Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, stumbled to their second defeat of the season, as they lost 1-2 to Gombe United in a match day five encounter decided at the Pantami Stadium.
Coach Gbenga Ogunbote, made few changes to his starting line up with Anthony Okachi and Joshua Akpan missing, while Tiza Samuel made the start eleven for the first time.
The first half ended goalless as the Oluyole Warriors fought hard to curtail the Savannah Scorpions, who were desperately searching for their first win of the season.
Just as the match day three tie, away to Remo Stars, the Ibadan soccer lords succumbed to pressure in the second half, conceding two goals withing six minutes of the resumption from the break
Yusuf Taye scored in the 52nd and 58th minutes to give his side a 2-0 lead but the Stars fought back to pull a goal back through Malomo Taofeek in the 66th minutes
There was no more goal in the encounter as the host guarded their territory stoutly, to ensure the tie ended 2-1 in their favour
Shooting Stars’ next assignment, is a mouth watering clash against table topping Bendel Insurance of Benin.
The match day six fixture comes up on Sunday at the Lekan Salami Stadium.
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