UBA wins, others draw as Bankers' Games hot up

UBA finally got its campaign on winning ways on Sunday with a 2-1 defeat of Ecobank to tie on points with Group B leader, Standard Chartered, which shared points on the day with First Bank.In the other fixtures for the day, Sterling Bank battled to a 1-1 draw with Stanbic, the same result for the fixture between Union Bank and Fidelity. That result meant that Skye Bank remained comfortable at the top of Group A even with a game on hand.A brace by Seun Mohammed rekindled the ambitions of UBAto challenge for its fifth football title and leaving Ecobank only a mathematical chance of making the knockout stage after three defeats in as many games. The trans-national bank got its consolatory goal off the boots of Chinedu Odu, his second in the tourney.For last year's football event runner-up, Fidelity Bank, the draw with Union Bank means it was yet to claim full points after three matches and stands the risk of a possible cut-off from the knockout stage.First Bank slumped to third place in Group B after forcing table topping Standard Chartered to a late 1-1 draw thanks to Tosin Faniyi's added time strike.With four points from two matches, the Elephant Boys tag behind second-placed UBA and the group leader, Standard Chartered, on five points each. And this opens the group to a tough leadership battle in the remaining matches.
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