Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin, Wednesday evening defeated Apex Krane FC of Agbor 1-0 to extend their lead in the Nigeria National League (NNL) Group B2.
The Benin Arsenal left it late to claim the needed three maximum points of the game .
Captain Maurice Prince broke the deadlock for Insurance
in the 82nd minute of the game after
tapping in a loose ball during a goal mouth scramble. This time,the Kranes Goalkeeper Dibowei Amabeithri could not stop Insurance.
Goalkeeper Dibowei Amabeithri was near excellent in his area as he made several saves to frustrate Insurance scoring opportunities with his safe gloves in the first half when Meyiwa Oritseweyinmi, Elijah Simon and Zaidu Ayuba terrorised his area with close range shots.
Insurance have advanced to 37 points ontop of Group B2 table with the lone goal victory over the Kranes after playing 20 games and have another home game on Saturday with Ibom Youth FC.
The Benin Arsenal have won three games at a stretch since return to league action.
