The NPFL Week 36 Matches

ABIA WARRIORS 0 : 1 ENYIMBA INTL

Nnsogbu, Enyimba Enyim, Nnsogbu Enyimba Enyim, this is the song the fans in Abia are singing after Enyimba defeated their neighbour Abia Warriors in Umuahia by a lone goal scored by Mfon Udoh. Enyimba should have gone up earlier in the game when they squandered a penalty kick after Abalogu was brought down inside the box, the penalty was taken by captain Udoji, the keeper of Abia Warriors guessed right has he stopped the kick which rebound fell to the captain and he also blasted  the follow-up over the bar. The first half ended with both teams seeking for a goal, the break though finally came in the 71st minute when top scorer last season, Mfoh Udoh scored a solo goal.

 After the goal, Enyimba seeked to increase the tally but they were stopped on several occasions by substitute keeper Akpan Bassey who came in for Chinedu Anozie who had been injured in the first half of the encounter. The match ended with Enyimba defending their one zero lead; the win further cements Enyimba's hopes of lifting the cup for the seventh time when closest rivals Giwa FC lost on the road to Heartland of Owerri. Enyimba still leads the table with 68 points from 36 games while closest rivals Warri Wolves are on 62 points from same number of games. Enyimba can be said to be champions because they lead the second placed team by 6 points and they need at least a draw in their last two games to be fully guaranteed their seventh league title.     

Enyimba's next match is against Warri Wolves, if Enyimba should secure a draw, they will win league, whole Abia Warriors play against Taraba FC.  

Wikki Tourist 2-0 Dolphins

The first half of the encounter was rather dull, as both teams didn't show any intent to win the match; Dolphins started the match in the 16th position with 41 points while Wikki were on 4th position with 57 points by start of the game.

The second half began with a better performance different form that which was witnessed in the first half, on the 62nd minute Mubarak Umar broke the deadlock and later scored from the penalty spot to hand Wikki the win. The win now takes Wikki to 3rd place with 60 points, eight points behind run-away league winners, and it leaves Dolphins of Port Harcourt in the 17th position still with 41 points and 5 points above 18th placed Kwara United. Dolphins have got to win their remaining two matches which are against Heartland and Shooting stars to be sure of another season in top flight football next season. Wikki's next match is against El Kanemi Warriors while Dolphins play against Heartland.

Warri Wolves 4-0 Bayelsa United

An early goal from Gbolahan Salami started the rout from the home side; he scored on the 10th minute from the penalty spot. Etebor Oghenekaro scored the second goal via a free kick which he curled into the goal post beating the goal keeper as the first half ended with the score line remaining at two goals to nil. The second half began as lively as the first half as the seasiders continued to search for more goals, the third goal came on the 72nd minute as Etebo scored again to grab his brace in fine style in the 72nd minute after evading the offside trap to score, the game was finally put out of reach from Bayelsa united when Joseph Osadiaye put the icing on the cake as he found the back of the net in the 81st minute to make it 4-0 to the Seasiders.

The results leave Warri Wolves in the 3rd place with 60 points from 36 games and leaves Bayelsa United 2nd from bottom with 34 points from 36 games.

The next match for Warri Wolves is against Enyimba and Bayelsa's next match is against Sunshine Stars.    

Shooting Stars 2-1 Ifeanyi Ubah

The game started with tackles here and there as both teams sat on the 10th and 11th position respectively with 49 and 47 points respectively, Shooting won the game with goals from Meshack Chubukem for IfeanyiUbah form the penalty spot in the 74th minute after Osawe Alaba brought down Stephen Chujwudi but the Oluyole warriors had already gone two goals ahead in the 48th minute Cletus Itodo makes it 2-0 for 3SC off a 35 meter free kick.

The game leaves Shooting Stars moving to the 9th position with 52 points and it leaves FC IfeanyiUbah still on the 11th position with 47 points. Shooting stars next game is against Giwa United while FC IfeanyiUbah next match is against Nasarawa United.

El-Kanemi Warriors 1-0 Kano Pillars

El-Kanemi defeated the defending champions by a lone goal,  the goal came in the 31st minute after Warriors were awarded a penalty and Ibrahim Mustapha stepped up to convert the spot kick in the 33rd minute as Warriors helped their relegation fight with two matches remaining.

The result leaves El-Kanemi on 13th position with 47 points and Kano Pillars on 8th with 52 points.

Warriors’ next game is a rescheduled match against FC Ifeanyi Ubah on Wednesday 4th November and Kano Pillars will face 14th placed Akwa United.

Other results are:

Nasarawa United 2-2 Sharks FC*

Kwara United 1-0 FC Taraba

Sunshine Stars 0-1 Lobi Stars*

Enugu Rangers 2-2 Akwa United

* Nasarawa vs Sharks inconclusive. Match held up by protesting Visitors at 60th minute. Scores at point of termination: 2-2

* Sunshine Stars vs Lobi Stars inconclusive. Disrupted at 77th minute with visitors leading 0-1.

The LMC is yet to decide what steps to take about the abandoned matches, Trust us, we'll get you the updates concerning the abandoned matches.

Fixtures

Wednesday 04/11/2015

Sunshine Stars vs  Enugu Rangers (Rescheduled match)

WEEK 37 set of Matches

Sunday 08/11/2015

Dolphin vs Heartland

El-Kanemi Warriors vs Wikki Tourists

Giwa vs Shooting Stars

Bayelsa United vs Sunshine Stars

Ifeanyi Ubah vs Nasarawa United

Sharks vs Kwara United

Taraba vs Abia Warriors

Enyimba vs Warri Wolves

Kano Pillars vs Akwa United

Lobi Stars vs Enugu Rangers

LEAGUE TABLE

# Team P W D L F A D P

1 Enyimba 36 19 11 6 48 27 +21 68

2 Warri Wolves 36 18 8 10 57 28 +29 62

3 Wikki Tourist 36 17 9 10 43 35 +8 60

4 Giwa 36 16 12 8 43 39 +4 60

5 Nasarawa United 35 15 9 11 41 37 +4 54

6 Sunshine Stars 35 16 5 14 50 36 +14 53

7 Heartland 36 16 5 15 43 37 +6 53

8 Kano Pillars 36 15 7 14 44 37 +7 52

9 Shooting Stars 36 15 7 14 37 36 +1 52

10 Ifeanyi Uba 36 14 8 14 38 35 +3 50

11 Abia Warriors 36 15 5 16 37 41 -4 50

12 Enugu Rangers 35 12 10 13 42 43 -1 46

13 Lobi Stars 36 11 13 12 32 37 -5 46

14 El Kanemi Warriors 36 13 7 16 35 55 -20 46

15 Akwa United 36 12 8 16 32 42 -10 44

16 Sharks 36 10 13 13 29 37 -8 43

17 Dolphins 36 10 11 15 34 37 -3 41

18 Kwara United 36 11 6 19 30 45 -15 39

19 Bayelsa United 36 7 13 16 26 43 -17 34

20 Taraba 35 8 9 18 27 41 -14 33

Enyimba are cruising to the trophy, congratulations in advance @enyimbaFC