match - Bendel Insurance

Katsina United - half-time state
33% leading53% draw13% trailing
Bendel Insurance - half-time state
13% leading73% draw13% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.53Points per match (1st half)1.13
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.53Goals scored (1st half)0.47
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.33Goals conceded (1st half)0.47
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.87Average goals (1st half)0.93
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
67%Clean sheet before half-time60%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
47%No goal before half-time53%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

After half-time (2nd half)

0.8Points per match (2nd half)1.07
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.4Goals scored (2nd half)0.47
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
0.67Goals conceded (2nd half)0.53
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
1.07Average goals (2nd half)1
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
40%Clean sheet after half-time60%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance
73%No goal after half-time67%
Katsina UnitedBendel Insurance

Katsina United - second-half results

13% W40% D47% L
23
Half-time points
8
Half-time goals
+3
Goal difference (1st half)
12
Second-half points
-4
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.53
PPG before half-time
Lead holding121%

Leads at half-time in 33% of matches and wins 40%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.3

Concedes 0.3 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Bendel Insurance - second-half results

20% W47% D33% L
17
Half-time points
7
Half-time goals
0
Goal difference (1st half)
16
Second-half points
-1
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.13
PPG before half-time
Lead holding154%

Leads at half-time in 13% of matches and wins 20%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Katsina United - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.600.60
Goals scored / match0.80.4
Goals conceded / match0.60.8
Average goals in match1.41.2
1 goal100%60%
2 goals40%20%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet40%40%
No goal20%80%
Goal difference+1-2
Half-time: 40% leading - 40% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 0% won - 60% draw - 40% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 4
Bendel Insurance - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.201.60
Goals scored / match0.60.8
Goals conceded / match0.60.2
Average goals in match1.21.0
1 goal60%60%
2 goals40%40%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet60%80%
No goal40%60%
Goal difference0+3
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 3

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Katsina United
ScoredConceded
3
3
0-15
1
0
16-30
4
2
31-45
3
1
46-60
1
7
61-75
2
2
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 31-45 (4 goals). Concedes most in 61-75 (7). Late-goal balance (76-90): 0.

Bendel Insurance
ScoredConceded
4
2
0-15
3
1
16-30
0
4
31-45
4
3
46-60
1
4
61-75
2
1
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 0-15 (4 goals). Concedes most in 31-45 (4). Late-goal balance (76-90): +1 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

1.93
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.0 : 1.0
Estimated goal split
home : away
105%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
44%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
36%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
16%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 6 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Katsina United

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.40
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.33
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+0.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.27
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.60
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
74%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
179%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.20
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.1
Late goals
14% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 21% come in the first quarter-hour.
14%

Bendel Insurance

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.56
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.63
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-5.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.80
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.17
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
166%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
79%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.53
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
0.0
Late goals
14% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 29% come in the first quarter-hour.
14%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (NPFL).

Teams vs league

Katsina UnitedLigaBendel Insurance
Average goals in match 1.931.83 1.93
Both teams scored 40%37% 47%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 20%25% 20%
Clean sheets 20%38% 27%
Goal before half-time 67%63% 53%
Goal after half-time 73%55% 60%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

1.83
Average goals per match
37%
Both teams scored
25%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
38%
Clean sheets
1.26
Home goals / match
0.56
Away goals / match
+125%
Home attack advantage
+56%
Home defence advantage
+47%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
63%
1 goal
26%
2 goals
5%
3 goals
1%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
55%
1 goal
24%
2 goals
8%
3 goals
1%
4 goals

Lineups and player events

Verified starters, substitutes and recorded player events for this match.

FAQ

What was the result of Katsina United vs Bendel Insurance?

The NPFL match finished Katsina United 0:1 Bendel Insurance. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Katsina United vs Bendel Insurance?

Katsina United score 0.93 goals per game on average and Bendel Insurance 0.93. The NPFL average is 1.83 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 25% of games. Both teams score in 40% of Katsina United's matches and 47% of Bendel Insurance's.

What form are Katsina United and Bendel Insurance in?

Over the last 5 games Katsina United have a 1-3-1 record (1.20 points per game) and Bendel Insurance 2-2-1 (1.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Katsina United vs Bendel Insurance?

The statistical background for Katsina United vs Bendel Insurance — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.