A sparkling first half display by new boys, Mountain of Fire (MFM) set the tone for a 2-1 victory over Rivers United in a highly-entertaining Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) contest decided at the Agege Stadium, Stadium on Wednesday.<br /><br />United made two changes to the match day squad with technical manager,Stanley Eguma opting to drop Bernard Ovoke and Ebitimi with Victor Alegbe and Daniel Israel starting instead.<br /><br />MFM came into the game in boisterous form following their 2-1 road victory over highly-fancied Nasarawa United on match day one.<br /><br />The host took the lead in the 18th minute through an Ifeanyi Ifeanyi penalty after Olatunbosun Sikiru was fouled by the United captain, Festus Austin.<br /><br />That lead was doubled six minutes later in exhilarating fashion by Olatunbosun following a lightening break that left the United defenders gasping for breath.<br /><br />MFM were flying and could easily have added two more goals before the break with Joseph Douhadji making a goalline clearance off a Musa Newman chip in the 31st minute while Olatunbosun had a rocket beaten out unconventionally by Rotimi in the 37th minute.<br /><br />United needed to improve after the restart and they did with Ivoirian, Guenan Guy Nonance brought in to add urgency to the attack.<br /><br />The move paid off with the Ivoirian crossing with pin point accuracy from the right for an unmarked Obomate Frederick to head home from close range.<br /><br />United came close to levelling matters in the minute but Chigozie Ihunda&rsquo;s powerful drive was oushed onto the post by a diving MFM goalkeeper, James Ayeyemi.<br /><br />Ayeyemi was called into action in the 70th minute and his stupendous double save denied Obomate and then Ali with United almost celebrating a second goal.<br /><br />United continued to press for the equalizer but were eventually made to pay fortheir slow start as MFM held out for maximum points.<br /><br /><br />