Plateau Utd return to winning ways. See other NPFL matchday 8 results

Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) leaders, Plateau United returned to winnings ways on Sunday having had their unbeaten run ended last week.

The Abdu Makaiba’s men were ruthless as they picked up another big win in a 5-1 thrashing of FC Ifeanyi Ubah (FCIU) at the New Jos Stadium.

Abba Umar, Silas Nenrot, Mustapha Ibrahim, Bernard Ovoke and Tosin Omoyele were all on target for the hosts in the game with Ekene Awazie scoring the consolation for FC Ifeanyi Ubah.

Heartland, who ended Plateau’s unbeaten run last week, also recorded a 1-0 away win against Kwara United at the Ilorin Sports Stadium.

Read Also: Plateau Utd’s unbeaten run ended by Heartland. See other NPFL matchday 7 results

Elsewhere, Sunshine Stars recorded their first away win of the NPFL season , thrashing their hosts Adamawa United 3-0.

In Port Harcourt, Rivers United bounced back from Wednesday’s away loss to Enyimba by edging out hard-fighting Katsina United 2-0.

NPFL MATCHDAY-8 RESULTS

Kwara Utd 0-1 Heartland
Plateau Utd 5-1 FC Ifeanyiubah
Rivers Utd 2-0 Katsina Utd
Adamawa Utd 0-3 Sunshine Stars
MFM 3-0 Akwa Utd
Wikki 1-1 Rangers
Jigawa GS 2-1 Wolves
Lobi 1-0 Abia Warriors
Dakkada 2-1 Enyimba

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