**Nasarawa roll into round 8 looking to turn a patchy run into something approaching consistency — but Doma's recent bounce won't make it easy.** Both sides are stuck in that awkward middle ground: decent on their day, leaky on others. 🔥

Nasarawa's come away with just one win in five, though a shutout at Shooting Stars showed defensive steel when it matters. Doma meanwhile have won twice recently but got caught out defensively against Katsina. This could go either way.

Key storylines:

- **Nasarawa's midfield trio** of C. Nduka, M. Hassan, and M. M Umar will need to control tempo and cut off Doma's transitions early
- **Doma's front pair** — S. Rilwanu and H. Abubakar — have shown they can finish when chances arrive, but Nasarawa's back line has tightened up
- **Set pieces and discipline**: both teams have been vulnerable to soft goals; expect corners to matter

Expected lineups:

- **Nasarawa United**: C. Olughu, J. V. Ekioke, P. Samuel, A. Abdullahi, H. Ebah, C. Nduka, M. Hassan, M. M Umar, A. Onyemaechi, D. G. Alao, L. Ugochukwu
- **Doma United FC**: I. Pius, U. Aliyu, B. Philimon, A. Haruna, M. Adegbite, D. Simon, S. C. Ulunwa, S. Collins, S. Rilwanu, H. Abubakar, J. Abah

Prediction:

**1-1** — coin flip of a match. Both lean toward a draw given recent form, though either side has the weapons to steal it late.