Sunshine depose Enyimba

Sunshine Stars on Thursday defeated Sharks 2-0 to return to the summit of the Nigeria Professional Football League.

Goals from Prince Aggreh in the 10th minute and Tunde Adeniji in the 68th minute gave the Akure Gunners the maximum points to return to the top of the table.

The win opened up a one-point lead between Sunshine and Enyimba, who had been at the top since their 1-1 draw against Rangers on Sunday and also their 2-2 draw against Akwa United on Wednesday. Sunshine now have 39 points while the Peoples Elephant have 38 points from 21 matches.

Sunshine, who were beaten 1-0 on Sunday by FC Taraba, lived up to their pre-match hype of aiming to win the game as they started the brighter of the two sides. Sunshine attacked first when Aggreh sent a shot, which did little to threaten Henry Ayodele in goal for Sharks.

The visitors responded but the hosts took the lead in the 10th minute when Aggreh broke the deadlock. The goal led to a domination of the match by the hosts as they went closer to double their lead.

Sharks sought an equaliser but the closest they went was in the 36th minute when they failed to score despite a goal-mouth scramble in the Sunshine area.

The second half saw the hosts pick up from where they left as Aggreh and Adeniji troubled Ayodele in the Sharks goal.

Their efforts paid off in the 68th minute when Adeniji doubled the lead with a well-worked team goal.

The hosts continued to attack while the closest the visitors went was a free kick in the 87th minute which was saved by Ikechukwu Ezenwa in Sunshine goal.

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