Rivers United returned to the top of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) following a 1-0 win over Kano Pillars at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
Aniekeme Okon scored the only goal of the encounter in the first half as Rivers United silenced the visitors’ fearsome attacking duo of Rabiu Ali and Ahmed Musa, Super Eagles captain.
Victory for Rivers United extends their unbeaten run to four matches, while defeat snapped Kano Pillars’ four-match unbeaten streak, although they are winless in three matches.
The Kano boys also failed to score in an NPFL match for the first time in five matches.
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Coach Finidi George’s Rivers United have 29 points after 15 matches, three points ahead of second-placed Remo Stars who lost 2-1 away to Niger Tornadoes.
Elsewhere, Ikorodu City FC continued their impressive form with 4-1 drubbing of relegation-threatened Akwa United at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos.
The Lagos-based club scored twice in each half to consign Akwa United to a seventh consecutive league defeat away from home.
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Heartland FC also continued their ascent away from relegation with a 3-2 win over basement side Nasarawa United. Emmanuel Amunike’s side needed two goals in the last two minutes to seal a victory that lifted the Owerri-based club to 10th on the log.
RESULTS
- El Kanemi Warriors 0 – 0 Bayelsa United
- Katsina United 1 – 0 Sunshine Stars
- Rivers United 1 – 0 Kano Pillars
- Ikorodu City 4 – 1 Akwa United
- Heartland 3 – 2 Nasarawa United
- Niger Tornadoes 2 – 1 Remo Stars
- Shooting Stars 2 – 0 Abia Warriors
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