Premier League Champions defeats billionaire club in titanic derby

– Oriental derby ends in favour of the Peoples Elephant in Umuahia

– Enyimba scored two unreplied goals moving ahead of their neighbours

Enyimba continued their five-game unbeaten streak as the beat Ifeayi Ubah FC by 2-0 in a   Nigeria Premier League (NPFL) encounter in Umuahia.

Enyimba dominated in the early stages of the match as Mfon Udoh and Abu Azeez had their chances going wide.

The Peoples’ Elephant deservedly got the lead as Ibenegbu pounced on a poor clearance to give the home team the advantage after just 17th minutes of the first half.

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Two minutes later Daniel Etor danced past his marker and hits one from range which went narrowly off target.

The half witnessed two yellow cards from both sides in the space of two minutes as Ikechukwu Mbonu of IfeayiUbah was first to be cautioned while Dare Ojo was also booked for a rash challenge on Da Silva.

Enyimba increased their tally through Dream Team player Etor a connection of passes with Mfon Udom getting the assist for his teammate to get the goal.

The billionaire club were dominated all through from start to finish and the few chances created was kept out by by in form Enyimba goal keeper, Afelokhai.

Enyimba with win now move to fifth a point above Ifeayi Ubah and also have two games at hand which could propel them to the top three.

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