Rivers United 3-1 Bendel Insurance — NPFL, 8 Mar 2026
Rivers United beat Bendel Insurance 3-1 in the NPFL on 8 March 2026 at Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt. M. Chijioke, W. Samuel, C. Akuneto, S. Obi got on the scoresheet. Full match stats, line-ups and player ratings are below. In their last 5 meetings, Rivers United have won 0 and Bendel Insurance 1, 4 draws.
· kickoff·Yakubu Gowon Stadium · Port Harcourt·Match Finished
Match timeline
- 24'—
- 42'—
- Half-time0-0
- 46'out: D. Iyowuna
- 46'
- 1-053'
- 69'out: T. Abdulrafiu
- 78'out: S. Obi
- 2-081'
- 2-189'
- 3-190'
- 90+7'—
- Full-time3-1
Line-ups
Coach: Hakeem Busari
- 6S. Manyo
- 32O. Onisodumeya
- 12O. Ogechukwu
- 11A. Okon69'
- 24W. Falolu
- 29T. Otaniyi46'
- 21W. Samuel81'
- 19I. Annor
- 27D. Sholumade46'
- 36O. Elias
- 26M. Chijioke53'78'
Substitutes
- 33T. Emekayi
- 23B. Martins46'
- 18S. Oguntayo
- 30S. Obi90'78'
- 8D. Iyowuna46'
- 28M. B. Jenewari
- 13T. Abdulrafiu69'
- 1I. Pius
- 35E. Akobundu
Coach: Greg Ikhenoba
- 4J. Emiloju
- 21K. Oke Solomon
- 7U. Wisdom
- 6A. Oweilayefa
- 11C. Nwosu
- 2C. Molokwu
- 26P. Itoro
- 3H. Onyia
- 14D. Chigozie
- 33E. Ugwu
- 32E. Ofori
Substitutes
- 8C. Akuneto89'
- 12J. Baba
- 37E. Ubiomo
- 13E. Okoro
- 25E. Dung
- 15E. Enabulele
- 35C. Amaefule
- 40V. Torisheju
- 29S. Musa
Team statistics aren't available for this match.
Player statistics aren't available for this match.
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