NPFL: Sunshine Stars Hits New Low With MFM Draw, Enyimba Consolidates Fans With Win At Wikki
By Omolagba Oluwayemi
With every match day that passes, Sunshine Stars of Akure sets unwanted NPFL records and with their last win coming on the last day of January 2021, at the Akure Township Stadium today, the Owena Waves set a record of sixteen winless streaks in the NPFL, BSNSports.com.ng reports.
With their next match not coming until 10th of June (vs Dakkada FC), the goalless draw against MFM FC today means they'll remain within the bottom two till then and may even find it more difficult to break out of the drop zones if rivals gets favorable results.
MFM FC on their own have enjoyed a good start today the second stanza of the league as they have now gone unbeaten in four matches, 3 wins and a draw coming from 3 away matches and one home game.
A win vs Dakkada FC on Sunday at the Soccer Temple could see the Olukoya Boys break into the top half of the table.
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa led Kano Pillars to a 1-0 win against Nasarawa United.
The victory helped the Sai Masu Gida moved 3 points clear off second place Akwa United who will be on duty against Abia Warriors tomorrow.
Following a disappointing outing in the CAF Confederation Cup, Enyimba gave their fans something to cheer about as they defeated Wikki Tourist 2-1 in Bauchi.
The People's Elephant lost scandalously to FC Pyramids of Egypt 5-2 on aggregate in the Confederation Cup but stand the chance of winning the league and returning to the continent next season should they take advantage of their 4 outstanding matches.
Warri Wolves made it back-to-back loses for Lobi Stars inflicting the second defeat in a week on them at the Polytechnic Stadium.
Lobi lost by the same scoreline (1-0) on Sunday in Lagos to MFM failed to pick a point from their back-to-back travels.
Match Day 26 Results
Sunshine Stars 0-0 MFM FC
Wikki Tourist 1-2 Enyimba
Warri Wolves 1-0 Lobi Stars
Dakkada FC 2-1 FC Ifeanyi Ubah
Kwara United 1-1 Rivers United
Kano Pillars 1-0 Nasarawa United
Adamawa United 1-0 Kastina United
Still to come tomorrow
Heartland vs Plateau United (8am)
Enugu Rangers vs Jigawa Golden Stars (4pm)
Akwa United vs Abia Warriors (4pm)
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