Hostilities will begin in the men’s President Federation Cup round of 64 games today, with defending champions Bendel Insurance FC of Benin lock kick off their title defence at Area 3 Football Pitch, Abuja.
The Edo Arsenal will open their campaign against Stormers SC of Ogun State just as the runners up in the Edo FA Cup, Ine Stars also of Benin, will square up against Kebbi United in the same round of 64.
The two matches will be played at the same venue, with the match between Ine Stars Vs Kebbi Utd scheduled to kick off at 1pm, while the reigning champions Bendel Insurance Vs Stormers SC holds 4pm.
The Benin Arsenals began the process of this year’s Federation Cup with a convincing 3-1 victory over Ine Stars to lift the Edo FA cup last month and book their place in the national round of 64 games.
The last time Insurance met Stormers SC was in the NNL 2021-2022 season and they defeated the Ogun State side home and away, 1-0 and 2-0 respectively.
A win for Bendel Insurance in this encounter will earn the Benin based boys a ticket to the round of 32.
