Match Report
28 points separated the sides: Bendel Insurance 5th on 56, Lobi Stars 20th on 28. Per game in the league, Lobi Stars were scoring 0.76 and conceding 1.47, Bendel Insurance 1.03 and 0.87, against a competition average of 1.03 goals per team per game.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Lobi Stars. Lobi Stars had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Bendel Insurance, 10.
The venue was Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu, with room for 30,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.