The match day 10 of the Nigeria Premier League will commence on Saturday with an oriental derby involving Heartland FC and Enyimba International.
The Naze Millionaire made a significant change to their technical crew during the week with the appointment of Kennedy Boboye as the replacement of Christian Obi who left the club.
Boboye has quickly called on the fans of the club not to give up and instead troop out to support the team.
Enyimba International on their part will be looking to get a good result at the Dan Anyiam stadium and the confidence in the camp is already high due to the back to back victories over Lobi Stars and Bendel Insurance.
The People’s Elephant will be relying on the new found form of Joseph Atule and Chijioke Mbaoma to steer the club to victory.
Also on Saturday another top cracker will take place at the Remo Stars stadium in Ikenne with the host facing another tricky game against Doma United.
The Sky Blue Boys has been on top of their game lately securing mouth watering results but suffered a 3-2 defeat to Akwa United last weekend in Uyo
Striker Sikiru Alimi who 8 goals in the league presently will be expected to shoulder the goal scoring responsibility of the club once again and Adams Olamilekan and Nduka Junior will be expected to play key role in the game.
Doma United who continue to impress since the start of the season will rely on their goalkeeper Osayi Kingdom to get them something from the game, the team is currently on a five-game unbeaten run in the league.
Struggling Niger Tornadoes players will have no choice than to respond to the yearning of the club chairman Engr Ibrahim Dada and club fans when they host Akwa United.
The chairman of the club during the week reads a riots act to players urging them to up their game and they eye a win against a resurgence Akwa United in Kaduna.
After having a tough start, the Promise Keepers seems to be getting into the action and the 3 goals scored against Remo Stars last weekend says a lot about their readiness for this tie.
Fatai Osho will be hoping that his players can capitalise on the poor scoring form of the host to nick a win.
One of the toughest games of the week will be between 2nd placed Lobi Stars and 4th placed Shooting Stars.
The Pride of Markurdi has become a big story since the start of the season and it took the champion Enyimba an extra efforts to edge them last weekend.
They will be hoping to bounce back when they face the Oluyole Warriors on Sunday, the Ibadan based team has been a tremendous side also this season winning all their home game and the away result has also been decent too.
Shooting stars will have the grace of welcoming back their suspended skipper Taofeek Malomo for this game after he missed the Kano Pillars game at home.
The Gbenga Ogunbote side must work on their concentration especially on the defence if they want to get a positive result against Lobi Stars.
After get a valuable away point against Bayelsa United in Yenogoa in the match day 9, Sunshine Stars will aim to consolidate on the result when they host Sporting Lagos at the Akure Township Stadium on Sunday.
The Akure Gunners has shown to be a side to be reckoned with since the start of the season with unexpected results especially away from home.
But they must be on top of their game to stop former league top scorer Junior Lokosa and Jonathan Alukwu has shoulder the responsibilities of getting the needed goals for the Lagos based club.
Abia Warriors suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Rivers United in the match day 9 but will have to more to get good result against Rangers International this weekend.
The Flying Antelope recorded a surprising goalless draw against Katsina United at home but the team coach Fidelis Illechukwu is eyeing a win against Abia Warriors to make a statement.
The former champions has been boosted by the return of their 3 players who has been out of action in the past few weeks.
Nasiru Anwalu who has been the most missed is back with the team and he should be to influence the game in their favour.
Bendel Insurance will hope to return to the winning ways away from home with a game against Kano Pillars at the Sani Abacha stadium.
The Benin Arsenal has failed to win in the last 2 games against Kwara United and Enyimba.
But the Monday Odigie tutoured side will have their hands full against a Pillars side that also suffered a 1-0 defeat to Shooting Stars last weekend.
Abdul Maikaba blamed his side defeat to the Oluyole Warriors on lack of confidence but the result is expected to be different this time.
Gombe United bounced back to the winning ways last week with a 1-0 win against Tornadoes and will face Kwara United this weekend with the right mentality.
The 2-2 draw recorded against Insurance last week will serve as motivating factor for the host when they meet Gombe United at the Ilorin Township Stadium.
Alao Mohammed who has been consistent in scoring for the Afonja Wariors will also be banked upon for the clash.
Bayelsa United and Katsina United will clash in the game of equal strength.
Despite having the league top Robert Mirzo, Beyelsa United has failed to make it count with not too impressive performance being recorded home and away.
Katsina United will target a positive result in this game to move up on the table after securing valuable away point against Rangers last weekend.
Full Fixtures
Heartland v Enyimba
Remo Stars v Doma United
Lobi Stars v Shooting Stars
Sunshine Stars v Sporting Lagos
Abia Warriors v Rangers
Kano Pillars v Bendel Insurance
Kwara United v Gombe United
Katsina United v Bayelsa United
Niger Tornadoes v Akwa United.
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