The Oluyole Warriors’ showed their intent as early as the 12th minute, when left-back Yinka Adedeji let fly a thunderous effort from range, which could have given them the lead, but forced a fantastic save from United goalkeeper, Akpan Bassey.
But it didn’t take long however, for Shooting to go in front, as Ajani Ibrahim’s sublime cross was met by Adetunji Ibrahim, who powered home a beautiful header past the stranded Bassey for their opening goal.
That was only five minutes after they had threatened to go ahead.
Shooting kept pressing the ‘Promise Keepers’, much to the delight of the fans at the Lekan Salami Stadium.
United were not without chances of their own, but nothing came of them, as Shooting Stars remained resolute in their determination to stem their slide on the table.
And shortly before the break, Ajani Ibrahim turned from provider to goal-scorer as he finished off a delightful move from the home side to send their fans to wild eruption, and also maintain their advantage as they went into the break.
United must have hoped to start the second half with a goal to half the deficit, but they got a yellow card instead when goalkeeper Bassey cautioned for what he said to the referee.
And while, the tenacity from both sides seemed to have faded a bit in the second half, Shooting Stars were still in cruise control as they dictated the tempo of the game, with United struggling to come to grips with their quick passing.
And on the hour mark, ‘The Oluyole Warriors’ scored again - Adetunji Sunday nicely controlled a pass, went past some United defenders before toe-poking into the goal for his brace and Shooting’s third of the evening.