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After a quite lengthy hiatus, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) finally resumed match action on Sunday as the 2020\/21 season commenced with games played at several approved match venues<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n

Six games were played on Sunday evening but the encounter that really caught the eye – especially for the many football betting<\/a> specialists who find the local league relatively predictable – was the one which saw Kwara United snatch a 2-0 win over the leaders from last season Plateau United right there at their ground in Jos.<\/p>\n

Serving you a quick reminder of what played out in the previous season, it is worthy to first note that the 2019\/20 session was stopped abruptly back in March earlier this year at matchday 25 – just around the time a national lockdown was imposed by the Nigerian government to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

This forced the League Management Company (LMC) – the body in charge of regulating all Nigerian leagues – to cancel the season, announcing there will be neither a champion nor relegation for teams in the topflight. The representatives on the continent were thus determined from the then current standings after a Point Per Game (PPG) metric was used to further justify placements.<\/p>\n

Plateau, who finished top of the standings last term with 1.96 PPG, however witnessed an end to their 10-match unbeaten run on the opening matchday of the new season following the stunning defeat from the visiting Kwara side. Quickfire second-half goals from Jide Fatokun and Michael Ohanu were enough to get Abdullahi Biffo’s men – who noticeably struggled for the better part of last season – off to a flying start in their campaign.<\/p>\n

At the Agege Stadium in Lagos, the encounter between MFM FC and Warri Wolves was somewhat settled in the first-half. Ebenezer Odeyemi and Muyiwa Balogun scored in quick succession to earn the Olukoya Boys a 2-0 lead before John Paul halved Wolves’ deficit just before the half-hour mark. There was not as much events in the second period of the game with hosts MFM bagging maximum points with a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n

Adamawa United forced a 1-1 draw with visiting Kano Pillars courtesy of a late equaliser from Isa Garba. Pillars’ captain Rabiu Ali had initially gotten his side into an early lead on 14 minutes but the Sai Masu Gida <\/em>eventually saw it cancelled out by Garba’s late second-half effort.<\/p>\n

A Reuben Nicodemus brace helped Nasarawa United recover from an early setback and record a 2-1 home win over Wikki Tourist. 18-year-old Nicodemus scored his first on seven minutes but it was only an equaliser to quickly cancel Promise Damala’s 5th-minute opener for the visitors. The goal that eventually got the hosts the lead (and the win) was another well-taken strike from Nicodemus – this time, seven minutes into the second-half.<\/p>\n

Ifeanyi Ubah defeated Lobi Stars by the least of margins in Nnewi. Nonso Nzediegwu scored the only goal of the 1-0 win on 47 minutes.<\/p>\n

Jigawa Golden Stars also piped visiting Sunshine Stars by a lone goal – their own win courtesy of a Stone Onukwube strike 12 minutes from time.<\/p>\n

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The remaining four matches for the Gameweek 1 will be played on Monday and Tuesday as detailed in the image above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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