Shooting Stars On The Move To NPFL

The campaign of the Shooting Stars of Ibadan in the recently concluded first stanza of the second tier Nigeria National League (NNL) has been highly impressive

The Oluyole Warriors won eight consecutive matches before losing by a lone goal to Nnewi United in the ninth match on the road and later played goaless draw with host Ekiti United

Also the tactically disciplined side, recorded massive 28 goals in eleven matches and conceeded just three, winning nine of the matches, drawing and losing one each, to finish at the summit of the Southern Conference Group B1 of the league with a comfortable 28points

With additional points in the last round of the league, the team  will secure  ticket to return to its rightful place in the elite Nigeria Professional Football League, come next season

The below are the score card of the team, as compiled by its Media Officer,Tosin Omojola

*Shooting Stars' First Round Scorecard*

*MD 1"- Shooting Stars  3-0 Calabar Rovers 

*Scorer & time* 

⚽Olafimihan Gafar (Pen)-15'

⚽Olafimihan Gafar 27'

⚽Olafimihan Gafar 50'

*MD 2*- Giant Brillars 0-1 Shooting Stars. 

*Scorer& time*

⚽Opeoluwa Olufemi- 18'

*MD 3* - Shooting Stars 2-1 Go Round

*Scorers & time* 

⚽Muritala Taiye - 57'

⚽Anthony Okachi -81'

*MD 4* - Stationery Stores 0-3 Shooting Stars 

*Scorers & time* 

⚽Olafimihan Gafar - 28'

⚽Olafimihan Gafar - 43'

⚽Malomo Ayodeji  - 60'

*MD 5* - Shooting Stars 3-0 Osun United

*Scorers & time* - 

⚽Olafimihan Gafar - 60'

⚽Malomo Ayodeji  - 68'

⚽Hycient Nwankwegu - 86'

*MD 6* -Shooting Stars 3-0 Dynamite Force 

*Scorers & time*

⚽Olafimihan Gafar (Pen) - 48'

⚽Muritala Taiye    -   82'

⚽Malomo Ayodeji  - 90+'

*MD 7 * - Delta Force 0-1 Shooting Stars

*Scorer & scorer*

⚽Akilu Muhammed - 41'

*MD 8* - Shooting Stars 3-1 FC Nilayo

*Scorer & time*"

⚽Olafimihan  Gafar - 3'

⚽Olafimihan  Gafar  -7'

⚽Olafimihan Gafar. - 45+

*MD 9* - Nnewi United 1-0 Shooting Stars 

*MD 10* - Shooting Stars 2-0 Vandrezzer FC

*Scorers & time*

⚽Malomo Ayodeji  -12'

⚽Gbadamosi Fatai - 90+'

*MD 11* - Ekiti United 0-0 Shooting Stars

*Matches played* - Eleven (11) 

Six home and five away

*Matches won*    -  Nine (9)

Six home wins and three away wins

*Matches lost*  -  One   (1)

One away defeat

*Matches drawn* - One (1)

One away draw,

*Total number of goals scored*   - 21

Home goals - 16. Away goals Five (5)

*Total number of goals conceded". - Three (3)

Home - Two (2). Away - One (1)

*Clean sheets*.  - Eight (8)

Home - Four (4), away - Four (4)

*Numbers of penalties awarded in favour*  Two (2)

*Number of penalties awarded against*  - One

*Total number of points secured* - 28

*Scorer's list*

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽Olafimihan Gafar 

⚽⚽⚽⚽Malomo Ayodeji.       

⚽⚽Muritala Taiye            

⚽Opeoluwa Olufemi     

⚽Anthony Okachi         

⚽Hycient Nwankwegu  

⚽Akilu Muhammed       

⚽Gbadamosi Fatai.       

*Major achievements*

*Eight victories in a row*

We set a record in terms of unbeaten runs. We won eight matches in a row, a feat which has never been recorded in the history of the Nigerian league 

*All matches away from home*

We had a very superlative first round outing despite not playing on our traditional hhome ground, the Lekan Salami Stadium which is being remodelled to  international standard by the Seyi Makinde led administration.

In spite of playing on an adopted home ground, the Dipo Dina Stadium, Ijebu-Ode, we never dropped any point, winning all our six matches against Rovers, Go Round, Osun United, Dynamite, FC Nilayo and Vandrezzer FC.

*Best attack, best defence*

We were the best in terms of goalscoring and in terms of defending in the first round.

While we were clinical upfront, scoring 21 goals, we were very stingy at the rear as we only retrieved the ball from inside our net three times