Akwa United FC hosts the newly promoted Bendel Insurance FC as the 2022/2023 season of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) returns on Sunday, at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium in Uyo.
Both sides are meeting for the time since 2008 when they last met in the Nigeria’s top-flight league, where Bendel Insurance beat Akwa United 3-2.
Akwa United coach Deji Ayeni said his team are prepared ahead of the new NPFL season.
“We have prepared mentally, and psychologically and the good thing is that we are kick-starting the league,” Ayeni said.
“I think it’s a great honour to kick-start the league, and we are ready, and there is no pressure on us, as we will approach the match as every other league match.”
The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, and the Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the NPFL, Sunday Elegbeleye, will be in attendance during the Match-Day One fixture of the abridged league.
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