NPFL: Week 3 Preview. Enyimba Seeks First League Win, Taraba To Continue 100% Record

The previous match day produced two away wins in Ibadan and Uyo. Already 34 goals have been scored in 18 matches so far in this season's Glo Premier League. Interestingly FC Taraba and Rangers have accounted for the highest number of goals scored by any team in the top flight this term, being four goals each.

King Osanga Joins Enyimba

Former Golden Eaglet and Flying Eagles player, King Osanga, joins the Federation Cup holders, Enyimba International FC for the rest of the present Nigeria Professional Football season.

Nine NPFL Clubs Get Big Pay-Out From LMC

Guidelines for the implementation of fan engagement to grow attendance at Glo Premier League matches have been released by the League Management Company (LMC) even as clubs have began to receive their financial rewards instituted to inspire healthy competition and expand the fan base.

Chairman of the LMC, Mr. Shehu Dikko, while congratulating the nine clubs that have so far been rewarded through the initiative, also thanked fans, supporters and Club officials for the massive boost to the efforts of the LMC to drive followership of the league.

CAF Champions League: Enyimba 1-0 Smouha | Match Report

CAF Champions League

Result: Enyimba 1-0 Smouha

Date: 15 March 2015

Substitute Rafael Boumsong scored in the second half as Enyimba International recorded a slim 1-0 win against Smouha FC in a first leg CAF Champions League first round match in Aba on Sunday.

Enyimba To Boycott Akwa Utd Tie

Supersport.com can confirm that none of Enyimba's old players numbering about 20 will feature against Akwa United.

Enyimba are expected to host the Promise Keepers in Sunday’s match day 1 clash of the Glo Premier League season at the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba.

An influential player who pleaded anonymity said his teammates have decided to boycott the season’s first match to protest non-payment of their sign on fee as well as match bonuses.

“We, the old players are on strike, we stopped training on Wednesday to protest management refusal to pay us the remainder of last season sign on fee as well as 15 match bonuses.

“We’ve decided to stay away from the encounter against Akwa United on Sunday in Aba.

“We chose this path to awaken the management to their responsibility to the players, we reasoned that if we didn’t insist on no pay no play the management won’t take us serious and will continue to treat us as fools.

“I can assure you that all the old players are united on this course and have resolved to remain steadfast until we receive 100% payment.

“Management promised to pay off the indebtedness before the continental game against the Beninese side, Buffles du Borgou.

“We showed unusual understanding by playing the game without a dime thereafter nobody from the management has shown up with the outstanding entitlements.

“The new players are the ones training and are most likely to prosecute the match against Akwa United.

“Management does not owe the new ones so they don’t have any reason not to play the match.

“We wish them the very best in the encounter but we’re not going to play any part in game except the management makes a u-turn between now and match day to pay us off,” said the unnamed source to supersport.com.

Chairman of the club, Felix Anyansi-Agwu was not available for comment on the players position.

The Peoples Elephant have crucial Caf Champions League clash against the Egyptian side, Smouha Sporting Club in the weekend of March 13-15 while the reverse fixture holds in Alexandria, Egypt at the weekend of April 3-5.

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CAF Champions League Pre- Round Results, 1st Round Fixtures

CAF Champions League Preliminary-Round, Second-Leg Results at the weekend:

Zesco Utd (Zambia) 1-0 Mbabane Swallows (Swaziland)

Zesco win 2-1 on aggregate

Kaloum (Guinea) 1-1 Sewe Sport (Ivory Coast)

Kaloum win 3-2 on aggregate

Note: match moved from Guinea to Bamako, Mali because of Ebola epidemic

Foullah Edifice (Chad) 3-1 USM Alger (Algeria)

USM win 4-3 on aggregate

Etoile Filante (Burkina Faso) 0-0 Pikine (Senegal)

Pikine win 1-0 on aggregate

KMKM (Zanzibar) 1-0 Al-Hilal (Sudan)

Hilal win 2-1 on aggregate

Big Bullets (Malawi) 2-2 Fomboni Moheil (Comoros)

Bullets win 3-2 on aggregate

Sanga Balende (DR Congo) 2-0 Recreativo Libolo (Angola)

Balende win on away goals after 3-3 aggregate tie

Cosmos Bafia (Cameroon) 3-0 Kampala City Coucil (Uganda)

Bafia win 3-1 on aggregate

El-Merrikh (Sudan) 3-0 Azam (Tanzania)

Merrikh win 3-2 on aggregate

Kabuscorp (Angola) 1-0 Lydia Academic (Burundi)

Kabuscorp win 1-0 on aggregate

Semassi Sokode (Togo) 1-0 Ela Nguema (Equatorial Guinea)

Sokode win 2-1 on aggregate

St George (Ethiopia) 2-1 El-Eulma (Algeria)

Eulma win on away goals after 2-2 aggregate tie

Buffles Borgou (Benin Rep.) 0-1 Enyimba (Nigeria)

Enyimba win 4-0 on aggregate

Smouha (Egypt) 1-0 Al-Ahly Tripoli (Libya)

Smouha win 5-3 on penalties after 1-1 aggregate tie

CNaPS Sport (Madagascar) 3-2 Gor Mahia (Kenya)

Gor win on away goals after 3-3 aggregate tie

APR (Rwanda) 2-1 Liga Muculmana (Mozambique)

APR win 2-1 on aggregate

Moghreb Tetouan (Morocco) 3-0 CO Bamako (Mali)

Tetouan win 3-2 on aggregate

Kano Pillars (Nigeria) 3-0 Al-Malakia (South Sudan)

Pillars win 5-0 on aggregate

Township Rollers (Botswana) 0-1 Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa)

Chiefs win 3-1 on aggregate

Diables Noirs (Congo) 2-2 Raja Casablanca (Morocco)

Raja win 6-2 on aggregate

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) 3-0 St Michel Utd (Seychelles)

Sundowns win 4-1 on aggregate

Bantu (Lesotho) 0-1 Mangasport (Gabon)

Mangasport win 2-0 on aggregate

AS Garde Nationale (Niger Rep.) 1-1 Stade Malien (Mali)

Stade win on away goals after 1-1 aggregate tie

Barrack Young Controllers (Liberia) v Real Banjul (Gambia) (first leg: 1-1)

To Be Determined

First Round Fixtures:

Team 1		Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zesco Utd (Zambia)	Vs	Kaloum (Guinea)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
USM Alger (Algeria)	Vs	Pikine (Senegal)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
Al-Hilal (Sudan)	Vs	Big Bullets (Malawi)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
Coton Sport (Cameroon)	Vs	Sanga Balende (DR Congo)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
Cosmos Bafia (Cameroon)	Vs	Espérance de Tunis(Tunisia)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
El-Merrikh (Sudan)	Vs	Kabuscorp (Angola)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
Semassi Sokode (Togo)	Vs	CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)	13–15 Mar	3–5 Apr
El-Eulma (Algeria)	Vs	Asante Kotoko (Ghana)	13–15 Mar	3–5 Apr
Enyimba (Nigeria)	Vs	Smouha (Egypt)	13–15 Mar	3–5 Apr
Gor Mahia (Kenya)	Vs	AC Léopards (Congo)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
APR (Rwanda)	Vs	Al-Ahly (Egypt)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
Moghreb Tétouan (Morocco)	Vs	Kano Pillars (Nigeria)	13–15 Mar	3–5 Apr
ES Sétif (Algeria)	Vs	Barrack Young Controllers (Liberia)/Real Banjul (Gambia)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
Kaizer Chiefs (South   Africa)	Vs	Raja Casablanca (Morocco)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)	Vs	TP Mazembe (DR Congo)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr
AS Mangasport (Gabon)	Vs	Stade Malien (Mali)	13–15   Mar	3–5 Apr