Rivers United ranked best club in Nigeria

<p>Rivers United have been ranked as the best team in the Nigeria Professional Football League by statistics website, Opta.</p>, <p>The statistics and analytics medium released the rankings for clubs across the continent.</p>, <p>According to Opta the clubs were ranked by “Elo algorithm” used to analyse match results from over 2,500,000 games.</p>, <p>Rivers United are ranked 30th on the continent.</p>, <p>Reigning NPFL champions Enyimba are the second best team from Nigeria, and they sit in 62nd position.</p>, <p>Akwa United are 82nd, Plateau United 101st, and Bendel Insurance 199th.</p>, <p>South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns and Moroccan sides, Wydad Casablanca and FAR Rabat, top the rankings on the continent.</p>