SLVC: Gombak's 3rd Title

What comes around goes around, Tampines simply couldn't hang on to their 9th SLVC title (which they won rather fortunately from Home United on 11-Aug with an own goal) as they lost 1-2 to Gombak at JBS on 29-Aug, despite having taken a 3rd-minute lead in that game.

Coincidentally the match was also Gombak's only SLVC game this season. This is their 3rd SLVC title, the 7th-most among all teams, level with Young Lions & Balestier.

SLVC Record in 2008:
Gombak: P1, W1-D0-L0, F2-A1, Pts 3
Tampines: P4, W1-D0-L3, F3-A9, Pts 3

SLVC Record all-time:
Gombak: P26, W3-D5-L18, F30-A60, Pts 14
Tampines: P66, W28-D14-L24, F120-A108, Pts 98

Gombak's next game will be against Home United at Bishan on 4-Sep.

Judging by their past record in SLVC, the title should be making a swift return back "Home", as Gombak had always lost their 1st title-defense game right after winning it, :-o

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings": 25-Aug

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (after semi-finals 2nd-legs)


# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD NB
1 Sing. AF-- 5 4-1-0 10-1 13 +9 Final
2 Young Lions 5 3-1-1 6-4 10 +2 SF
3 Woodlands--- 5 2-2-1 6-4 8 +2 Final
4 Home-------- 2 2-0-1 6-3 6 +3 QF
5 Tobacco Mon. 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1 QF
6 Bangkok Uni. 3 1-1-1 4-2 4 +2 QF
7 Super Reds-- 3 1-1-1 3-5 4 -2 QF
8 Tampines---- 5 1-1-3 3-6 4 -3 SF
9 Sengkang---- 1 0-1-0 1-1 1 +0 1R
10 Geylang---- 1 0-0-1 1-2 0 -1 1R
11 Brunei DPMM 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
12 Gombak----- 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
13 Balestier-- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
14 Phnom Penh- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
15 Albirex---- 1 0-0-1 1-4 0 -3 1R
16 Dalian----- 1 0-0-1 1-5 0 -4 1R


SAFFC will mostly clinch the top spot of the 2008 cup table, unless they lose by a huge margin in the final, while Young Lions win big in the 3rd-place playoff.
(Again, they're the only host to win at home in the semi final)

The previously unbeaten Young Lions was unlucky to lose the semi-final 2ng leg having won the first leg away. Had they managed at least a draw at JBS, YL would have secured a top-2 finish in the cup table along with a place in the grand final.

Despite their low points tally at the moment, Tampines can still squeeze into the top-4 with a win against the YL in the 3rd-place match. Let's see if they can redeem themselves with this consolation prize by then...

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings": 18-Aug

Singapore Cup 2008 "Standings" so far... (after q-finals 2nd-legs)

# Team-------- P W D L F-A P GD NB
1 Sing. AF---- 3 2-1-0 6-1 7 +5 SF
2 Young Lions- 3 2-1-0 3-0 7 +3 SF
3 Home-------- 2 2-0-1 6-3 6 +3 QF
4 Woodlands--- 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1 SF
5 Tobacco Mon. 3 1-2-0 2-1 5 +1 QF
6 Bangkok Uni. 3 1-1-1 4-2 4 +2 QF
7 Tampines---- 3 1-1-1 3-2 4 +1 SF
8 Super Reds-- 3 1-1-1 3-5 4 -2 QF
9 Sengkang---- 1 0-1-0 1-1 1 +0 1R
10 Geylang---- 1 0-0-1 1-2 0 -1 1R
11 Brunei DPMM 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
12 Gombak----- 1 0-0-1 0-1 0 -1 1R
13 Balestier-- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
14 Phnom Penh- 1 0-0-1 0-2 0 -2 1R
15 Albirex---- 1 0-0-1 1-4 0 -3 1R
16 Dalian----- 1 0-0-1 1-5 0 -4 1R

SAFFC is now back at the top of the "cup table", having just surrendered the lead in the league to Super Reds, :-)
Note that Super Reds could have achieved a double lead in the league / cup table, had they beaten SAFFC in the cup q-final 2nd leg, but it was not to be...
(If the League Cup "Standings" was also taken into account, that would have been a triple lead!!)
By the way, SAFFC's 3-0 win over Super Reds was also the only victory for the host teams in the q-fianls.

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 16 Aug

With 2/3 of the fixtures completed & the league taking a 1-week+ break for Singapore Cup actions, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 16-Aug:
# Team-------- P- W- D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 22 17 2 3 46 - 21 53 (+25)
2 Singapore AF 22 16 4 2 60 - 22 52 (+38)
3 Home-------- 22 16 2 4 50 - 21 50 (+29)
4 Tampines---- 22 13 3 6 40 - 23 42 (+17)
5 Geylang----- 22 9 4 09 34 - 36 31 (-2)
6 Gombak------ 22 6 8 08 23 - 26 26 (-3)
7 Albirex----- 22 6 7 09 29 - 42 25 (-13)
8 Woodlands--- 21 6 6 09 24 - 32 24 (-8)
9 Young Lions- 23 5 8 10 21 - 30 23 (-9)
10 Dalian----- 23 4 5 14 19 - 47 17 (-28)
11 Sengkang--- 23 2 8 13 08 - 35 14 (-27)
12 Balestier-- 22 1 7 14 17 - 36 10 (-19)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 33 26 3 04 69 - 32 81 37
2 Singapore AF 33 24 6 03 90 - 33 78 57
3 Home-------- 33 24 3 06 75 - 32 75 43
4 Tampines---- 33 20 5 08 60 - 35 65 25
5 Geylang----- 33 14 6 13 51 - 54 48 -3
6 Gombak------ 33 9 12 12 35 - 39 39 -4
7 Albirex----- 33 9 11 13 44 - 63 38 -19
8 Woodlands--- 33 9 09 15 38 - 50 36 -12
9 Young Lions- 33 7 11 15 30 - 43 32 -13
10 Dalian----- 33 6 07 20 27 - 67 25 -40
11 Sengkang--- 33 3 11 19 11 - 50 20 -39
12 Balestier-- 33 2 11 20 26 - 54 17 -28

Highlights:
1. Super Reds has regained the "projection championship" for now.
2. Geylang has consolidated its position at 5th-place following some good results.
3. Sengkang is finally out of the bottom, the race to avoid wooden spoon is heating-up... :-)

SLVC: Lucky Tampines won Title #9

Home United's perfect record in SLVC this season came to an abrupt halt after the extremely lucky Tampines stole the title back on 11-Aug with an own goal from their opponent.

This is Tampines' 9th SLVC title, the 4th-most among all teams, behind SAFFC (13), Home (12) & Geylang (10).

SLVC Record in 2008:
Home: P8, W7-D0-L1, F10-A3, Pts 21
Tampines: P3, W1-D0-L2, F2-A7, Pts 3

SLVC Record all-time:
Home: P109, W66-D22-L21, F214-A134, Pts 220
Tampines: P65, W28-D14-L23, F119-A106, Pts 98

Tampines' next game will be against Gombak away on 29-Aug.