Wikki Tourists FC of Bauchi on Wednesday trashed Heartland FC of Owerri 4-2 in the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Match day 36 fixture.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that following the victory at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, the club is now 14th on the league table, with 42 points from 36 matches.
The match was dominated by the home team – Wikki, while the visitors – Heartland – gave a good fight.
Eric Dufega of Wikki scored the first goal for the home club within two minutes of the match, and Wikki’s captain Idris got the second goal 20 minutes into the match.
As the match progressed, in the 31st minute, Heartland’s Ajoku Chidiebere scored their first goal.
Wikki got the third goal in the 58th minute through Promise Damala, while Habibu Safiyan scored the fourth goal in the 71st minute.
Heartland got their second goal through Madufor Kingsley in 82nd minute of the match.
Speaking after the match, Abdallah Bura, Head Coach of Wikki, said it was an impressive outing in spite most of his players not playing well.
“Already, I promised we are not for relegation. I am very impressed, we will prepare for the next match on Sunday in Kaduna.
“We are meeting Kano Pillars FC in Kaduna, I believe it is going to be a good outing on Sunday in Kaduna as well,” he said.
On his part, Fidelis Elechukwu, Head Coach of Heartland, expressed his disappointment over the match.
“I have nothing to say, go and write what you saw in the match,” he said. (NAN)
