MATCH PREVIEW
REMO STARS vs SHOOTING STARS – SOUTHWEST BRAGGING RIGHTS ON THE LINE
Ayo Hameed
We’re back on the road again as our NPFL 2025/2026 journey continues, this time, na straight trip to Ikenne to face the Sky Blue Stars. If you like treck, if you like join bus, if e hard for you, watch online, sha don’t miss this game.
Southwest derby? Say no more. This one no dey ever get small tension.
Remo Stars Current Situation
Remo Stars, last season’s champions, don find themselves for one kind tight corner this year. From lifting the trophy to battling around 17th position with 37 points, football no get memory, na current form dey talk. I get am before na him make Ikorodu deh banter shooting stars, ni thanks to their former director now at the helms of the biggest football club in the country, 3SC. Their early-season wahala, including that period wey dem no even play for their home ground, really scatter their rhythm. Wetin concern Ibadan man weh deh find continental ticket with their wahala if not wishing this game is played at Abeokuta, neural surface.
But make we no deceive ourselves, this kind team fit be dangerous when their back is against the wall, they don too suffer sha.
And yes… make we talk am as e be, we never score goal for Remo Stars Stadium.
Ikenne no too friendly to us like that. But every record na meant to be broken… abi no be so?
REMO STARS UPDATE
Remo dey fight for survival, simple. That one point wey dem carry from Maiduguri, playing with 10 men from the 65th minute, e go ginger them well well coming into this game.
New coach, Usman Shariff Abdallah, don already start to steady their ship. Experience dey show. Midfield don get new life with Haruna Hadi dictating tempo, while Victor Mbaoma don rediscover him scoring boots again.
Defensively, their young blood Ahmed Akinyele plus Fabian Nworie partnership dey try hold things down.
No be the same struggling Remo wey we see few weeks ago, this one go come with fight, but we gather deh.
OMO WEYREY CHECK-IN
Now to our own, Shooting Stars, the real pride of the Southwest. Oga pata pata for dem all
5th on the table, 50 points after 32 games. Just 2 points off top 3, continental football dey call us, and we dey hear the sound loud and clear.
Last weekend, we shock table toppers Enugu Rangers with a solid 3-1 win. Goals from Sodiq Ibrahim, Desmond Ojietefian, and Adams Mustapha Agbaa, statement made, Oja S’ope.
But make we talk truth, everything no balanced yet, e never fall for straight line. DJ play me “On a straight line”
We never keep clean sheet in our last 10 matches. That one no be small concern. Our defence and midfield coordination still dey shaky, and na why we be the only team for top 7 wey get zero goal difference.
Still, attack no be our problem.
Sodiq Ibrahim dey hot, 9 goals and counting, scoring in last 5 home games.
Ayobami Junior? No argument, 11 assists, best playmaker in the league right now.
With Coach Nurudeen Aweroro system, chances dey come steady
Midfield trio of Ayobami Jr, Stephen Amos, and Tijani Kabiru expected to control things, while Lucky Gyang go operate from the right and Ismail Ayodele continue him fine form from the left.
Wariiiiiiiz Wariiiiiizi signing out, see you on Sunday
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