League

Lagos Arena
Spectators: 8419 (Terracing: 6315, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) Lagos FC's Temple Aiyetan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ugochukwutubelum Kuta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Deyour Oyai tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 5 minutes into the game, Ime Imaji was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lagos FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Little Harrowden the free kick. In the 5th match minute, Lagos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ime Imaji to maneuver through the defense. Deyour Oyai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bright Akintola in the 9th minute of the match. If Rachidi Ajanaku had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Sam Adodo fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Little Harrowden's protests and gave Sam Adodo a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Little Harrowden getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Sam Adodo hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Temple Aiyetan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lagos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Temple Aiyetan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Osibajo Etafia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Yakubu Dombraye charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yakubu Dombraye the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yakubu Dombraye kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. If Temple Aiyetan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nnachetam Kato fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osibajo Etafia having to interfere. 35 minutes into the match, Bright Akintola notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Lagos FC's Deyour Oyai. Deyour Oyai was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bright Akintola's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Deyour Oyai read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bright Akintola made a kick off. In the 60th minute, Yakubu Dombraye hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ugochukwutubelum Kuta received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Deyour Oyai came out and tried to block the shot, but Ugochukwutubelum Kuta slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 63rd minute. Nkemdirim Sangobowale charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nkemdirim Sangobowale the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Little Harrowden's Osibajo Etafia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Temple Aiyetan in the 69th minute of play. Deyour Oyai showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bright Akintola in the 71st minute of the match. If Ugochukwutubelum Kuta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bright Akintola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd minute Rachidi Ajanaku shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osibajo Etafia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ugochukwutubelum Kuta fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Deyour Oyai having to interfere. Ugochukwutubelum Kuta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sam Adodo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Deyour Oyai having to interfere. In the 90th match minute, Lagos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nnachetam Kato to maneuver through the defense. Bright Akintola sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 93 minutes into the game, Nnachetam Kato was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lagos FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Little Harrowden the free kick. A collision led to Lagos FC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Nnachetam Kato hit a great ball. If Bright Akintola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Bright Akintola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Little Harrowden played a much better game than Lagos FC and deserved their victory. The Lagos FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.