Relegation bound Akwa United fondly called promise keepers by their admirers will this afternoon test former Premier League kingpins Kano Pillars for size at their home ground in Uyo.
The encounter is in continuation of the country’s top flight which is reaching its climax.
Definitely both teams are in need of the vital points at stake.
While Pillars want to secure the points to strengthen their position on the log the host need it with a view to getting out from the murky waters of relegation which is threatening them.
Thus the duel is expected to be fierce going by its nature as the responsibility will be left on the two tacticians Babaganaru of the host Akwa United and Abdul Maikaba of the visitors to work out modalities that will see their boys through as the coaches coincidentally have foreknowledge of the sides.
While Babaganaru was once at Pillars likewise Abdul Maikaba also headed the technical crew of the host in the past.
Without much ado, the pressure will be on Akwa United’s Babaganaru who was hired after he left Gombe United to ensure the home team survive demotion.
But could this be practical, the gaffer is a person that knows the event wholly and squarely going by how in the past he guided Pillars to lift the trophy on two consecutive occasions.
Another huge record of the coach was how he spear headed Nasarawa United to break Kano Pillars years of home invincibility.
To be candid, as soccer is not Arithmetic anything can happen during the duel which is expected to be watched by football lovers within Uyo and beyond.
After the game, the event will go on four weeks recess until Rivers United finished up all its outstanding matches.
Pillars are occupying the ninth position with forty four points while their opponents Akwa United are eighteenth on the log with thirty four points.
It will be recalled that during the reverse edition at Sani Abacha Stadium Pillars defeated their rivals by alone goal.
