Fixtures involving the three Nigeria
Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs with continental engagements have
been rescheduled to accommodate the return leg of the second round of the two
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Club competitions which takes place
this weekend. The fixtures didn’t follow the two weeks return leg format and
are holding just a week after the first legs played last weekend.
Salihu Abubakar, the League
Management Company (LMC) Chief Operating Officer announced the adjustments in a
communication to the clubs and explained that it has further adjusted the
already rescheduled midweek fixtures already billed for Wednesday, March 16 .
According to Abubakar, “these
changes would not affect the end of season dates because we have made the
adjustments utilizing dates that were in the first place deliberately kept free
as a fall back for unforeseen situations such as these. Most of the fixtures
will hold during the midseason break and thus will not alter our calendar as
such”.
Nasarawa United, Enyimba
International were to have played outstanding fixtures from Match Day 2 on
Wednesday, March 16 but both teams are billed to travel out late Tuesday for
their continental dates, hence the matches are now to hold on March 30. It
therefore means that the Match Day 2 fixtures: Enyimba vs Shooting Stars, FC
IfeanyiUbah vs Shooting Stars and Wikki Tourists vs Warri Wolves will hold on
March 30.
However, the Match Day 8 fixtures
involving the clubs and which were to hold midweek of Wednesday, March 23 has
been shifted by one day to March 24 to allow the clubs travel time after their
return from continental engagements. These fixtures are: Nasarawa United vs
Ikorodu United, Akwa United vs Warri Wolves and Enyimba vs Plateau United. The
adjustment confirmed that the midseason break will hold from May 23 to June 4.
Below is the complete list of the
rescheduled fixtures.
Thursday, March 24
MD 8; Nasarawa vs Ikorodu
Akwa Utd vs Warri Wolves
Enyimba vs Plateau Utd
Wednesday, March 30
MD 2; Enyimba vs 3SC
FCIfeanyiUbah vs Nasarawa
MD 6; Wikki Tourists vs Warri Wolves
Wednesday, April 27
MD 3; Sunshine Stars vs Enyimba
Nasarawa United vs Giwa
MD 7; Warri Wolves vs Abia Warriors
Wednesday, May 4
MD 6; Enyimba vs Heartland)
Nasarawa United vs Shooting Stars
Wednesday, May 11
MD 7; Kano Pillars vs Enyimba
Sunshine Stars vs Nasarawa United
Wednesday, May 25
MD 10; Enyimba vs Warri Wolves
Nasarawa vs Heartland
Wednesday, May 29
MD 12; Enyimba vs Abia Warriors
FCIfeanyiUbah vs Warri Wolves
Nasarawa vs Plateau United
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