By Femi Atolagbe

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Plateau United will today lock on with Nasarawa United at the Jos International Stadium in the clash of the titans.
The 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League season revives the rivalry between the two football powerhouses in what has now been dubbed, “The North-Central Derby” by pundits.
It is the first North-Central derby since the commencement of the new league season, with the Plateau United, trailing the Solid Miners who are currently topping the league table with 14 points from six matches.
The travellers are yet to taste defeat this season, having won four games, including two home and two away games, and picking up a point each at home and away respectively, and there seems to be no sign in sight that they would slow down the tempo any soon.
The last time both sides met at the Jos International Stadium, it ended 2-1 in favour of the Governor Abdulahi Sule Boys in a preseason friendly, late last year, same way their last league meeting ended, but in favour of the host during the 2019/2020 season which was halted after 25 matches by the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Expectedly, the game will come with lots of thrills and frills as previous encounters between these two great NPFL teams had lived up to the fans’ expectations.