Katsina United defeated Enyimba 4-2 in a thrilling Nigeria Premier Football League ,NPFL, Matchday Eight encounter at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium on Friday.

The victory ended Enyimba’s three-match unbeaten run in the league.

Katsina United took the lead in the sixth minute when Emeka Onyema inadvertently turned the ball into his own net.

The hosts doubled their advantage six minutes later through Mubarak Sani.

The Ikon Allah Boys maintained their two-goal lead until the half-time break.

Luis Dadong extended Katsina United’s advantage in the 60th minute, putting the hosts firmly in control of the contest.

Enyimba, however, responded with two quick goals as Chidera Michael reduced the deficit in the 67th minute before Charles Egbe struck again in the 75th minute to make it 3-2.

With the visitors threatening to complete a comeback, Umar Rabiu scored the home team’s fourth goal in the 80th minute to seal an entertaining 4-2 victory for the home side.

Jorge Jesus has responded to the statement Cristiano Ronaldo released on Wednesday.

The Portugal head coach was reacting to Ronaldo’s account of what happened between the pair during the Denmark camp, where a dispute flared up and ended with the Al-Nassr star walking away from the squad.

In that statement, Ronaldo accused Jesus of breaking his promises over the agreed plan for his involvement in the UEFA Nations League matches.

Report quoted Jesus as saying
“I have read the statement,”

“And now, as I do every day, I will head to the federation to work, and to think about the team and the Portuguese national team. I have nothing more to say than that,” he was said to have told the journalists waiting for him outside his home.

Ronaldo’s lengthy statement apologised to the Portuguese people and admitted he deserved to be punished by the Portuguese Football Federation. He also revealed what led up to the dispute, pointing specifically to a short document “that was handed to the coach at his request”. It set out 8 points Jesus was supposed to raise in the press conference before the Denmark match. According to Ronaldo, “nothing that was discussed was carried out in front of the media”.

Jesus had insisted earlier that he hadn’t read the statement, saying he was watching a Portugal under-21 match when it dropped. He did, though, confirm he knew it had been published.

Katsina United will host Enyimba in a Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, Matchday Eight encounter at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium on Friday night.

The fixture will be the second Friday night game of the 2026/27 NPFL season, following Shooting Stars’ 2-1 victory over Inter Lagos in the first Friday night fixture of the campaign.

Katsina United head into the clash without a win in their last two league matches. The Chanji Boys played out a 1-1 draw against Rivers United before recording another 1-1 draw against Inter Lagos last weekend.

Enyimba, meanwhile, have enjoyed an upturn in form after a difficult start to the season.

Emmanuel Deutsch’s side are unbeaten in their last three league outings, securing two victories and a draw during that run.

The Aba-based club will be hoping to extend their unbeaten streak when they take on Katsina United on Friday.