Bayelsa United 1-0 Rivers United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Nigeria NPFL, 1 Mar 2026

📅01/03/2026 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-0 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
40%
1.9
Draw
34%
3.04
Away
26%
4.04
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
65%
Over 2.5
35%
Both Teams to Score
Yes
42%
2.33
No
58%
1.53
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
43%
2-3 Goals
36%
4-5 Goals
15%
6+ Goals
6%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
23%
1/2
5%
1/X
7%
X/1
11%
X/2
6%
X/X
21%
2/1
6%
2/2
14%
2/X
7%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Home Win ★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
40%
Home Win
49%
-8.4pp
34%
Draw
30%
+4.3pp
26%
Away Win
22%
+4.1pp
42%
BTTS Yes
39%
+2.8pp
58%
BTTS No
61%
-2.8pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Bayelsa United EU Bookmakers 53%
Head to Head
AWAY Rivers United EU Bookmakers 25%
+14% / +9% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +5% / +12%
1.31/0.54 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.76/1.12
+7% / +15% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +17% / +9%
54% Ball Possession 46%
10 Total Shots 9
3 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 4
391 · 84% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 292 · 76%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
0.2 Yellow Cards 3.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Bayelsa United
5W-0D-0L
AWAY Rivers United
1.40 Avg Goals (FT) 0.40
13.10.2025 Rivers United Rivers United 1-2 HT 0-1 Bayelsa United Bayelsa United NIJ
26.03.2025 Bayelsa United Bayelsa United 1-0 HT 1-0 Rivers United Rivers United NIJ
10.11.2024 Rivers United Rivers United 0-1 HT 0-1 Bayelsa United Bayelsa United NIJ
30.04.2024 Bayelsa United Bayelsa United 2-1 HT 2-1 Rivers United Rivers United NIJ
29.04.2024 Bayelsa United Bayelsa United 1-0 HT 1-0 Rivers United Rivers United NIJ
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Bayelsa United
1-0
AWAY Rivers United
41% Ball Possession 59%
9 Total Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 2
1 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Bayelsa United vs Rivers United
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Bayelsa United edged past Rivers United 1-0.

Our pre-match split (40% / 34% / 26%) promised a tight game; Bayelsa United found the edge the numbers couldn't. We had also flagged under 2.5 goals (65%), no to both teams scoring (58%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Bayelsa United had 41% of the ball to Rivers United's 59%, shots finished 9-11.

For context: across their last 5 meetings in our records, Bayelsa United had the better of it with 5 wins. Those games averaged 1.40 goals for Bayelsa United and 0.40 for Rivers United.

What was the final score of Bayelsa United vs Rivers United?

Bayelsa United 1-0 Rivers United in the Nigeria NPFL on 01/03/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Bayelsa United vs Rivers United?

Before kick-off our model rated a Bayelsa United win the most likely single outcome at about 40%, with the full match-result split Bayelsa United 40%, draw 34%, Rivers United 26%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Bayelsa United), Under 2.5, BTTS No — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Bayelsa United) ✓ Under 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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