AJL 25 GAMEWEEK 11: YOUNG STARS SC vs TUBABA FA PREVIEW
The highly anticipated game between Young Stars SC and Tubaba FA kicks off Sunday by 3 pm at St. Martins, Oke-Paadi.
The game has much in stake as it will have a huge effect on the title race.
Young Stars SC sits 3 points clear at top place over Tubaba FA at second place.
Young Stars has 23 points, while Tubaba has gained 20 points so far.
A win for Young Stars SC will take them 6 points clear at the top, which will be a big boost to their title hopes with just 6 games to go.
A win for Tubaba FA will see them go level with Young Stars SC and set a two-man horse title race, which will be exciting.
The last time the two sides met was back in August, Tubaba FA surrendered a two-goal lead as Young Stars made an incredible comeback to win 3-2 away from home.
The second leg will be nothing short of exciting as both teams will be looking to edge each other out. Both teams are the top 2 highest scoring team with Young Stars finding the back of the net 28 times, Tubaba having 6 less.
Young Stars SC defensive prowess might just be their superpower on Sunday as they have only conceded 5 goals in 10 games and they have also kept 4 clean sheets in their last 5 games conceding just a single goal in the process.
Tubaba FA may have conceded 5 more goals than Young Stars SC, but their 100% away record will surely give them confidence ahead of the game. They have won 5 games on the road, scoring 15 and conceeding 4 goals.
Two technical teams and a joy to watch are the themes for both sides. They are players to look out for on Sunday.
Tubaba Shehu Rasheed has scored 12 goals so far. He has only failed to score in one game, their 1-1 draw against Adeleke FA at home. The league top scorer will look to add to his tally on Sunday. The last time he faced Chicharito Boys, he bagged a goal and an assist and went home with the Player of the Match award.
Youngsters have firepower all around as they are the only team with 3 different players with 5+ goals. Orji Chukwudi has been arguably their starman with 4 goals and 6 assists to his name. An impressive stats that has gotten him into the player of the month noniness for back to back months. The likes of Duromola Daniel, who has 6 goals in his last 5 games, Makun Timileyin netting a brace last time out and Usen Kingsely being a menace on the right. A quite number of players Tubaba FA have to keep an eye on to keep the home team out.
It’s going to be an entertaining game on Sunday as football lovers can’t wait to see a blockbuster game.
#AJL
