Globacom Premier League Update: Seven-goal thriller in Ilorin

UNDER a closed-door, only a handful of people made up of  journalists, football officials as well as medics could witness the seven-goal thriller today (Wednesday) at the Kwara State Stadium, Ilorin as Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC mauled Nembe City of Bayelsa 6-1 in a Globacom Premier League Week 37 game.
It turned out to be a Sallah gift to their darling teeming fans compelled to remain at their various homes to monitor the result via available means especially through social media following the ruling of the league authorities.
AbduRahman Bashir and Kadiri Aminu scored two goals each with Zenke Thomas and Ibrahim
Abdullahi completing the routing of the Nembe lads who got a consolatory goal through Frank Egharevba in the 80th minute.
Team Manager of ABS, Alloy Chukwuemeka expressed hope that his team will maintain its tradition through Sunday's last match of the season against Warri Wolves in Warri.
"The race is not yet over and we are hoping that our players will reenact this form in Warri that will enable us to come out with the result that we need to remain in the premier league next season. Everybody in the team is very hopeful and today's result is a morale booster for us," ACC as he is fondly called by his admirers said.
A five-star performance by Sunshine Stars ended the title race of Enyimba FC as they left Akure Stadium with a 0-2 defeat. Auta Philip scored through a spot-kick before half time while a glancing header by Ebenezer Odunlami's in the 80th minute off a free-kick ensured the People's Elephant left Akure empty-handed on the day they needed an away victory badly.
Gambo Muhammad's first half goal gave Kano Pillars a one nil victory over Dolphins at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja to brighten their chances of retaining the title they won last season having garnered 63 points with a game left against relegation-haunted Lobi Stars.
Bayelsa United rallied to a 2-1 win over Kwara United to remain second on the log with 61 points.
Samuel Akinbinu scored twice in the 16th and 21st minute for Shooting Stars Sports Club to help the team secure a 2-0 win over Warri Wolves at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan but the effort was not good enough to move the position of the Oluyole warlords from the last on the log.
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Globacom Premier League table, matches played and points

1 Kano Pillars         37   63

2 Bayelsa United    37   61

3 El-Kanemi        37   60

4 Enyimba            37   59

5 Rangers             37   55

6 Sharks              37   53

7 Warri Wolves     37   52

8 Heartland        37   52

9 Sunshine Stars   37   52

10 Gombe United    37   52

11 Dolphins        37   50

12 Akwa United     37   50

13 ABS             37   50

14 Kaduna United   37   50

15 Kwara United    37   49

16 Nasarawa Utd    37   49

17 Lobi Stars      37   49

18 Nembe City      37   49

19 Wikki Tourists  37   49

20 Shooting Stars  37   46
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Globacom Premier League Week 37 results:

Heartland        2         Rangers               1
Sharks            3         Nasarawa Utd     1
Sunshine         2         Enyimba               0
ABS              6          Nembe City        1
3SC               2         Warri Wolves       0
Akwa Utd      3         Kaduna Utd        2
Bayelsa Utd    2        Kwara Utd          1
Wikki            1         Gombe Utd         0
Kano Pillars   1        Dolphins              0
El-Kanemi    1         Lobi Stars            0
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Week 38 fixtures, October 20

Nasarawa Utd     vs Heartland
Enyimba          vs Sharks
Nembe City       vs Sunshine Stars
Warri Wolves     vs ABS
Kaduna Utd       vs 3SC
Kwara Utd        vs Akwa United
Gombe Utd        vs Bayelsa Utd
Dolphins         vs Wikki Tourists
Lobi Stars       vs Kano Pillars
Rangers          vs El-Kanemi Warriors
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Caption: AbduRahman Bashir of ABS, who got a brace against Nembe City.