Katsina United returned to winning ways with a solitary goal of the match by Mustapha Salisu on 36 minutes.
The home team defeated visiting Stars 1-0 in one of NPFL MatchDay 10 fixtures played on Wednesday at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium.
Mustapha was assisted by Amah Chibundu’s pass before he buried the ball in the net from a well taken shot.
Katsina United dominated the first stanza and wasted a glaring opportunity ten minutes from start when Faisal Sani blasted wide from six yards.
READ ALSO:
Sunshine Stars dim Lobi in three-goal blitz
Nafiu Ibrahim also forced Goalkeeper Japhet Opubo to a spectacular save after combining with Abba Umar.
Sunshine Stars failed to create any chance throughout the first period and could not boast of a shot on target, but relied on their defensive style of play.
Suleiman Folarin, an assistant coach to Sunshine Stars was giving a matching order from the bench by the Referee when he received a direct red card.
Folarin was judged to have uttered inappropriate comments directed at the Referee.
The second period continued with almost the same style of play with no chance to show as Katsina United held on to scoop maximum points.
Katsina United moved up to 15th on the log with this victory, with 10 points from ten rounds of matches. Their next game is a visit to Niger Tornadoes on Sunday.
Sunshine Stars, 12th with 13 points from nine games, will host Enyimba International next.
Goal scorer and man of the match Mustapha Salisu said the win brought a sigh of relief to his team after going four games without a win.
“We are very happy to come out victorious, I think we deserved to win because we played better than our guests and we will continue fighting until the end’.
Man of the match: Mustapha Salisu (Katsina United)
Caution: Kolade Adeniji, Suleiman Folarin (Sunshine Stars), Faisal Sani, Shittu Taiwo Hameed (Katsina United)
Katsina United Team List
Daouda Kassaly GK 21, Nafiu Ibrahim 24, Faisal Sani 31, Aliyu Abdulrazak Tunde 9, Habibu Yakubu 5, Shittu Taiwo Hameed 34, Mustapha Salisu 16, Abba Umar 19, Amah Chibundu 8, Boubacar Djibo Talatou 27, Madaki Alkali Dauda 18.
Subs Used: Lawal Samson Adeniran 37, Adebayo Waheed 32, Mathew Emmanuel 14, Jamil Mohammed 15.
Unused Subs: Abubakar Adamu Mohammed GK 12, Abubakar Hassan 6, Abdulkareem Ahmed 10, Adamu Hassan 25, Musa Hassan 30.
Sunshine Stars Team List
Japhet Opubo GK 23, Kolade Adeniji 8, Abdul Taofeek 9, Sunday Abe 10, Kehinde Adeyemi 12, Ejike Uzoechi 16, Cooper Ikenna 18, Olayinka Yusuf 19, Michael Olalusi 26, Nwagbaga Ebonam 30, Onyeka Nwaiwu 31.
Subs Used: Temitope Vincent 35, Kamaru Adebari 29,
Unused Subs: Olufemi Kayode GK 22, Chigozie Chilekwu 3, Chinedu Ozor 6, Promise Orji 14, Oladipupo Lawal 15, Emmanuel Okoko Jnr. 34, Emmanuel Omowanie 40.
Venue: Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina
Referee: Grema Mohammed
