Rivers United trimmed Remo Stars’ lead, to 5 points, after beating guests Ikorodu City 1-0 today in a Nigeria Premier Football League NPFL tie played in Port Harcourt.
Stephen Manyo scored deep into added minutes of second half to secure the win for Rivers who remain second in the standings on 52 points after 30 rounds of the competition.
Two shocking away wins headlined Sunday’s action as Kwara United fell 0-2 to visiting Akwa United while Heartland slumped 0-1 at home to Abia Warriors.
Ojonugwa Adejoh scored for Abia on 81 minutes to send the club three places to third in the NPFL standings just as Kabir Osoba on 26 minutes and Uche Sabastine’s 73rd minute strike locked the win for Akwa who moved to one step below relegation.
Heartland sunk deeper into relegation waters 18th in the log following the home loss while Kwara slipped one spot to 13th.
Elsewhere Katsina United demolished visiting El Kanemi Warriors 3-0 at home just as Enyimba let slip an Ekene Awaziem’s 8th minute effort to draw 1-1 in Aba against visitors Bayelsa United who relied on Ifeanyi Ogba’s goal, one minute later, for the stalemate.
Moses Achare opened scoring for Katsina in 39 minutes before two second half goals by Lukman Bello, via the penalty spot, on 72nd minute, and Taofeek Ahmed’s 76 minute strike secured the win for the home team.
In the late kickoff today, Shooting Stars Sports Club 3SC shot three places to 4th in the standings after a 3-1 defeat of visiting Niger Tornadoes at the Lekan Salami stadium in Ibadan.
Anthony Okachi doubled Shooting’s lead on 45 minutes from 12 yards out after Ayodeji Bamidele’s 38th minute opener but Sunday William’s 65th strike for Tornadoes made for a frantic finis, before Samuel Okon scored in the 77th minute to see off the win for 3SC.
The matchup between hosts Lobi Stars and table toppers Remo Stars is postponed until a later date.
SOURCE: WORAMANGRA