{"id":3657,"date":"2023-10-01T05:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T04:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/01\/three-observations-from-npfl-opening-day-games\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T05:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T04:49:11","slug":"three-observations-from-npfl-opening-day-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/01\/three-observations-from-npfl-opening-day-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Three observations from NPFL opening day games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 2023\/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League \u2013 NPFL season kicked off on Saturday, September 30, 2023. Here are three observations from the opening day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GOAL RAIN\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twenty-one goals were scored in seven matches on the 2023\/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League season opening day.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that all twenty-one goals came from open play (zero penalty) , with the Bayelsa United FC vs Akwa United FC match producing the highest number of goals (8).<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST HAT-TRICK ON THE OPENING DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bayelsa United FC striker Robert Mizo scored a hat-trick to help Bayelsa United FC defeat Akwa United FC 5-3 at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenegoa on Saturday, September 30.<\/p>\n<p>A statement of his intention to gun for the NPFL top-scorer award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TV FRIENDLY MATCH VENUES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The opening day matches were streamed live. Whether, it is the effects from camera used or a sign that NPFL clubs have worked on their playing turf, truth is , fans really enjoyed TV Friendly match venues.<\/p>\n<p>A particular example is the Umuahia Township Stadium, which played host to the Abia Warriors vs Niger Tornadoes game, the environment was clean unlike past years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shooting stars 2-1 Plateau Utd<br \/>Bayelsa United 5-3 Akwa Utd<br \/>Abia warriors 1-0 Niger Tornadoes<br \/>Heartland FC 2-2 Lobi Stars<br \/>Sunshine stars 1-0 Kano Pillars<br \/>Enugu Rangers 2-1 Doma united<br \/>Katsina Utd 1-0 Kwara Utd<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT<\/strong>: There are three more games to conclude matchday one. Sporting Lagos vs Gombe United FC plus the games involving CAF Confederation Cup campaigners, Rivers United FC and Bendel Insurance FC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsration.com\/three-observations-from-npfl-opening-day-games\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023\/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League \u2013 NPFL season kicked off on Saturday, September 30, 2023. Here are three observations from the opening day. GOAL RAIN\u00a0 Twenty-one goals were scored in seven matches on the 2023\/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League season opening day. It is noteworthy that all twenty-one goals came from open play (zero [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}