The 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier League, NPFL on Matchday threw five fresh new things worth knowing as the seaon keeps unfolding drama week in, week out .
Here are five things to know on Matchday 4 in the NPFL this week.
*Ikorodu City On Onikan’s Bonanza*
Ikorodu City FC lost another home game this weekend as Nasarawa United ran away with maximum points in Lagos to register their first win of the season with a 2-1 victory In Lagos.
Ikorodu City losing back to back games at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in the space of four days is not a good sign as the newly promoted are dredging their way back to the second tier league faster than expected.
The Oga Boys home bonanza needs to stop if the team wants to achieve their ambition of surviving their first attempt in the top flight before teams start seeing Lagos as a ground where they can show up and stroll away with 3 points after 90 minutes.
*Remo Stars In Early Title Bragging Right*
Rangers lost their first match of the season after their 2-1 loss in Ikenne on Sunday . The results makes it four wins out of four games for Remo Stars, a huge early advantage for Remo Stars in the title race.
The Ikenne Blues are steadily racking up points early in the season, that will come handy in the final title run as Remo Stars are surely doing early business with 100% returns on Investment, so far, so great.
*Finidi Shows Class*
Finidi George get the job done again, as Rivers United dispatched Enyimba by 2-0 on Sunday.
With three wins and one in four games staying unbeaten so far, he convinced some doubting Thomases so far as Finidi has shown class showing class over his former team, who is coached by his assistant, a big statement made by the former Super Eagles coach as fights for points continue in the league.
*Ogunbote Compounds Amuneke Misery In Ibadan*
Heartland coach, Emmanuel Amuneke NPFL’misery continues as Gbenga Ogunbote led Shooting Stars of Ibadan shoots down Heartland of Owerri by 1-0 to compound Amuneke’s NPFL misery.
The former Super Eagles is yet to win any game after four matches as another loss in the road, condenmed Amuneke’s Heartland to their third loss of the season.
A slow start, Amuneke needs to start unleashing his magic wand ASAP.
*Nduka Hit NPFL Milestone In Style*
Nduka Junior, Captain of Remo Stars played 100 games in the NPFL on Sunday against Rangers, a milestone he celebrated in Style, as he led his Armies to the battle and picked the maximum three points at stake.
Defeating the Champions on the day is a good sign that, Nduka Junior can dream of winning the NPFL title this season, and it will be a good reward for his dedication to the Remo Stars project.
*The Best Of The Rest*
It was a good Great for the two teams on the Road on Saturday as Sunshine Stars defeated Akwa United 2-1 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, to add the number of wins.
Same results panned out in Lagos, with Nasarawa United left Lagos with all the three points, to make a good Saturday for the NPFL travellers.
The Warriors of Elkanemi came back from a two goal deficit to pick a point at home against Plateau United as the Warriors battled to 2-2 to escape being lynched at home by their visitors.
Elkanemi Warriors are playing like true Warriors, they remain unbeaten so far as opening the season with a 0-0 draw in Enugu against the Champions, they came from two zero down against Niger Tornadoes and stormed to a 4-3 victory last weekend.
Surely, the Warriors of Elkanemi are up to something this season, they are definitely a team to watch.
All The NPFL Matchday 4 Results At A Glance
Ikorodu City 1-2 Nasarawa
Akwa United 1-2 Sunshine Stars
Remo stars 2-1 Rangers Int
3SC 1-0 Heartland
El kanemi 2-2 Plateau United
Niger Tornadoes 1-1 Bendel Insurance
Rivers Utd 2-0 Enyimba
Abia Warriors 2-0 Kano Pillars
Bayelsa Utd 1-1 Kwara Utd
Katsina Utd 3-0 Lobi Stars
