NNL Super 8: Remo Stars FC faces Bendel Insurance FC in a Crunchy tie.

NNL Super 8: Remo Stars FC faces Bendel Insurance FC in a Crunchy tie.

By Abidoye Babatunde

Remo Stars Football Club (RSFC) hope to maintain their hundred percent record in the ongoing Bet9ja Nigeria National League (Bet9jaNNL) Super 8 and also Clinch one of the four promotion tickets into topflight football, Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) as they take on Bendel Insurance FC in the second game of the Southern conference zone.

The earlier scheduled 6pm fixture has been moved backwards to 2pm to accommodate the activities of the host state on the pitch of Enyimba International Stadium in Aba, Abia State.

The Sky Blue Stars got a comfortable 3-0 victory over Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), thanks to goals from Edoka Owoicho, Awoyemi Abiodun and Olufemi Oladapo to keep their promotion hopes alive.

Goalkeeper, Fabiyi Emmanuel had a decent start with Remo Stars not conceding any goal and made couple of saves to keep his side in the game against the Oluyole Warriors.

Bendel Insurance FC on the other hand defeated Delta Force FC 3-0 in the opening game of the southern conference zone to also give them full confidence going into this particular encounter against the Sky Blue Stars.

Both sides will be facing each other for the first time in any competitive competition and a win for either side guarantees them a ticket to take part in the 2018/2019 Nigeria Professional Football League scheduled to kick off on the thirteenth of January, 2019.

Today's fixtures;

1.Real Stars of Kaduna vs Gombe Utd - 8AM

2.Kogi Utd vs Kada City FC Kaduna - 10AM

3.Delta Force vs 3SC of Ibadan -12PM

4.Bendel Insurance of Benin vs Remo Stars of Ogun - 2PM.