Tampines Rovers vs Svay Rieng 1-5

Svay Rieng left Jalan Besar Stadium with a 5-1 win after racing into a four-goal lead before half-time and adding another after the break. Tampines Rovers only got on the scoreboard in the 90th minute, long after the result had been settled.

Martins Júnior opened the scoring in the 9th minute, Tiago Alves made it 2-0 on 15 minutes from Takaki Ose’s pass, and then doubled his own tally in the 24th minute from Martins Júnior’s assist. Kwame Peprah made it 4-0 in the 42nd minute, with Sylvester van de Water supplying the pass. The half-time score was 0-4.

Svay Rieng made three changes across the match, with two of them coming on 64 minutes, and one of those replacements scored soon after. Ofufu Ibeh, who came on in the 64th minute, made it 5-0 on 69 minutes from Takashi Odawara’s assist. Tampines Rovers also used three of their substitutions in two windows, making two changes on 45 minutes and another on 64 minutes. Their consolation came in the 90th minute, when Raoul Suhaimi, who came on in the 45th minute, scored from Takeshi Yoshimoto, who had also come on in the 45th minute.

The numbers were close in some areas despite the scoreline. Tampines Rovers had 52% of the ball and 384 passes to Svay Rieng’s 429, and both sides had 14 shots. Svay Rieng had more efforts on target, 6 to 4, and also finished with more saves, 3 to 1, while Tampines Rovers won 3 corners to 2. Svay Rieng’s 0.9 xG was only slightly higher than Tampines Rovers’ 0.8.

There was one booking each. Yuki Kobayashi was booked for Tampines Rovers in the 6th minute, and Takashi Odawara was booked for Svay Rieng in the 29th minute.