Enyimba face a crucial home test on Wednesday when they welcome Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) to Aba in a rescheduled 2026/27 EUROMATCH Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) fixture, desperate to record their first win of the season.

The People's Elephant have had a wretched start to the campaign, collecting just one point from four matches. Their results include a 2-1 opening-day defeat to Niger Tornadoes and a goalless draw with Kano Pillars at the Sani Abacha Stadium last weekend — a run that has left the nine-time league champions rooted to the foot of the table.

Opponents 3SC are not in comfortable territory either, sitting 16th with six points from four games, but that still puts the Oluyole Warriors 17 places above Enyimba heading into the clash.

A postponed fixture finally arrives

The match was originally slated for Matchday 2 before the NPFL postponed it indefinitely to give 3SC time to prepare for their CAF Confederation Cup tie against CS Sfaxien. Wednesday's rescheduled encounter now arrives at a moment of real urgency for the hosts.

Enyimba technical adviser Emmanuel Deutsch has tried to keep spirits high, insisting there is