Nigeria Premier Football League/Players Discussion Thread: 2026/27

[Xackie]

This is a 2-1 win for Enyimba base on their home advantage even though their current form is poor. Warri wolves have lost 3 out 4 of their away games and with 1 draw, so in short they have a bad away run.  Moreover both team have poor defence which why I expect GG. I really want Enyimba to relegate this season , so that their boards will blamed for their mismanagement.  Every last good thing about this club has disappeared, they are barely surviving till they collapse.  A club with great history, who should be dominating the league has fallen   it would be helpful if a billionaire could purchase the club and revive them back .

I want to ask if home advantage is a criteria for a win in this league? i wonder why you mentioned that Eyimba won based on their home advantage, weren't they deserving of the win? was there some fowl play? or are there some other reasons for which you have said this, i am asking honestly out of curiosity, i didn't watch the game though, so you could help me out.

As it concerns purchasing the team by a billionaire, they will have to look like a team that has some potential for profit for a billionaire to find the team worthy of spending his money on, no Billionaire will want to just throw their money if it isn't promising them some good return, so in as much as that will be a solution, they may actually need to earn it.

Reason why I wrote that was because I noticed that all  Enyimba wins this season happened in their home ground. While the matches they played away has been disgraceful with many loss and draw.    That was why I predicted Enyimba to win 2-1 ,but the result came out different.  The club form is very poor.  I understand that someone can't just buy a Nigerian club and expect to see profit. But its worth trying, I mean look what Kunle Soname did with Remo stars. The club have one the best sporting facilities and structures in the Npfl. They won the league titles and played in the Champions league.  But the selling of their players relegated them. I still believe Enyimba have alot of potential , it just need the right management and funding.  I am a shooting star fan by the way but I want us to have a big club that dominate the league, so that other clubs that learn from their success and represent us in the continental football.

[Davidvictorson]

I still believe Enyimba have alot of potential , it just need the right management and funding. 

You have said it all.
Look at the Saudi clubs. See have they picked up. Mostly because of funding.
We don’t even need an individual to buy the club per se, the Nigerian government can actually fun the league and the clubs, there are investors and partners that will come in. No nobody wants to invest in a business where there will not be a good return on investment and that starts first by seeing some commitment from the government.

[Jerrycrypto2024]

I still believe Enyimba have alot of potential , it just need the right management and funding. 

You have said it all.
Look at the Saudi clubs. See have they picked up. Mostly because of funding.
We don’t even need an individual to buy the club per se, the Nigerian government can actually fun the league and the clubs, there are investors and partners that will come in. No nobody wants to invest in a business where there will not be a good return on investment and that starts first by seeing some commitment from the government.

I will agree with you the major course of not striving where the interest of the investor have not be seen is the nature of ground prepared by our government and it's management towards this league, if government needs both internal and external investor they will build the league where it will cut attention of many across all sphere, our local stations are to feature any of these matches going on avert video of past and some presents move around the net make them feature them in some of the gambling sites where those that bet can stake this will bring in investor with speed 'Dabidvictorsom' no doubt that all you said is correct no body will invest on what you have not seen the value that your money be be regained and profit will be made is only when ground exist in our local league that such investor will come in.

[Mate2237]

Some persons are very funny with the way they create fliers because this particular match didn't worth creating this kind of flier for because it wasn't as if Ikorodu City  was on a good position on the table to assume they would have good squad to beat Niger Tornadoes very easily but on the contrary I wasn't even sure they could win them at the beginning because it was 3 points Ikorodu City had against them and that's is not something to see as a big deal but however Niger Tornadoes was indeed very lucky because this three points has reduce a lot of there major problems currently while they wait for the next clashing with Abia Warriors.

The filler might seem unnecessary but it makes find the post more captivating, whether the match wasn't worth it or not it made it gain some attention. I had some reasons to doubt that game ending up in the favor of ikorodu. Most of these teams that are on a low point in their league there is always a chance that the team that you don't expect would be the one to end up winning,

[Marykeller]

I still believe Enyimba have alot of potential , it just need the right management and funding. 

You have said it all.
Look at the Saudi clubs. See have they picked up. Mostly because of funding.
We don’t even need an individual to buy the club per se, the Nigerian government can actually fun the league and the clubs, there are investors and partners that will come in. No nobody wants to invest in a business where there will not be a good return on investment and that starts first by seeing some commitment from the government.

Unfortunately, our government's interest in sports is zero. They have hardly thought of our local league as something they will fund to attract investors. They leave everything to the state government to take care of and cater for clubs in their states, not the responsibility of the FG, because they have crucial things to handle like insecurity, and how they can be reelected to continue their duping of countries funds.

[Justbillywitt]

You have said it all.
Look at the Saudi clubs. See have they picked up. Mostly because of funding.
We don’t even need an individual to buy the club per se, the Nigerian government can actually fun the league and the clubs, there are investors and partners that will come in. No nobody wants to invest in a business where there will not be a good return on investment and that starts first by seeing some commitment from the government.

Unfortunately, our government's interest in sports is zero. They have hardly thought of our local league as something they will fund to attract investors. They leave everything to the state government to take care of and cater for clubs in their states, not the responsibility of the FG, because they have crucial things to handle like insecurity, and how they can be reelected to continue their duping of countries funds.

When you have a clueless government, everything suffers. Although I believe with time we might get to the level where the government at the center will look into football development at all level in the country. Just one reform is enough to put things back in order. Saudi Arabia league wasn’t like this 20 years ago. But today look at where they are now. Everything is a gradual process, I don’t know when it will happen, but some how I believe that a time will come when attention of the central government will turn to football and our league will develop more than it is now.

[Mate2237]

The game between kastina and plateau ended up in a draw, this is quite unbelievable because plateau are second on the league table and they are in a better form. Kastina in the hand are occupying a lower position on the league table. This is the reason why it's said that football can be very unpredictable, the unexpected always happens a lot of times. For those that placed a bet on this match did you pick plateau to win? One thing that surprised me about this game is the number of goals that was scored, I didn't expect that at all.

[Mate2237]

In a few minutes from now the game between nasarawa vs Enyimba would kick off, this is an interesting match up even though there are lots of matches to choose from, I decided to fix my attention on the this particular game. Enyimba are currently struggling and in a poor form compared to nasarawa and the two matches they have played previously ended up in a draw. My prediction for this game is for both teams to score, another good option is for Enyimba to score. The outcome might be in favour of any team to win but the game won't end up as a draw.

[Salahmu]

In a few minutes from now the game between nasarawa vs Enyimba would kick off, this is an interesting match up even though there are lots of matches to choose from, I decided to fix my attention on the this particular game. Enyimba are currently struggling and in a poor form compared to nasarawa and the two matches they have played previously ended up in a draw. My prediction for this game is for both teams to score, another good option is for Enyimba to score. The outcome might be in favour of any team to win but the game won't end up as a draw.

Yeah including me I also decided to watch and see if the club is beginning to improve but unfortunately they are still far from that, they haven't scored any goal while Nasarawa United is wining with 1 goal, before we were worried about Eyimba going to relegation but I think we could call it an official relegation to them because there is know way for them this time. Meanwhile there has been a lot of draws this days on the league, yesterday match was a draw and with majority of the scores I'm seeing in today's match is also definitely going to be more than wining because five matches is about to draw out of seven matches today.

[Fiatless]

In a few minutes from now the game between nasarawa vs Enyimba would kick off, this is an interesting match up even though there are lots of matches to choose from, I decided to fix my attention on the this particular game. Enyimba are currently struggling and in a poor form compared to nasarawa and the two matches they have played previously ended up in a draw. My prediction for this game is for both teams to score, another good option is for Enyimba to score. The outcome might be in favour of any team to win but the game won't end up as a draw.

Enyimba FC have lost the game to Nasarawa FC. With the appointment of Kanu Nwankwo as the Chairman of the club, I thought the great Enyimba would have been rejuvenated. This has not happened; instead, the club's performances are regressing. The club is currently sitting in the 19th position after ten games. They have lost six games, won two, and also drawn two. The Aba-based club has won two African Champions Leagues and has dominated the local league for several seasons.  Hoping they will return to winning ways.

[Mate2237]

Enyimba FC have lost the game to Nasarawa FC. With the appointment of Kanu Nwankwo as the Chairman of the club, I thought the great Enyimba would have been rejuvenated. This has not happened; instead, the club's performances are regressing. The club is currently sitting in the 19th position after ten games. They have lost six games, won two, and also drawn two. The Aba-based club has won two African Champions Leagues and has dominated the local league for several seasons.  Hoping they will return to winning ways.

It is quite disappointing that they couldn't even score a single goal, my prediction was for them to score at least one goal and that felt like the safest option to bet on but in betting there are really no safe options. With kanu as the chairman of the the club there are supposed to be significant changes since he was a star player, with that experience he has he should be able to fix somethings in the club.


Nasarawa got their three points yesterday, with their win against Enyimba they have had five wins, 2 draws and three losses, that's a fair performance and that's a lot better than enyimba's current performance. It is possible for them to get better if the structure of the club changes.

[Accardo]

When you have a clueless government, everything suffers. Although I believe with time we might get to the level where the government at the center will look into football development at all level in the country. Just one reform is enough to put things back in order. Saudi Arabia league wasn’t like this 20 years ago. But today look at where they are now. Everything is a gradual process, I don’t know when it will happen, but some how I believe that a time will come when attention of the central government will turn to football and our league will develop more than it is now.

The league will grow if only individuals are allowed to own these clubs, the government can't foot the bills of running a club, as it's not their central interest in running a state. I still don't understand why some governors can't employ the hands of a well established business man to buy and take control of clubs like Enyimba, Rangers, Rivers united etc. This will sprout out a bigger interest in the signing of new players, and replenish the lost interests of fans in watching our local leagues.

[Marvelockg]

When you have a clueless government, everything suffers. Although I believe with time we might get to the level where the government at the center will look into football development at all level in the country. Just one reform is enough to put things back in order. Saudi Arabia league wasn’t like this 20 years ago. But today look at where they are now. Everything is a gradual process, I don’t know when it will happen, but some how I believe that a time will come when attention of the central government will turn to football and our league will develop more than it is now.

The league will grow if only individuals are allowed to own these clubs, the government can't foot the bills of running a club, as it's not their central interest in running a state. I still don't understand why some governors can't employ the hands of a well established business man to buy and take control of clubs like Enyimba, Rangers, Rivers united etc. This will sprout out a bigger interest in the signing of new players, and replenish the lost interests of fans in watching our local leagues.

if there are little investment into our sporting system either from the government or private individuals, things will become far better than it currently is now. the saudi league had one advantage and that is money, they used the money to attract quality players into the league and with quality players in the league, more players were ready to join them. but before that happened, they had the right stricture on ground.

we lack good stadium, we lack proper collaboration with the fans and that is why we don't see people putting on the NPFL  jersey and if clubs can not sell these jersey, how do they generate revenue? our clubs are mostly empty even though it is a state owned club that citizens of the state can relate with. we generally have a long way to go.

[Accardo]

if there are little investment into our sporting system either from the government or private individuals, things will become far better than it currently is now. the saudi league had one advantage and that is money, they used the money to attract quality players into the league and with quality players in the league, more players were ready to join them. but before that happened, they had the right stricture on ground.

We both know anything left under the guide and control of the Nigerian Government is doomed to fail, citizens and private individuals are the reason for the international exposure Nigerian gain in sports, arts, and business. International private investors are drawn to Nigerian but none is funneled to the improvement of the local league or even the national team. Why? the investors come alongside with their business associates who are not linked to anything sports related. The truth in it, government officials would rather siphon the total revenues generated through these clubs, than watch it gain international recognition in CAF games.