Preview
- As week 29 of the 2025-2026 NPFL arrives, Rivers United take on Bendel Insurance at Yakubu Gowon Stadium on 2026-03-08 (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
- With the data available to us, Hakeem Busari and Greg Ikhenoba have not met as managers before.
- With 49 points, Rivers United sit 1st, while Bendel Insurance have 41 points to occupy 6th.
- There are no injury or suspension concerns for either Rivers United or Bendel Insurance.
- Rivers United came off a win (3-0 vs El Kanemi Warriors) and Bendel Insurance also triumphed (4-0 vs Ikorodu City).
- Both teams have been in great form: Rivers United 2-2-1 and Bendel Insurance 2-2-1 over their last 5 matches.
- Dominance for Rivers United: across 8 clashes, they've won 2 games and only lost 1 game to Bendel Insurance, with 5 stalemates.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (11-2-1 vs 3-5-5) and scoring roughly 1.14-1.57 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Rivers United
Bendel
Events
| 24' | N/A | ||
| 42' | N/A | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 54' | N/A | 1 - 0 | |
| 82' | N/A | 2 - 0 | |
| 89' | 2 - 1 | N/A | |
| 90+1' | N/A | 3 - 1 | |
| 90+7' | N/A | ||
Standings
Rivers United is going head to head with Bendel on 8/3/2026 15:00 GMT at Yakubu Gowon Stadium for the Nigeria NPFL. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Rivers United v Bendel H2H statistics!