Match Day 11 NPFL Preview: Dolphins face Sharks in Port Harcourt derby, as Wolves hunt Pillars

After a lengthy three weeks break imposed by the League
Management Company, actions will resume in the Nigeria Premier Football League as
Week 11 matches are to be played across the country.

Soccernet brings you a preview of all the 10 games slated
for the 14th of June 2015.

It’s a battle of the 6th and 4th as Giwa FC lock horns with
Gabros United in Jos. The Jos Elephants are gradually turning into the draw
specialists having drawn half of their ten games played so far.

The former league leaders will hope league topscorer,
Ibrahim Shuaibu who already boasts five goals can fire them to victory. Both
teams are tied on 17 points but Gabros will look to inflict the first home
defeat on Giwa FC or at least grind out a point.

It is the battle of the water lords as Dolphins ambush
Sharks in the fiery Port Harcourt derby.

It has not been a great start to the season for the two
sides with just two points and three places separating them.

Dolphins have ten
points and are ranked 16th and will know that a win is not impossible against
their 19th-placed neighbours who have only earned a point out of a possible 15
on away grounds.

The Borno Warriors are one of only four sides to still have
a hundred percent home win record (the others being Warri Wolves, Kano Pillars
and Sunshine Stars) and will see no reason why Taraba FC should not be
condemned to their third loss of the campaign.

After a great start to the season when they even recorded an
encouraging 1-0 win at Akwa United, 12th-ranked Taraba FC have watched their
season slow down. But having lost only an away game, the visitors will be
optimistic of spoiling the party for their hosts.

It’s the battle of the Elephants in Bauchi as 5th placed
Tourists scrap for the win with the Aba Millionaires who currently sit 3rd on
the log.

Enyimba FC, who have already won twice away from home, will
seek to expose the weakness of the Bauchi giants who have failed to win in only
one game at home this season.

There will be no hiding place for relegation threatened
Bayelsa United when they keep a date with Heartland in Owerri on Sunday.

The homers may have been largely inconsistent so far having
won five and lost five in their 10 games played, yet their 5-2 spanking of
Nasarawa United is a constant reminder to visitors to the Dan Anyiam Stadium of
the hell awaiting them.

It’s the battle of the league strugglers as bottom side 3SC,
who only have eight points to their illustrious name, entertain the Makurdi
giants who are just a point better in 18th place.

The Oluyole Warriors have however played a game less and
they boast a loyal following in Ibadan that can inspire them to triumph over
their visitors.

It’s a delicately poised mid-table affair between the 11th
placed hosts and their 15th-placed guests.

Nasarawa United have not lost a game at home while Akwa
United have not won a match away.

But with just a single point separating the two teams, Akwa
United will travel to Lafia knowing that a rare away win will see them overtake
their hosts.

There will be only victory on the mind of the Afonja
Warriors when they trade tackles with fumbling Rangers of Enugu in Ilorin.

Kwara United are looking for their fourth home win of the
league year but Rangers, who are yet to record an away win this season, will
know a win in Ilorin, where Heartland claimed a famous 1-3 win, is not mission
impossible.

10th-ranked Abia Warriors have an unenviable task of
shooting down league leaders Sunshine Stars.

There’s a huge 7-point difference between the two teams and
the Akure lords will travel with the confidence and swagger of a side that have
only lost an away game all season, a 0-1 reverse at Giwa FC.

Warri Wolves will look to hunt defending champions Pillars
at the Warri Township Stadium, the same grounds where Giwa FC were humiliated
3-0.

The Seasiders have an impressive 13 points from only seven
games played and have been invincible at home where they have made a slaughter slab.

Kano Pillars may boast their own incredible run of home
games without defeat but their away form has been appalling, losing four of
five games.