Rivers United of Port-Harcourt on Sunday extended their lead on the table of Nigeria Premier Football League NPFL with 37 points, after edging past Enugu Rangers by a lone-goal at the end of first round of matches in the top flight league
Enugu Rangers now dropped to the sixth position with 29 points after their narrow loss to the pride of Rivers who were playing at home in the week 19 match
Abia Warriors of Umuahia moved to the second position with 33 points, after an impressive lone-goal win away from home against Plateau United of Jos who are battling to survive relegation in the 19th position with 19 points
In Lagos, Ikorodu City are currently in the third position with 32 points after their narrow one-nil win against visiting Remo Stars of Ikenne-Remo
The result further worsened the woes of the defending champions, who dropped further to the 16th position on the table with 22 points, the worst ever for the Skye-Blue Stars who were very impressive in the three previous seasons , finishing among top three teams in the league
Nasarawa United of Lafia dropped from the second spot to fourth position with 32 points after losing to home side , Kano Pillars who are still struggling to survive relegation in the 18th position with 19 points, even after their 3-0 impressive victory against the visitors
Niger Tornadoes of Minna are currently placed in the fifth position with 29 points after their 2-0 win against Barau Football club from Kano who are in the 17th position with 21 points
Shooting Stars of Ibadan are placed in the seventh position with 29 points after their loss to former champions, Enyimba International of Aba who thrashed the visiting Oluyole Warriors 3-0 to occupy eight position with 26 points
Bendel Insurance of Benin-city maintained their steady progress on the table in the ninth position with 26 points after another impressive 2-0 victory against Kwara United who are placed in 12th position with 24 points
Katsina United are in the middle of the table in tenth position with 26 points after a lone-goal win away from home against debutants, Kun Khalifat Football club who are still languishing at the bottom of the table with 18 points
Similarly, El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri are next in the 11th position with 25 points, after recording lone-goal win on the road against home side, Bayelsa United of Yenegoa who currently occupy 15th position with 23 points
Warri Wolves are placed 13th on the table with 24 points after settling for a two-all draw with visiting Wikki Tourists of Bauchi who are closely following behind in the 14th position with 23 points at the end of the first stanza of the top flight league in the country
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