NPFL Pre-Season Invitational: Plateau United, Mighty Jets begin with victories

Plateau United and Mighty Jets kicked disconnected their campaigns astatine the 2026 Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, Invitational Pre-season Tournament connected winning notes.

In the archetypal crippled of the day, Plateau United defeated past season’s runners-up, Rivers United, 1-0.

Jubril Ibrahim scored the winning extremity 1 infinitesimal earlier the half-hour mark.

In the day’s 2nd fixture, Mighty Jets besides recorded a slim 1-0 triumph implicit El-Kanemi Warriors, acknowledgment to Usman Meyanga’s 56th-minute strike.

Meyanga benefited from an mistake by the El-Kanemi Warriors goalkeeper to people the decisive goal.

Action volition proceed successful the tourney connected Thursday, with Katsina United taking connected El-Kanemi Warriors successful the archetypal crippled of the day.

Reigning NPFL champions Rangers volition clash with Rivers United successful the 2nd fixture.

The Super Six Invitational Tournament was fundamentally designed to assistance Nigeria’s representatives successful the CAF inter-club competitions hole adequately earlier their preliminary games.

NPFL Pre-Season Invitational: Plateau United, Mighty Jets statesman with victories