Sunshine Stars beat Heartland to move out of relegation zone

Sunshine Stars of Akure are out of the relegation zone for the first time in three months after victory against Heartland FC.

They defeated Heartland by a lone goal in week 31 of the Nigeria professional football league match played at the Dan Ayiam stadium stadium in Owerri.

The only goal of the game was scored by Ifegwu Ojukwu in the 64th min.

Kolade Adeniji set the stage for the match defining moment when he surged forward with the ball before serving Ojukwu to spinhome a cross that was misjudged by Chijioke at the stroke of thehour mark, reports Brila.net.

Attacking duo of Fuad Ekelojuoti and Sadeeq Yusuf also missed some chances to double the lead for the Deji Ayeni side later on.

The win for Sunshine Stars gives them the win that takes them to 16th on the log with 33 points.