Champions fail to close title race as DPMM go up to second

Champions Tampines Rovers failed to close up the title race as they were held to a draw by Gombak.

This mean Tampines have to beat Albirex in 4 days time to end all talks about any challenge on the title.

It should not have been the case as Sead Hadzibulic gave the Stags the lead in the first half but the Eastern giant was unable to close the game. They pay for it as Bulls pull back on level towards the end through ex Eagles Hafiz Rahim.

It gave DPMM an opening as the Brunei side climb up to second.

DPMM have a game in hand and are 7 points behind the defending champions. Win their game in hand and it is only 4 while the top 2 clashed in their next meeting and any result other than a win for Tampines will benefit DPMM.

The Brunei side thrash Tanjong Pagar 3-0 with goals from Shahrazen Said and Ivan Jerkovic (2)

In other matches, Harimau Muda beat Woodlands Wellington 2-0 while Geylang also beat Courts Young Lions 2-0.

Thamil Arasu scored both goals for the Malaysian side.

Shah Hirul and Jozef Kaplan scored the goals for the Eagles.

Gombak United
Zaiful Nizam (GK), Nurullah Hussein, Obadin Aikhena (C), Walid Lounis, Iqbal Hamid Hussain, Hafiz Rahim (Amin Rossady), Mustaqim Manzur, Christopher Anderson, Zulfadhli Emran, Julian Aguirre (Amin Rossady), Samuel Benjamin (Jung Hee Bong)

Tampines Rovers
Sasa Dreven (GK), Jufri Taha, Anaz Hadee, Benoit Croissant, Ismadi Mukhtar, Ahmad Latiff, Imran Sahib (Noh Alam Shah), Ahmed Fahmie (Sazali Salleh), Aleksandar Duric, Sead Hadzibulic, Gligor Gligorov (Jamil Ali)
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Woodlands Wellington
Ahmadulhaq Che Omar (GK), Danny Chew, Fabien Larry Lewis (K Sathiaraj), Daniel Hammond (C), Armanizam Dolah, Han Yiguang, Shamsurin Abd Rahman (Guntur Djafril), Farizal Basri (Oswind Suriya), Goh Swee Swee, Moon Soon Ho, Hussein Akil
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Geylang United
Yazid Yasin (GK) (C), Shahril Alias, Syed Fadhil, Jalal, Stefan Milojevic (Ishak Zainol), Shah Hirul, Ang Zhi Wei, Jozef Kaplan, Nurhazwan Norasiki (Khayrulhayat Jumat), Fabian Kwok, Amy Recha (Rizawan Abdullah)

CYL
Syazwan Buhari (GK), Faritz Abdul Hameed, Sirina Camara, Shannon Stephen, Fazli Ayob (Sherif El-Masri), Hafiz Abu Sujad (C), Faris Ramli, Shamil Sharif (Jonathan Toto), Fareez Farhan (Nazrul Nazari), Zulfahmi Arifin, Benjamin Lee
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TPUFC
Shamsudin Hashim (GK), Anthony Aymard, Hafiz Osman, Delwinder Singh (C),Jonathan Xu, Hanafi Salleh (Azlan Alipah), Farhan Rahaman, Carlos Delgado, Hafiz Nor, Seah Si Hao (Syed Karim), Gilbert Bayonne