The Protectors had achieved the victory thank to an ex-Etoile FC man, Frederic Mendy, who had scored the equaliser after Etoile FC had taken the lead through Kamel Chaaouane.
Skipper Shi Jia Yi then notched the winner to give the Protectors a 5-points lead at the top now.
And it helped that Home United challengers are falling over one another to falter as this time, it was Albirex Niigata (S) that disappointed it supporters as they were held to a 1-1 draw with Gombak United; a club Albirex had crushed 5-1 previously.
Shotaro Ihata had given the White Swans the lead but the Bulls did not give up and Obadin Aikhena notched the equaliser at the end.
Meanwhile SAFFC kept up their slim title chances, after losses to Tampines Rovers and Home United respectively, by beating Hougang United 3-1.
Mislav Karoglan got a brace while Zulfadli Zainal Abidin contribute another in the Warriors win. Vitor Borges had scored for the Cheetahs.
In one other match.Geylang United defeated Woodlands Wellington 2-1.
Jalal had scored the goal for the Rams while Shah Hirul and Nakano Yuta got the goals for the Eagles.
Woodlands Wellington
Ang Bang Heng (GK), Fumiya Kobayashi, Duncan Elias,
Munier Raychouni (C), Madhu Mohana, Han Yguang (Nawfal Shahib), Jalal, Sazali Salleh, Guntur Djafril (Goh Swee Swee), Hyun Jong Woon,
Moon Soon Ho
Geylang United
Yazid
Yasin (GK) (C), Sevki Sha'ban, Mubarak Ahamad (Rizawan Abdullah), Daniel
Hammond, Syed Fadhil, Jeon Byung Euk (Hassan Aziz), Kim Jae Hong (Khalili D'Cruz), Shah Hirul, Syed
Thaha, Hafiz Rahim, Nakano Yuta
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Hougang United
Fadhil Salim (GK) (C), Lau Meng Meng, Eddie Chang,
Faizal Amir, Ratna Suffian (Shahril Alias), Azhar Sairudin (Aqhari Abdullah), Jordan Webb, Diego de Oliveira (Sobrie Mazelan), Carlos
Delgado, Noor Ali, Vitor Borges
SAFFC
Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Razaleigh Khalik, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett, Noh Rahman, Ivan Jerkovic, Goran Subara, Taisuke Akiyoshi, Zulfadli Zainal Abidin , Mislav Karoglan, Indra Sahdan (Fazrul Nawaz)
Shahril Jantan (GK) (C), Razaleigh Khalik, Bah Mamadou, Daniel Bennett, Noh Rahman, Ivan Jerkovic, Goran Subara, Taisuke Akiyoshi, Zulfadli Zainal Abidin , Mislav Karoglan, Indra Sahdan (Fazrul Nawaz)
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Home United
Lionel Lewis (GK), Kenji Arai,
Juma'at Jantan, Valery Hiek, Rosman Sulaiman, Abdil Qaiyyim (Firdaus Idros), Shi Jiayi (C), Isa Halim, Masrezwan
Masturi (Sufian Anuar), Frederic Mendy, Sherif El-Masri
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Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Jaslee Hatta (C), Hamqaamal Shah, Jeremy Chiang (Zulkiffli Hassim),
Ismail Yunos, Obadin Aikhena, Walid Lounis, Tengku Mushadad (Shafuan Sutohmoh), Ridwan Jamil, Jung Hee Bong, Chang
Jo Yoon (Ruhaizad Ismail)
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