Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure will tomorrow 20th January, engage Kwara United at the Kwara State Sports complex, Ilorin in a make or mar tie.
Both teams are struggling to get desired results both home and away making this encounter a very important one for both Kabiru Dogo and Edith Agoye.
Currently, Sunshine Stars occupies the 12th position on the league while the hosts are placed 16th on the league table.
In the last six matches played between the two sides sunshine stars recorded just 2 wins and 1 draw.
The only draw was a league tie at the Ilorin Township Stadium on the 19th of January 2020 when Sunshine Stars played a goalless draw with the Afonja Warriors.
It is on record that Kwara United defeated Sunshine Stars in front of their home fans 1-2 on the 7th of February, 2021.
Last 6 previous matches between the sides sides produced 7 goals, Sunshine Stars scoring three goals, conceding four goals.
Kwara United had three disappointing results between December 6 , 2023 and January playing a goalless draw at home against Doma united, Niger Tornadoes and losing 2-0 at home against Lobi Stars.
Sunshine Stars won’t forget so soon some bad home results against Gombe United and Niger Tornadoes, both home games ended 1-1 and 0-0 respectively.
Kwara United have been conceding an average of 0.67 goals in their home league matches this season .
Sunshine Stars’s performance has been disappointing of late as the team recorded just 1 win in their last 20 most recent away NPFL clashes.
Ejeh Isaiah is the leading goal scorer for Kwara united with 3 goals while Michael Olalusi leads the the chart for sunshine Stars with five goals
