S.LEAGUE - SINGAPORE

RHB SINGAPORE CUP 2015 PRELIMINARY ROUND FIXTURES CONFIRMED

SINGAPORE, 27 APRIL 2015:  The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is pleased to confirm the details of the RHB Singapore Cup 2015 preliminary matches. S.League clubs Albirex Niigata FC (S), Hougang United FC and Geylang International FC will take on foreign clubs Svay Rieng FC, Global FC and Lao Police FC respectively in this round.

 The three matches will be played on 22, 23 and 26 May 2015. The final of the prestigious tournament is scheduled to be played on Friday 27 November 2015.

GOALS IN PROTECTORS’ MINDS

Home United vs Courts Young Lions
(28 April, Tuesday, 7.30pm, Yishun Stadium)

A confident Home United will host Courts Young Lions at Yishun Stadium on Tuesday night after they held Albirex Niigata (S) to a scoreless draw at the same venue last week.

The Protectors pressed the White Swans constantly throughout the game and restricted the Japanese side from playing their usual free-flowing football to half the White Swans’ five-game winning run.

However, Philippe Aw will be concerned at his side’s inability to convert their chances in front of goal due to the lack of an out-and-out striker.

It is also not a coincidence that the Protectors have only won one game since their main target man Ken Ilso picked up an injury at the start of April.

In his absence, Home’s midfielders have largely lacked the killer instincts when a goal-scoring opportunity arises.

Aw points out that his young side will need time and practice before they can improve on their goal-scoring record.

“It's always about composure,” said Aw after the draw against the White Swans.

“Sometimes, for our younger players like Nur (Hizami) and Ambroise Begue, to play one level up, you get a little bit more excited. It comes with training and experience.

“I'm sure that as the season goes on, when they get the chance again, they will finish them off.

As for their opponents, the Young Lions are still winless after five games and find themselves languishing at the bottom of the table.

Their fortunes looked to have taken a turn for the better when they went into the break a goal up at half-time in their last game against Warriors FC. However, they couldn’t hold onto their lead and ended up losing 2-1.

The Singapore Under-23 side however, will go into their match against the Protectors taking comfort in the fact that they have only lost twice in their past five meetings.

The last match between both sides ended in the favour of the Young Lions, who won 3-0, courtesy of strikes from Shameer Aziz, Jordan Webb and Sahil Suhaimi. Home was also reduced to 10 men after substitute Yasir Hanapi received a second yellow card.

A similar result will allow the U23 side to rebuild their confidence and climb up the table.

Key Men To Watch

Home United: Ambroise Begue

In his last game against Albirex, the Frenchman did well to get into good positions, but was unable to finish either because of poor decision making or a lack of composure.

However, with his coach showing continued confidence and faith in him, Begue could find his scoring boots against the Young Lions.

Courts Young Lions: Adam Swandi

The midfielder was in fine form against Warriors, scoring once and coming close to getting a few more goals as well.

With his incisive passes and a keen eye for goal, Adam could yet be the spark that inspires his teammates to work hard and find the back of the net against the Protectors.

Home United - DLWLD

21/04/15         Home United 0-0 Albirex Niigata (S)

17/04/15         Harimau Muda 1-0 Home United
08/04/15         Home United 3-1 Balestier Khalsa
05/04/15         Home United 1-4 Warriors FC
21/03/15         Brunei DPMM 2-2 Home United

Courts Young Lions - LLLLL

20/04/15         Courts Young Lions 1-2 Warriors FC
15/04/15         Albirex Niigata (S) 2-0 Courts Young Lions
10/04/15         Courts Young Lions 0-1 Harimau Muda
04/04/15         Balestier Khalsa 5-1 Courts Young Lions
05/03/15         Tampines Rovers 1-0 Courts Young Lions

Head-to-Head (S.League)

28/08/14         Home United 0-3 Courts Young Lions

07/05/14         Courts Young Lions 1-1 Home United
30/08/13         Home United 1-0 Courts Young Lions
25/04/13         Courts Young Lions 0-2 Home United
01/11/12         Courts Young Lions 0-0 Home United

Match Statistics for Match 0041 - Home United FC vs Courts Young Lions
S.LEAGUE
28-Apr-15, 1930hrs, Yishun Stadium

• HOME UNITED FC

• 0-0

• COURTS YOUNG LIONS

• Home United FC
• Courts Young Lions

• 1 Hyrulnizam Juma'at
• 24 Syazwan Buhari (C)

• 2 Redzwan Atan
• 3 Fadli Kamis

• 4 Juma'at Jantan (C)
• 4 Amirul Adli bin Abdul Hamid

• 6 Abdil Qaiyyim
• 6 Anumanthan Kumar

• 10 Yasir Hanapi
• 8 Shamil Sharif

• 12 Nur Hizami
• 12 Pravin Guanasagaran

• 14 Stanely Ng
• 20 Afiq Noor

• 15 Fazli Ayob
• 9 Amy Recha

• 3 Song Uiyoung
• 17 Adam Swandi

• 20 Ang Zhi Wei
• 22 Farhan Rahmat

• 21 Kamel Ramdani
• 31 Shameer Aziq

• Substitutes
• Substitutes

• 16 Shahril Jantan GK
• 30 Rudy Khairullah GK

• 11 Sirina Camara DF
• 15 Sheikh Abdul Hadi DF

• 7 Imran Sahib MF
• 10 Nur Naiim Ishak MF

• 8 Azhar Sairudin MF
• 14 Iqbal Hamid Hussain MF

• 13 Syahiran Miswan MF
• 21 Ammirul Emmran

• 19 Sufianto Salleh FW
• 27 Taufiq Muqminin

• 39 Muhaimin Suhaimi

• Coach
• Coach

• Aw Thiam Hor Philippe
• Aide Iskandar
• Match Officials
• Referee:
• Muhd Taqi
• Asst Referee 1:
• Jeffrey Goh
• Asst Referee 2:
• Mansur Ali
• Fourth Official:
• G Letchman
• Match Commissioner:
• Srikisan Ramdas

TABLE STANDINGS

•  
• P
• W
• D
• L
• GD
• PTS

• 1
• Warriors FC
• 8
• 6
• 0
• 2
• 1
• 18

• 2
• Albirex Niigata FC (S)
• 8
• 5
• 1
• 2
• 9
• 16

• 3
• Brunei DPMM FC
• 6
• 5
• 1
• 0
• 7
• 16

• 4
• Balestier Khalsa FC
• 7
• 3
• 1
• 3
• 2
• 10

• 5
• Home United FC
• 8
• 2
• 4
• 2
• 0
• 10

• 6
• Tampines Rovers FC
• 7
• 3
• 1
• 3
• 0
• 10

• 7
• Harimau Muda
• 7
• 3
• 1
• 3
• -2
• 10

• 8
• Geylang International FC
• 7
• 1
• 2
• 4
• -3
• 5

• 9
• Hougang United FC
• 8
• 0
• 4
• 4
• -5
• 4

• 10
• Courts Young Lions
• 6
• 0
• 1
• 5
• -9
• 1