NPFL Match Day 15 Results

NPFL: Rangers return to summit, + Week 15 results
Bowale Odutola
Rangers International of Enugu are back on top of the Nigeria league despite dropping their first points at home this season on the back of a 1-1 draw with shooting Stars on Sunday.
Rangers now have 28 points from 15 matches, a point ahead of second-placed Kano Pillars with Abia Warriors a close third.
Chisom Egbuchulam put Rangers ahead from the penalty spot after 80 minutes after he was upended inside the box.
However, Tope Orelope, who came close to signing for Rangers in the close season, drew Shooting Stars level in stoppage time also from the penalty spot after Matthew Etim handled the ball inside his own box.
In other matches, Plateau United were held to a goalless draw by Sunshine Stars and Lobi Stars pipped MFM FC 1-0 at home.
Bernard Ovoke’s second half strike condemned Warri Wolves to their first home defeat of the season as Rivers United claimed the spoils in a tightly-fought NPFL contest tie.
Sunday’s win for United – the only away win in the NPFL on match day 15 – sees them climb one place to fifth on the log with 25 points from 15 games.
Wolves dropped three places as a result of the reverse and are now in 12th place with 19 points from 14 matches.

Heartland 2-1 El-Kanemi
Plateau Utd 0-0 Sunshine
Rangers 1-1 Shooting Stars
Wolves 0-1 Rivers Utd
Wikki 2-1 Nasarawa Utd
Akwa Utd 2-0 Ifeanyiubah
Lobi 1-0 MFM FC
Enyimba 2-1 Tornadoes
Pillars 2-1 Ikorodu Utd
Abia Warriors 1-0 Giwa FC.