Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan won their third consecutive game with a 4-0 victory over Heartland Football Club in a matchday 10 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game played at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan.
Thousands of fans watched the encounter as 3SC claimed a maximum of three points over the Owerri team.
It was the fourth win for Oluyole Warriors this season after their victory over MFM FC last weekend in Lagos.
Several scoring chances were also wasted by both sides, especially the homers who were under pressure to win the hearts of their fans.
Oluyole Warriors star, Kolawole Daniel scored in the 52nd minute to give his side an early lead in the second half.
Malomom Taofeeq made it 2-0 in the 76th minute and Ayo Adejubu scored the third goal in the 85th minute.
Raheem Nafiu scored the assurance goal and made it 4-0 to move from 12th to top 10 on the NPFL log.
Speaking after the match, an elated 3SC coach, Edith Agoye said he was not surprised by the performance of his players as they played to instruction.
“I must commend the performance of these players despite the difficult start but gradually we are coming up and we give glory to God that we got the goals that gave us maximum points.
“We want to build on this victory because we are craving for more points to make our fans happy. I thank the fans for their support of the team because they motivated us to win this encounter.
“We all know what is happening to Heartland but this is a unique result to Shooting Stars especially for our fans,” he said.
In his reaction, the Heartland coach, Christian Obi faulted his players saying they had a bad day having kept the home team for 45th minute.
