NIGER TORNADOES MANAGER ABUBAKAR BALA CONFIDENCE AHEAD NASSARAWA UNITED GAME



Coach Abubakar Bala expects his Niger Tornadoes side to get a convincing win when they play host to Nassarawa United on match day 12 of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) on Sunday.

The Minna Landlords lost their last match to Abia Warriors in Umuahia in the midweek fixtures.

According to the coach, he has already spelt out the plan to his boys, and he expects them to get the better of their visitors.

Andrew Evans Ikefe has not fully recovered from his knee injury while Peter Momoh and Gabriel Jeremiah Abutu have been recalled into the team.

“We have concluded our strategy, first we want to secure the maximum points then if the opportunity avails itself we want to score with high margin”, said Coach Bala.

Niger Tornadoes knows that going into tomorrow’s match would be crucial as such the coach said that he won’t take it likely and will throw all his arsenals on the Solid Miners of Lafia.

“I have told my boys all matches we play there is nothing like home or away matches, we must take all teams seriously, we don’t want to caught unawares”, said Coach Bala.

He admitted that Nassarawa United are good side and have been in the NPFL for sometimes now but that it won’t stop his from acquiring the maximum points at the Confluence Stadium, Lokoja.

Coach Bala already knows that his compatriot with the Lafia based, Kabiru Dogo has a good team and has spent some seasons with the club, but he remains confident that his boys will win the game and further solidify their climbing up the league log.

NIGER TORNADOES FORM GUIDE (LAST NPFL 5 MATCHES)
(WWLWL)

Remo Stars 0-1 Niger Tornadoes
Niger Tornadoes 1-0 Enyimba Intl
Plateau United 2-0 Niger Tornadoes
Niger Tornadoes 1-0 Gombe United
Abia Warriors 1-0 Niger Tornadoes

NASSARAWA UNITED FORM GUIDE (LAST NPFL 5 MATCHES)
(LWDLW)

Gombe United 1-0 Nassarawa United
Nassarawa United 3-1 Abia Warriors
Nassarawa United 1-1 Sunshine Stars
Elkanemi Warriors 2-0 Nassarawa United
Nassarawa United 1-0 Akwa United

                                                                                                 

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