Bendel Insurance to win
Final score: Bendel Insurance 2 - 1 Ikorodu City
Settled 23 September 2026 - Bros IQ
Bendel Insurance delivered at home and shut the door on Ikorodu City, final score 2-1. That pick was the straight read all week and the boys backed it. No wahala for that one o, the defense held firm when Ikorodu pushed and the strikers finished what they started. Bros IQ dey happy to tick this box.
The prices you get will be your operator's own.
Bendel Insurance vs Ikorodu City Preview: Bros IQ Picks A Winner In Benin City
Bros IQ breaks down the NPFL matchday 5 clash between Bendel Insurance and Ikorodu City at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, with the numbers behind the pick.
This pick was published on 20 September 2026 and edited on 23 September 2026 to record how it finished. The original call and the original price are unchanged.
Form & table
Bendel InsuranceIkorodu City
6thLeague position11th
15Points13
5Wins3
0Draws4
4Losses3
+2Goal difference+2
NPFL table read 30 October 2026. Goal difference bar: goals scored.
Head to head
Bendel Insurance 2 · Draws 0 · Ikorodu City 2- Bendel Insurance4 - 0Ikorodu City
- Ikorodu City1 - 0Bendel Insurance
- Bendel Insurance2 - 1Ikorodu City
- Ikorodu City3 - 0Bendel Insurance
Meetings before this match on file: the last 4 found in our data feed (read 6 October 2026), plus the NPFL 2026/2027 results (read 30 October 2026). Our feed's history is incomplete, so this is not the all-time record.
Bros IQ's reading
Bendel Insurance host Ikorodu City at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, on Wednesday 23 September 2026, 16:00 Lagos time, with NPFL matchday 5 on the line. No dulling for this one, Benin City crowd go show up for their own team.
Four meetings between these two sides are on record, and the head to head bilan for Bendel Insurance reads 2W 0D 2L. Bendel Insurance won 4-0 at home on Sunday 1 March 2026, about 7 months earlier. Ikorodu City won 1-0 as hosts on Sunday 12 October 2025, about 12 months earlier. Further back, Bendel Insurance won 2-1 at home on Thursday 27 February 2025, about 2 years earlier, and Ikorodu City won 3-0 as hosts on Saturday 12 October 2024, also about 2 years earlier.
Bendel Insurance carry a 2W 0D 2L record in their last 4 matches this season, since Sunday 30 August 2026. The sequence, most recent first, reads loss, win, loss, win, and the most recent result is a loss. That loss came away to Ranchers Bees, 2-1, 4 days earlier. The win over Kun Khalifat FC, 4-2 at home, came 10 days earlier. At home this season Bendel Insurance sit at 2W 0D 0L in 2 matches, on the road it’s 0W 0D 2L in 2 matches. Omo, this team dey find their legs at home even as travel dey deal with them.
Ikorodu City post a 1W 2D 0L record in their last 3 matches this season, since Sunday 30 August 2026. The sequence, most recent first, reads draw, draw, win, and the current run is 2 draws in a row. The goalless draw with Barau FC, at home, came 4 days earlier, and the 2-2 draw away at Abia Warriors came 10 days earlier. Ikorodu City’s home record this season is 1W 1D 0L in 2 matches, away it’s 0W 1D 0L in 1 match. One away match no be enough to call am a habit, but that single trip out end in a draw, not a win.
Our data feed no get a market price for this fixture as at the time of writing. NPFL prices land close to kickoff, not days out, so make you no expect odds attached here yet.
Bros IQ dey read Bendel Insurance to win this one. Their home form this season, 2W 0D 0L in 2 matches, plus a head to head bilan that reads 2W 0D 2L for them, dey give enough to lean their way at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. Ikorodu City’s 2 draws in a row show say them no easy to break down, and Bendel Insurance dem self lost their last game, so this na opinion, not certainty. Confidence: Medium. Bet only what you fit afford to lose, 18+ only.
Data read 20 September 2026 · NPFL - fixtures, form and head-to-head only.
This pick is settled · the open one
Plateau United Eye Home Win Over Warri WolvesFollow Gist9ja on Google: add Gist9ja as a preferred source.