Edo Queens lead the NWFL Super Six by two points going into the final matchday. Their coach Moses Aduku knows what that means and what it does not mean. The lead is real. The title is not yet won. Bayelsa Queens are the defending champions who still believe they can take it back.
Moses Aduku is not the kind of coach who allows a two-point lead going into the final matchday of a title race to feel like a guarantee. Speaking ahead of Edo Queens’ decisive Super Six encounter with Bayelsa Queens, the Benin City club’s head coach was clear with his players about where the focus must be. The lead is earned. The celebration can wait. “We are not celebrating yet,” he said, and the message behind that statement carried everything that needs to be said about how Edo Queens are approaching a match that will decide whether they become NWFL Premiership champions for the 2025-26 season.
NWFL Super Six Standings — Before Final Matchday
1. Edo Queens — 9 pts (from 4 matches)
2. Bayelsa Queens — 7 pts (from 4 matches)
2. Nasarawa Amazons — 7 pts (from 4 matches)
Maximum points available on final day: 3 per club
Final Matchday Fixtures
Edo Queens vs Bayelsa Queens
Nasarawa Amazons vs Rivers Angels
Aduku acknowledged the journey his squad has taken to arrive at this point. He praised his players for following instruction and for the belief they showed in recovering from the opening defeat of the Super Six campaign to win three consecutive matches and take the lead at the top of the table. The 2024 NWFL Premiership champions a distinction that belongs to Bayelsa Queens, their final day opponents are the only team left in the competition with a realistic route to overtaking Edo Queens, and they will bring the confidence of reigning holders into a match where they must win to have any chance of retaking the title. Nigerian women’s football fans following the Super Six final day can get the latest pre-match content at FootballInNigeria.com.ng’s Bet9ja promotion code page ahead of what promises to be a compelling conclusion to the championship round.
What the Mathematics Demand of Each Club
Edo Queens’ position is the most comfortable of the three clubs still in contention, but it is not a position from which they can afford to stop competing. A win over Bayelsa Queens gives them the title regardless of what happens in the simultaneous fixture between Nasarawa Amazons and Rivers Angels. A draw leaves them on 10 points, which may or may not be enough depending on what Nasarawa Amazons achieve in their own match. A defeat opens the door to either Bayelsa Queens or Nasarawa Amazons overtaking them on goals scored if the points converge at the same total.
Bayelsa Queens, the reigning champions who arrived at this Super Six campaign as the most decorated club in recent NWFL history, need to win against Edo Queens and hope that the Nasarawa-Rivers Angels match does not produce a Nasarawa Amazons victory. Their path back to the title runs through the very club that has been setting the pace all campaign, on a neutral ground in Port Harcourt, in a match where they need a victory and a favour. Nasarawa Amazons, who recovered from a Matchday Three defeat to rebuild with seven points, need to win against Rivers Angels and hope Bayelsa Queens beat Edo Queens. Any result short of a victory leaves them as bystanders in the title conversation regardless of what happens in the other fixture. All the final-day NWFL Super Six action and results will be covered at Nigeria’s top Bet9ja promotion code page alongside the latest women’s football news.
Aduku’s Warning About Bayelsa Queens
Aduku did not approach the pre-match message with false confidence. He warned his players about what they will be facing, describing Bayelsa Queens as a very tough opponent and specifically acknowledging their status as the defending champions. The framing was deliberate reminding his squad that the club standing between them and the title has experience of winning it and knows what that experience demands in the final match of a championship round.
Bayelsa Queens are known as the Prosperity Girls and carry the pedigree of a club that has been the dominant force in Nigerian women’s football for the past two seasons. They came into this Super Six campaign as the team everyone else had to displace, and while their path through the playoffs has been less smooth than their reputation suggested, they are still within touching distance of Edo Queens going into the final day. Aduku’s public call for his players to focus, to clear the final hurdle, and to avoid celebrating prematurely was the speech of a coach who understands that the two-point advantage he holds will mean nothing the moment the whistle blows if his squad is not prepared to play the final matchday as though the title is genuinely at risk. Full NWFL Super Six final-day coverage and all Nigerian women’s football updates are at FootballInNigeria.com.ng.
📌 Did You Know?
- Edo Queens are based in Benin City, Edo State, and are one of the most historically significant clubs in Nigerian women’s football. They have won the NWFL Premiership title on multiple occasions and were among the founding clubs of Nigeria’s top flight women’s league when it was established in the early 1990s.
- Bayelsa Queens, whom Edo Queens face on the final day, are the reigning NWFL Premiership champions having won the 2024 edition of the title the 2024-25 season which represents consecutive Super Six championship round appearances in defence of the title they are attempting to retain.
- Moses Aduku, the Edo Queens head coach, is one of the more experienced coaches in the NWFL Premiership, having worked in Nigerian women’s football at various levels before taking charge of the Benin City club. His ability to rebuild after an opening defeat in the Super Six campaign and win three consecutive matches reflects a coaching approach built around collective resilience rather than individual brilliance.
- Nasarawa Amazons’ final day opponents, Rivers Angels, have been one of the more inconsistent clubs in this Super Six campaign despite having competitive individuals throughout their squad. Their final day performance against the Amazons will determine whether they play the role of title kingmaker in one or both of the concurrent fixtures.
- The NWFL Super Six title race going to the final matchday with three clubs still mathematically in contention is the most competitive conclusion to the championship round since the format was first introduced, confirming the 2025-26 competition as one of the most compelling editions of the women’s domestic championship in recent memory.
- Edo Queens’ recovery from their Matchday One defeat the result that left them off the pace at the start of the Super Six to win three consecutive matches and lead the table going into the final day is one of the more impressive individual club narratives of the championship round, demonstrating the tactical adaptability Aduku has brought to the squad’s preparation between fixtures.
- If Edo Queens win the 2025-26 NWFL Premiership, they will have become champions in the same season that saw them score the most goals of any club in the Super Six phase, having netted ten goals across four matches before the final day, including a six-goal performance against Abia Angels in Matchday Three.
