NPFL MD 26 Wrap: The Stars Are Shining Again In Akure As Pillars Crumble In Port-Harcourt

NPFL MD 26 Wrap: The Stars Are Shining Again In Akure As Pillars Crumble In Port-Harcourt By Omolagba Oluwayemi The sun as finally shone on the Stars from Akure after 18 match days, BSNSports.com.ng reports. It's definitely going to be a sigh of relief for the Owena Waves whose last victory came on the 31st of January, 2021 against Enugu Rangers at the Akure Township Stadium and again today after 4-months of winless streaks (18 matches) the Owena Waves scrambled to a 1-0 win against Dakkada FC. Rivers United swept away Kano Pillars at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port-Harcourt 2-0. The Sai Masu Gida approached the match with the hope of getting a favorable result to consolidate on their position on top of the log but fell behind as early as the 10th minute (Sunday Adetunji scored for Rivers) and Acquah made it 2-0 for Stanley Eguma's side in the 50th minute. A brace from Awazie -15' (PK), 86' gave FC Ifeanyi Ubah a 2-1 win over Kwara United. Steven scored Kwara's only goal in the 28th minute. Lobi Stars pipped Enugu Rangers by a lone goal as Mohammed 76th minute penalty saved Enyimba some blushes against Adamawa United. Having taken an early lead through Mbaoma (28'), the People's Elephant got pecked back in the 65th minute through Ogbonna. Nasarawa United returned to the top three after a resounding 3-1 win against Warri Wolves at the Nasarawa Township Stadium. It ended 1-1 between Jigawa Golden Stars and Wikki Tourist while Plateau United defeated Kastina United 2-0. The match between MFM FC and Abia Warriors could not hold because of the heavy downpour at the Soccer Temple Agege Lagos. It will be played 7am tomorrow. The final fixture for the round between Akwa United and Heartland will take place at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Uyo, 4pm tomorrow. Kano Pillars (48 points), Akwa United (46 points) and Nasarawa United (45 points) make up the top three while Warri Wolves (27 points), FC Ifeanyi Ubah (25 points), Sunshine Stars (24 points) and Adamawa United (16 points) occupies the bottom four. Full-time Scores Plateau Utd 2-0 Katsina Utd Mohammed Zulkifilu 68’ (PEN), Ibrahim Buhari 86’ Jigawa Stars 1-1 Wikki Saidu Abdullahi 57’ – Manu Garba 79’ FC Ifeanyiubah 2-1 Kwara Utd Ekene Awazie 14’ (PEN), 85’ – Steven Jude 28’ Lobi Stars 1-0 Rangers Ossy Martins 22’ Sunshine Stars 1-0 Dakkada Ejike Uzoechi 44’ Enyimba 2-1 Adamawa United V. C. Mbaoma 28', F. Mohammed (PEN), 76' - A. Ogbonna 65' Rivers United 2-0 Kano Pillars Adetunji 10', Acquah 50' Nasarawa United 3-1 Warri Wolves 54', 57' - Williams 69'.