Sporting Lagos secured a 3-2 win against Enyimba in the NPFL Regular Season round 5 on 23 September 2026. The visitors came from behind to take all three points in a match that opened with an early Enyimba goal before turning on its head in the second half. Both sides entered the fixture winless, Enyimba sitting 20th with zero points from three games, Sporting Lagos 16th with three points from a single victory.
S. Dimgba gave the home side the lead at the 44-minute mark, a moment that briefly lifted the crowd. Enyimba then made four changes at the interval, bringing on A. Mohammed, O. Olasukanmi and J. Emmauel alongside Dimgba himself, who had scored and was taken off. The flow of the game shifted after the break when Sporting Lagos responded with urgency.
A. Abdulraqeeb levelled at 51 minutes, giving Sporting Lagos their first taste of parity. Two minutes later T. I. Iyanda converted a penalty to put the visitors ahead 2-1. The home side pushed for an equaliser but Sporting Lagos held firm through a period of yellow cards, A. Idris being booked at 58 minutes and another player following at 60.
What followed was a rapid sequence that decided the match. H. Haruna restored Sporting Lagos' advantage at 65 minutes, and D. Aboh added a fourth goal in quick succession at 68 minutes to make it 4-2. Enyimba pulled one back, but the damage had been done. The final whistle confirmed a comeback victory for the visitors, who had been outplayed but clinical when it mattered.
Statistics tell a story of dominance without reward. Enyimba enjoyed 49 per cent possession and registered 139 attacks compared to 125 for Sporting Lagos. Nine shots on target for the hosts yielded only two goals, while Sporting Lagos managed three from just four attempts on goal. The difference lay in efficiency, not volume.
The result leaves Enyimba rooted at the bottom of the table with three defeats from three matches. Sporting Lagos remain in 16th place, their solitary win now worth two more points. Both sides have work to do, but the visitors proved that football rewards those who take their chances, not those who simply create them.
