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Rivers United 1-0 Sunshine Stars · Nigeria Premier Football League

Rivers United beat Sunshine Stars 1-0 in the Nigeria Premier Football League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Rivers United and Sunshine Stars met in the Nigeria Premier Football League at Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt on Sunday, 20 April 2025.

Goalscorers

Rivers United: S. Abba 84'. Sunshine Stars did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 5 yellow cards (3 for Rivers United, 2 for Sunshine Stars).

Line-ups

Rivers United started in a 4-3-3: Osagie Onisodumeya, Muyiwa Adeola Fehintola, Temple Emekayi, David Sholumade, Emmanuel Ampiah, Samuel Mathias, Stephen Manyo, Emmanuel Nnaji, Mbaoma Chijioke, Philip Odubia, Friday Ubong.

Sunshine Stars started in a 4-2-3-1: Emmanuel Ofori, Joshua Erukusin, Daniel Edeh, Chidozie Iwundu, Ogbu Ogechukwu, Ibrahim Suraju, Promise Awosanmi, Arunta Elmer, Ahmad Liman, Seth Mayi, Waheed Adebayo.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Rivers United 0-0 Sunshine Stars.
  2. 84'Goal! Rivers United 1-0 Sunshine Stars. S. Abba (Rivers United) scores.
  3. 90'Full-time. Rivers United 1-0 Sunshine Stars.
Full commentary (14 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Rivers United vs Sunshine Stars.
  2. 35'Yellow card for D. Sholumade (Rivers United).
  3. 37'Yellow card for Unknown (Rivers United).
  4. 45'Yellow card for Unknown (Sunshine Stars).
  5. 45'Half-time. Rivers United 0-0 Sunshine Stars.
  6. 46'The second half is under way.
  7. 46'Substitution, Rivers United: W. Obande comes on for E. Nnaji.
  8. 46'Substitution, Rivers United: D. Benjamin comes on for F. Ubong.
  9. 60'Substitution, Rivers United: S. Abba comes on for P. Odubia.
  10. 60'Substitution, Rivers United: T. Abdulrafiu comes on for E. Ampiah.
  11. 64'Yellow card for Unknown (Sunshine Stars).
  12. 71'Substitution, Rivers United: O. S. Bossa comes on for M. Chijioke.
  13. 84'Goal! Rivers United 1-0 Sunshine Stars. S. Abba (Rivers United) scores.
  14. 90'Full-time. Rivers United 1-0 Sunshine Stars.
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