Blessed Stars FC produced an impressive exhibition on Wednesday, April 30 to defeat Sillina FC 5-1 in a match of day 3 of the Nationwide League One (NLO) of 2025 at the stadium of the municipality of Uyo.
The dominant victory sees the blessed stars to climb to the top of the classification of the 12 -teams Uyo Center with seven points of three games, ahead of a FC rocket in the goals difference.
Victor Benjamin gave the blessed stars the advantage in the 13th minute with a thunderous blow. The advantage doubled in the 27th minute, when a dangerous crossing of midfielder Isaiah Adeoye was turned into the network by a Sillina FC defender for his own goal.
Captain Imo Bright was 3-0 before the break, finishing a well-worked equipment movement in the 40th minute to limit a dominant performance in the first half.
Sillina FC tried a return at the beginning of the second half with Iwekumo withdrawing one in the 50th minute. But the impulse did not last, since Emmanuel Gotau restored the three -go mattress for the blessed stars in the 62nd minute with his second goal of the season.
The substitute defender Victor Ogbonna sealed the emphatic victory with a well-intermittent header of a piece of prospering of Okon, which makes it 5-1.
The result leaves the stars blessed at the top of the table with 7 points, as well as FC One Rocket but with a better goals. P Sports, Kmk Foundation, Ereme Jackson, Citiboi FC and Ibom Youths FC are closely with six points each.
Heaven’s Race Academy, Krane FC and FC Sillina have three points each, while the PLAM FC and Willbross FC syrup remain at the bottom of the record without a point.
The action at the Uyo Center continues on Friday, May 2, 2025 at the Municipality of Uyo.
