Sunshine stars of Akure continued their fine form in the Nigeria Premier League as they defeated their opponents Warri Wolves 3-1 at the Ijebu Ode Township stadium on Wednesday to remain top on the log with 16 points.
The match, which was one of the week eight fixtures played across the country, gave the Akure-based team its fifth victory of the season.
A free kick by Olurundare Dele was headed in by Ajani Ibrahim to give Sunshine the lead in the 5th minute. At the end of the first half, they were three goals up.
Warri Wolves got a consolidatory goal in 90th minute when Tochukwu converted a penalty. Earlier in the week Sunshine Stars duo of striker Akombo Ukeyima and coach Gbenga Ogunbote claimed the first of the NPL monthly awards.
Akombo was voted Player of the Month for November, while Ogunbote claimed the award for Coach of the Month.
The Sunshine hegemony was broken in the Goalkeeper of the Month category, where Warri Wolves Chigozie Agbim ensured that Henry Ayodele would not make it a clean sweep for the Akure team.
Sunshine made a barnstorming start to first month of the new campaign, winning three out of four games to leap to the top of the standings.
They were unlucky to give up two late goals in a 1-2 reverse to 3SC at Ibadan, but then bounced back to claim wins over Enyimba at home, Plateau on the road and then Rangers at home.
Ukeyima’s goals were instrumental to those successes and saw him picked ahead of Heartland’s Osas Okoro and Warri Wolves’ Ehiosu Ekigho.
His boss Ogunbote, beat Dolphins’ Stanley Eguma and Wolves’ Paul Aigbogun.
Warri Wolves went unbeaten in November, and a pivotal part of that was down to great goalkeeping by Chigozie Agbim.
Dolphins Sunday Rotimi came a close second in the glove race.
Source:234next.com
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