Warriors beat Stags in top of the table clash

SAFFC has given their title chance a boast with the defeat of leader Tampines Rovers at Tampines Stadium.

This defeat meant the Stags has dropped three times as many points in the second round compared to the first and it is hurting their title hopes at a crucial stage.

The lead build by the Stags, which was as high as five points with a game in hand, is gone now and the momentum is with the uniform teams.

And this match show how much the Stags need their injured key players back as it was mistake by their keeper cum defence that handed the Warriors the winner.

A draw will not have hurt as much.

Mislav Karoglan and Ivan Jerkovic did the damage for the Warriors withthe Stags turning to their regular outlet Aleksandar Duric.

In other matches, Geylang United defeated Hougang United 2-0 and likewise Gombak United who also won their tie, against Balestier Khalsa 2-0.

Syed Fadhil and Kim Jae Hong scored for the Eagles. Hamqaamal Shah and Chang Jo Yoon scored for the Bulls.

As for Home United, they kept up the pressure on the Stags and Warriors by crushing Woodlands Wellington 5-1 at the Woodlands Stadium.

Kenji Arai, Frederic Mendy, an own goal and a brace from Qiu Li killed off the Rams. The Rams consolation came from new recruit Moon Soon Ho. 

Hougang United

Fadhil Salim (GK) (Ameerul Shafiq), Lau Meng Meng, Fumiya Kobayashi, Ratna Suffian (C), Azhar Sairudin, Jordan Webb, Fazli Jaffar (Noor Ali), Faizal Amir, Basit Hamid (Duncan Elias), Sobrie Mazelan, Carlos Delgado 

Geylang United

Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Sofiyan Abdul Hamid, Adrian Dhanaraj, Jonathan Xu (Fadli Kamis), Joo Ki Hwan, Syed Fadhil, Vasile Ghindaru (Sevki Sha'ban), Kim Jae Hong, Shah Hirul, Jung Hee Bong (Mubarak Ahamad), Hafiz Rahim

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Gombak United

Lee Heng Huat (GK), Jaslee Hatta (C), Hamqaamal Shah, Jeremy Chiang, Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena, Tengku Mushadad, Aloysius Yap (Ridwan Jamil), Park Kang Jin, Fareez Farhan (Zulkiffli Hassim), Chang Jo Yoon (Kwon Jin Sung) 

Balestier Khalsa

Joey Sim (GK), Anaz Hadee, Lim Young Woo, Paul Cunningham (C), K Sathiaraj, Ridhwan Osman (Shamsurin Abd Rahman), Armanizam Dolah, K Vikraman, Andrew Tan (Nurhilmi Jasni), Kim Young Kwang, Mark Kevin McGough 

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Tampines Rovers

Alimin Mohamed (Hafez Mawasi) (GK), Jufri Taha, Benoit Croissant, Seiji Kaneko, Ahmad Latiff, Akihiro Nakamura, Shahdan Sulaiman, Imran Sahib, Ismadi Mukhtar, Aliff Shafaein (Fahrudin Mustafic), Aleksandar Duric (C)

SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Shaiful Esah, Razaleigh Khalik, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett, Syaiful Iskandar, Noh Rahman, Ivan Jerkovic, Rhysh Roshan Rai (Hafiz Osman), Mustaqim Manzur, Mislav Karoglan, (Fazrul Nawaz)

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Woodlands Wellington 

Amos Boon (GK), Sahairi Ramri, Munier Raychouni, Madhu Mohana, Jalal, Sazali Salleh (C), Ali Imran Lomri (Darrel Tan), Han Yiguang (Syed Karim), Hyun Jong Woon, Moon Soon Ho, Nigel Vanu 

Home United 

Lionel Lewis (GK), Kenji Arai, Juma'at Jantan, Valery Hiek, Zulfadli Zainal Abidin (Asraf Rashid), Shi Jiayi (C), Nor Azli Yusoff, Firdaus Idros (Firdaus Kasman), Kim Dae Eui (Isa Halim), Frederic Mendy, Qiu Li