{"id":23483,"date":"2024-03-23T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T10:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/npfl-oriental-derby-set-tone-for-interesting-weekend\/"},"modified":"2024-03-23T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T10:02:33","slug":"npfl-oriental-derby-set-tone-for-interesting-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/npfl-oriental-derby-set-tone-for-interesting-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"NPFL: Oriental derby set tone for interesting weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 27 fixtures promises to be an entertaining affair as teams jostle for points across different centres.<\/p>\n<p>The oriental derby between Heartland and Rangers is one of the standout fixtures for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams head into the game with contrasting fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>While Rangers will be fighting to continue their march for an eighth NPFL title, Heartland will be seeking a win to help their push against relegation.<\/p>\n<p>The Pantami Township Stadium will host the local derby between Doma United and Gombe United.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams are currently struggling to find their feet on the NPFL table.<\/p>\n<p>Doma United are yet to record a win in the second half of the campaign while Gombe United is battling to avoid the drop.<\/p>\n<p>Gombe United lost 3-0 to Doma United when both teams met earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders Lobi Stars will hope to return to winning ways again when they host Bayelsa United at the Lafia City Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In-form Shooting Stars will be away to Niger Tornadoes in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>The Oluyole Warriors are unbeaten in their last six NPFL games.<\/p>\n<p>Remo Stars will host Bendel Insurance in Ikenne in what is expected to be a thrilling contest<\/p>\n<p>FULL FIXTURES<br \/>\nDoma United v Gombe United<br \/>\nKano Pillars v Sporting Lagos<br \/>\nKatsina United v Abia Warriors<br \/>\nHeartland v Rangers<br \/>\nLobi Stars v Bayelsa United<br \/>\nKwara United v Enyimba<br \/>\nPlateau United v Akwa United<br \/>\nNiger Tornadoes v Shooting Stars<br \/>\nRemo Stars v Bendel Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>NPFL: Oriental derby set tone for interesting weekend<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Premier Football League matchday 27 fixtures promises to be an entertaining affair as teams jostle for points across&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,683,12728,160],"tags":[889,180,304,12729,201],"class_list":["post-23483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-npfl","category-oriental-derby","category-sport","tag-derby","tag-news","tag-npfl","tag-oriental","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}