The Match Day 28 fixture saw the visiting Ilorin-based side keep the hosts on the back foot in the opening minutes.
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The News Agency of Nigeria is reporting that the match was played at the Kwara State Stadium Complex in Ilorin.
The Week 16 match, played at the Sani Abacha Stadium Kofar-Mata, Kano, was watched by a large number of spectators.
Two second half goals from Sunshine Stars FC of Akure exposed Kwara United Football Club of Ilorin’s defence during a friendly match at the Kwara Stadium Complex on Wednesday.
The Kwara United Football Club has commiserated with the family of late Coach Ganiyu Mustapha on the demise of the former football star who died early on Monday.
The game was a Group A Match Day 16 fixture in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League played at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure.
This was in their Match Day 15 fixture on Monday at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo.
The victory came after securing a 1-0 win over hosts Kwara United of Ilorin in their Group A Match Day 12 game.
Kwara United had been forced to find an alternative home ground after the Nigeria Professional Football League organisers did not find their Kwara State Sports Complex venue in Ilorin suitable.
General Manager, Bashir Badawiy, who disclosed this on Thursday, said they were expected to return on March 2.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that each of the 20 clubs in the league received N10 million as a form of support.
All three clubs came from behind to win their matches, with Confederation Cup contenders Kwara United trouncing Cup holders RS Berkane of Morocco 3-1 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos. Plateau United and Rivers United, in the CAF Champions League, edged Esperance of Tunisia and Cup holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco 2-1 in Abuja and Port Harcourt respectively.
It defeated AS Douanes of Niger Republic 3-0 in Nigeria and played out a goalless draw in Niamey on Sunday.
The General Manager of the Club, Bashir Badawiy, said this on Friday when he spoke on the match scheduled for Sunday.
The Governor was speaking in Ilorin, the state capital, at an event to honour him with an award as a “Pragmatic Leader with vision and mission for Sports Development in Kwara State”.
It is the last home game of Kwara United in the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League against MFM FC of Lagos.
This development was disclosed in a statement by the club’s Media Department in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday.
The order was contained in a letter signed by its Chief Operating Officer of the LMC, Salihu Abubakar, on Tuesday.
The Chairman of the club, Kumbi Titiloye, confirmed the development to sports correspondents on Saturday in Ilorin.
With Wednesday’s victory in the match played at the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin, Kwara United have now moved from the seventh to the fourth position on the NPFL’s log.