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Though
they have been awful away from home getting only one point outside the
Nnamdi Azikwe stadium, Enugu Rangers will be seeking to maintain their
perfect home run when they face Warri Wolves today in the star fixture
of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) for the weekend.

Currently fifth on
the log, the Flying Antelopes will be hoping to replicate the form that
has seen the side score an impressive 17 goals in six home matches.

However, that will
be a tough task against a side like Warri Wolves that are currently
third on the league table and have not done too badly on the road,
winning once and drawing two games. The Enugu-based team must be at
their best to maintain the enviable record it shares with Sunshine
Stars and Dolphins FC; the other two teams yet to drop points at home.

A victory for the Alphonsus Dike-led side will see it upstaging their opponents from the third spot.

Other matches In
other games, Shooting Stars will be home to city rivals, Crown FC and
this is one of the four derbies in the Premier League this season.

Crown are living on
the edge after sacking their coach, Ganiyu Salami, at the weekend and
losing two key players in Harrison Egbune and Asuquo Phillip to
title-chasing Sunshine Stars. 3SC look good to pick maximum points in
this game as they will not want a repeat of their last home game in
which they were held 1-1 by visiting Kaduna United.

More games

At the Gateway
International Stadium in Ilaro, Sunshine will be up against Lobi Stars
and one thing that will be paramount in the mind of Coach Gbenga
Odubote of Sunshine will be to close the gap on the current league
leaders Dolphins FC, who lead them by four points, but will be playing
away to Ocean Boys in Yenogoa.

A win for Sunshine Stars will leave them with just one point off the top spot they occupied as at the end of last year.

In the lower ranks of the league, 16th placed Zamfara United will be home to Juth FC who are second from the bottom.

In four meetings
between the two sides in the topflight over two years, The Healers have
won just once against Zamfara United. Surprisingly, JUTH have picked
three draws on the road from four games but have capitulated at home by
losing two games. Zamfara lost just once at home to Kaduna United but
looks good to claim the maximum points in this tie.

The last fixture of the day is a game between two former champions,
Ocean Boys and Dolphins FC, who are currently on top of the league and
are sure to remain there at least for this week despite today’s result.
The Port Harcourt side currently has a four point gap on the top a feat
no team can achieve for this weekend.