PREVIEW: MD5 – Dannaz v Real Sapphire

Dannaz v Real Sapphire

Sunday, 11th October, 2026

Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne (Pitch 2)

10AM

Last weekend, Real Sapphire suffered their first loss of the season. Can they shake off the setback and bounce back to winning ways this weekend? These are some of the questions waiting to be answered when Dannaz host Coach Daniel’s boys this weekend.

The hosts, without a win this season, find themselves ranked 10th on the log. For Coach Fatai, the question is about how long fans must wait before celebrating their first win of the season. 

With seven goals to their name, the Cedars have outscored eight teams. They’re however ranked below all but two of them, no thanks to their porous defense that has let in 11 goals – the joint-highest so far this season. Scoring has not been a problem for the hosts this campaign. The question is: Can they keep a first clean sheet this weekend?

STAT ATTACK

Real Sapphire have won all of their Championship clashes against Dannaz.

PLAYER TO WATCH

Abdullahi Usman (Dannaz)

He has scored more than 50% of his side’s goals this season. The opposition defense will be keeping a keen eye on him.