Matchday 3 of this season’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) ended on Sunday with seven matches, and Bendel Insurance remaining on top of the table. The Benin Arsenals have recorded six points, just as four other teams but have the edge on goal advantage. Insurance have a plus three goal advantage, and are the only side among the quartet on …

After two back-to-back wins – both at home – last season’s sensational team Bendel Insurance have shot into the top of the fledging table for the 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season, which is now in Week 3. The Benin Arsenals pipped Plateau United 1-0 through Benjamin Tanimu’s 15th minute strike from the spot. Insurance had defeated Shooting Stars …

One of the negative tactics covertly deployed by home teams to run down the clock and win matches is the gradual reduction in the number of balls available for play when the home side is leading. The Ball Boys are instructed to hide away balls rather than keeping them to return for play when the one in use goes out. …

Two MatchDays into the 2023/24 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), top flight debutants Sporting Lagos are on top of the table, while defending champions Enyimba find themselves at the foot of the table although with a game in hand.  The Lagos side travelled to Uyo on MatchDay 2 and will be returning home with a point. And having defeated Gombe …

MatchDay 2 of this season’s Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) will be concluded in seven centres this Sunday with the top clash being that between last season’s runners-up Remo Stars and Rangers. Also on the card is the match in Gombe where Enyimba will open their title defence against Gombe United. Remo had a date with Rivers United in Port …

It was commendations galore for the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Board from Nigerians on social media after a history making MatchDay 1 that saw five matches streamed live on the NPFL Live app. The production managed by rights holders, Propel Sports Africa (PSA) had live streams from Ibadan, Owerri, Katsina, Umuahia and Lagos. NPFL Chairman, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye expressed …

Robert Mirzo was one of the three contenders for the golden boot in the abridged 2022/23 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), running neck-and-neck with Osarenkho Imade of Bendel Insurance, and eventual winner, Chukwuemeka Obioma of Enyimba. Mirzo was a surprise in the race as his Bayelsa United side struggled to stay in the top league especially after …

Coming across as not satisfied with his side’s 2-1 win over Plateau United on the opening day of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), 3SC technical adviser, Gbenga Ogunbote is looking to draw better performances especially in converting scoring chances. In his post match interview after the encounter decided on Saturday at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ogunbote insisted that more …

Seven matches. Twenty goals. Six wins (all by home sides). These are the highlights of the opening day of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) kicked off on Saturday with fans having the option of watching the games, courtesy of live streaming. Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, witnessed an eight-goal thriller as home side, Bayelsa United …

For teams in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), another season kicks off this evening, three months and 19 days after the last one ended. Unlike the 2022/23 season, which had the 20 sides divided into two sections with the top three teams in each pot battling for the title, the normal format is the top flight league is back! …