…Insurance ready to host Remo on Saturday
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Match Day Six fixture involving Doma Utd and Bendel Insurance earlier scheduled for Thursday has been postponed.
The midweek match, originally scheduled to hold on Thursday, November 2, 2023 at the Pantami Stadium in Gombe State, will now hold on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at the same venue, according to the circular from the league management body to the two clubs and other concerned stakeholders.
The league management body on Monday evening announced the postponement of the match in a letter signed by the League’s Chief Operating Officer Davidson Owumi, conveying their decision for the shift in date to include logistics issues.
Bendel Insurance now turn their attention and strategies to Remo Stars in the Match Day Seven game, scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 4, 2023 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin. Kick off time is 4pm.
The Benin Arsenals currently occupy the 9th position with seven points on the NPFL table after playing four matches.
The FA Cup reigning champions started the domestic league on a bright note on return from CAF Confederations Cup preliminaries, beating Shooting Stars 2-0 and Plateau Utd 1-0 in Benin in the match day two and three respectively. Insurance suffered a 1-0 loss at Gombe Utd in the following week in the Match Day four encounter at the Pantami Stadium, Gombe, before their home Match Day five goaless draw with Akwa Utd in Benin, last weekend.
Insurance FC, no doubt are thirsty and itching for a return to winning ways as they take on Remo Stars on Saturday.
The Benin Arsenals and Remo Stars met thrice last season with the former having upper hand. Insurance FC defeated the Ikenne football outfit 3-0 in their first meeting in Benin and pulled a 1-1 draw in Ikenne in the revised fixture, only for the Daniel Ogunmodede managed Skyblue Boys to pay Insurance back with a 1-0 victory at the season ending Super Six in Lagos.
