NPFL Matchday 6 Preview: High Stake Games Amid Continental Involvement

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) returns this play and into adjacent midweek with Matchday 6 which volition propulsion up mouthwatering encounters involving the large guns, the undefeated sides, the caller boys and the strugglers.

Enyimba person already began the play connected a superb enactment – 5 matches played and undefeated truthful acold (W3 D2). The different unbeaten broadside successful the apical part astatine the infinitesimal are Rivers United who were progressive successful the CAF Champions League past play and person played 4 league matches – winning 2 of those.

The champions, Remo Stars, enjoyed a commanding show successful the Champions League against Comoros Island’s US Zilimadjou past Sunday cruising to a 4-0 triumph astatine the MKO Abiola Stadium successful Abeokuta successful what looks an assured transition into the adjacent circular that would person South African side, Mamelodi Sundowns waiting for them. But earlier then, the NPFL titleholders volition beryllium backmost successful enactment for a tricky travel to Abia Warriors connected Independence Day.

Enyimba and champions Remo Stars are up for games with imaginable for them to driblet each points considering the prime of their opponents successful Ikorodu City and Abia Warriors respectively. There is besides Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) who conscionable notched up their archetypal triumph of the run aft 5 matches and volition person to look Warri Wolves.

The champions person had it truthful bully successful their head-to-head meetings with Warriors since their promotion to the topflight successful 2017. The Sky Blue Stars person lone suffered conscionable 1 decision successful 8 NPFL meetings with Abia Warriors (W5 D2 L1). Last season, connected their mode to winning their archetypal title, Daniel Ogunmodede’s men did the treble implicit Warriors including winning 2-0 successful this aforesaid corresponding fixture with Jide Fatokun and Ismaila Sodiq scoring the goals.

Off-the-pitch, 3SC person carried rather immoderate reforms but the results are not yet reflecting connected the committee though they got a respite with a 2-1 triumph implicit caller boys Kun Khalifat FC to get their archetypal triumph of the season. Warri Wolves would connection a antithetic benignant of absorption connected Sunday astatine the Southern Delta University Stadium successful Ozoro. The Seasiders person a precise bully location grounds successful the NPFL against Shooting Stars successful their past 8 meetings (W7 D1). It does not look bully for 3SC arsenic they person struggled truthful acold for signifier successful their opening 5 matches (W1 D2 L2).