NPFL: Fireworks in Ikenne as Remo Stars host Enyimba

Doma United will host 3SC in an NPFL Week 25 match in Gombe….today

.Rivers, Lobi clash in P/Harcourt

After the ‘VAR’ drama that overshadowed their hard-fought 1-0 defeat of Doma United in Aba at the weekend, defending champions, Enyimba, will meet Remo Stars, today, in what has been described as the star match of week 25 of the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL).

The game in Aba at the weekend was heading for a stalemate when Chijioke Mbaoma scored what was initially signalled as a goal by the centre referee, Nuhu Abdullahi.

Abdullahi later cancelled the goal and signalled for a goal kick only to change his decision again after watching the replay from NTA’s OB van at the stadium.

The referee’s attempt at using an improvised VAR during the game has drawn the ire of fans, who feel Abdullahi should have stuck to his earlier decision to award the goal or disallow it instead of resorting to the system he adopted in the match.

The win shot Enyimba to the number two position on the league ladder, while former leaders, Remo Stars, dropped to the fifth position after their 4-1 defeat at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, by Sporting Lagos.

Leaders, Lobi Stars, are up against high-flying Rivers United in Lafia in another potential thriller, which result would either cement Lobi Stars’ leadership of the league or see them losing the position to any of Enyimba, Plateau United or Enugu Rangers.

Lobi Stars lead the table with 43 points, one more than Enyimba while Plateau United and Rangers are on 41 points each.

Rivers United are way down in 14th position with 28 points, but they have played three games less than the rest of the teams due to their CAF Confederation Cup campaign. So, while a win will shoot them up the ladder, anything