SLVC - All Time Statistics up to 2008, 28-May

All Time Table up to date:
# Team---- GP- W- D- L- F-- A-- Pts G/D
1 SAFFC--- 121 76 26 19 283-136 254 +147
2 Home-----101 59 22 20 204-131 199 +73
3 Geylang-- 73 32 17 24 136-100 113 +36
4 Woodlands 72 27 19 26 124-133 100 -09
5 Tampines- 64 27 14 23 118-106 095 +12
6 Tan.Pagar 42 15 11 16 67-65 56 +02
7 YngLions- 26 11 02 13 53-61 35 -08
8 SuperReds 11 05 02 04 19-22 17 -03
9 Sinchi--- 15 04 03 08 18-29 15 -11
10 Clementi 20 02 09 09 26-50 15 -24
11 Balestier 36 3 05 28 42-98 14 -56
12 Gombak--- 25 2 05 18 28-59 11 -31
13 Sembawang 21 2 05 14 20-52 11 -32
14 Jurong--- 18 2 03 13 18-38 09 -20
15 Sengkang- 20 0 03 17 15-61 03 -46
16 Afrique-- 04 0 02 02 03-07 02 -04
17 Albirex-- 09 0 02 07 07-19 02 -12
18 Liaoning- 02 0 00 02 03-05 00 -02
19 Dalian--- 02 0 00 02 01-07 00 -06
20 P.Lebar-- 02 0 00 02 00-06 00 -06

Statistical Summary:
Matches-: 342
Home Win: 152
Draw----: 75
Away Win: 115
Goals---: 1185
Home Goals-: 653
Away Goals-: 532
Freq Scores: 1-1 (33 times), 2-1 (27 times)

Highlights:
1.Woodlands have broke into the 100-point clubs.
2.Super Reds have jumped to 8th-place from 14th in 2007!

SLVC 2008 - All Matches Played as at 28-May

It's the right time to revisit the SLVC stats again in 2008,
as the league takes a long break from 28-May to 17-June:

2008-02-22 Albirex SAFFC 1 3
2008-02-26 SAFFC Geylang 3 1
2008-02-29 SAFFC Sengkang 3 0
2008-03-06 Dalian SAFFC 1 6
2008-03-14 Tampines SAFFC 1 2
2008-03-29 SAFFC Woodlands 3 0
2008-04-06 Balestier SAFFC 0 2
2008-04-10 SAFFC YoungLions 4 0
2008-04-13 SuperReds SAFFC 3 2 **
2008-04-18 Balestier SuperReds 1 1
2008-04-24 SuperReds Tampines 5 0
2008-04-28 SuperReds Dalian 1 0
2008-05-23 Woodlands SuperReds 2 2
2008-05-26 SuperReds YoungLions 3 1

** Title changed hands

Consolidated Table:
# Team-------- P W D L F--A Pts G/D
01 SAFFC------ 9 8 0 1 28-7 24 +21
02 Super Reds- 6 4 2 0 15-6 14 +9
03 Balestier-- 2 0 1 1 01-3 1 -2
04 Woodlands-- 2 0 1 1 02-5 1 -3
05 Gombak----- 0 0 0 0 00-0 0 0
06 Home------- 0 0 0 0 00-0 0 0
07 Albirex---- 0 0 0 1 01-3 0 -2
08 Geylang---- 0 0 0 1 01-3 0 -2
09 Sengkang--- 0 0 0 1 00-3 0 -3
10 Dalain----- 2 0 0 2 01-7 0 -6
11 Tampines--- 2 0 0 2 01-7 0 -6
12 YoungLions- 2 0 0 2 01-7 0 -6

Statistical Summary:
Match-ups-: 14
Home Win--: 8
Draw------: 2
Away Win--: 4
Goals-----: 51
Home Goals: 31
Away Goals: 20
Most Frequent Scores: 3-0, 3-1 (2 times each)

Note that Dalian, Tampines & YoungLions have identical records,
having suffered heavy beatings at the hands of SAFFC & Super Reds...

All-Time S.League Table - 2008 (up to 28-May)

With all teams (except Balestier & Sengkang) completed 14 games each & the league taking a 3 week break for World Cup Qualifiers, let's take a quick look on how the S.League all-time has evolved since 2007.

# #07 Teams------ Sesn Pld W-- PK D L-- F-- A-- Pts GD-- PPG #PPG #PPG07
01 01 SAFFC------ 12.5 339 225 2 61 051 841 406 740 +435 2.183 01 01
02 02 Home------- 12.5 338 188 2 61 087 723 469 629 +254 1.861 02 02
03 03 Tampines--- 12.5 338 161 3 68 106 664 489 557 +175 1.648 03 03
04 04 Geylang---- 12.5 339 155 3 71 110 588 447 542 +141 1.599 04 04
05 05 Woodlands-- 12.5 338 130 4 78 126 574 555 464 +019 1.373 09 09
06 06 Balestier-- 12.5 339 093 2 78 166 495 682 361 -187 1.065 11 10
07 07 Tjg. Pagar- 09.0 234 100 2 46 086 399 385 350 +014 1.496 05 05
08 08 Jurong----- 07.0 179 070 7 29 073 261 274 253 -013 1.413 06 08
09 10 Young Lions 05.5 164 064 1 34 065 280 287 228 -007 1.390 07 07
10 11 Gombak----- 08.5 207 056 0 49 102 281 381 217 -100 1.048 12 11
11 09 Sembawang-- 07.0 207 053 5 47 102 256 405 216 -149 1.043 13 12
12 12 Sengkang--- 08.5 241 044 8 45 144 264 529 193 -265 0.801 17 16
13 13 Albirex---- 04.5 131 048 0 36 047 215 202 180 +013 1.374 08 06
14 14 Clementi--- 04.0 110 022 0 29 059 150 261 095 -111 0.864 16 15
15 15 Sinchi----- 03.0 087 022 6 13 046 109 166 088 -057 1.011 14 13
16 18 Super Reds- 01.5 047 014 0 11 022 053 093 053 -040 1.128 10 18
17 16 Liaoning--- 01.0 033 008 0 05 020 033 063 029 -030 0.879 15 14
18 17 Afrique---- 01.0 030 005 0 09 016 036 058 024 -022 0.800 18 17
19 NA Dalian----- 00.5 014 003 0 02 009 012 027 011 -015 0.786 19 NA
20 19 Paya Lebar- 01.0 027 001 0 01 025 023 078 004 -055 0.148 20 19

If interested, any of you can help update this in Wikipedia as well... :-)

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 28 May

With all teams (except Balestier & Sengkang) completed 14 games & the league taking a 3 week break for World Cup Qualifiers, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on the current standings.

As at 28-May:
# Team-------- P- W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 14 11 2 1 39 - 14 35 (+25)
2 Super Reds-- 14 11 2 1 29 - 13 35 (+16)
3 Home-------- 14 09 2 3 40 - 18 29 (+22)
4 Tampines---- 14 08 2 4 28 - 18 26 (+10)
5 Geylang----- 14 06 2 6 24 - 27 20 (-3)
6 Woodlands--- 14 05 4 5 17 - 20 19 (-3)
7 Gombak------ 14 03 6 5 17 - 19 15 (-2)
8 Young Lions- 14 04 3 7 17 - 24 15 (-7)
9 Albirex----- 14 03 3 8 18 - 34 12 (-16)
10 Dalian----- 14 03 2 9 12 - 27 11 (-15)
11 Balestier-- 15 01 6 8 12 - 22 09 (-10)
12 Sengkang--- 15 01 6 8 05 - 22 09 (-17)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Singapore AF 33 26 5 02 92 - 33 83 59
2 Super Reds-- 33 26 5 02 68 - 31 83 37
3 Home-------- 33 21 5 07 94 - 42 68 52
4 Tampines---- 33 19 5 09 66 - 42 62 24
5 Geylang----- 33 14 5 14 57 - 64 47 -7
6 Woodlands--- 33 12 9 12 40 - 47 45 -7
7 Gombak------ 33 7 14 12 40 - 45 35 -5
8 Young Lions- 33 09 7 17 40 - 57 34 -17
9 Albirex----- 33 07 7 19 42 - 80 28 -38
10 Dalian----- 33 07 5 21 28 - 64 26 -36
11 Balestier-- 33 2 13 18 26 - 48 19 -22
12 Sengkang--- 33 2 13 18 11 - 48 19 -37

Though still rooted at the bottom, Sengkang finally earned their first win of the season against Young Lions. However, they also set a new mark of 5 goal-less draws for a team in a season, it is likely that the "record" can be extended further in this campaign. :-)

For now, SAFFC is back on top, but only on G/D. The title race seemed to be fast becoming a 2-horse affair, with Home/Tampines fighting it out for 3rd-place & others trailing in their wake...

Singapore League Cup 2007 Recap

Just a recap of what happened in League Cup 2007 (many thanks to Leon's Archive):

Quarter-finals -
Sengkang 2 -1 Balestier
Gombak 2 - 1 Albirex
Super Reds 0 - 2
WoodlandsTampines 1 - 1 Home Utd (Home Utd won on PK)

Semi-finals -
Sengkang 0 - 0 Gombak (Sengkang won on PK)
Woodlands 2 - 0 Home Utd

3rd-place -
Gombak 1 - 1 Home Utd (Gombak won on PK)

Final -
Sengkang 0 - 4 Woodlands

"Standings":
# Team----- P W D L F A P GD
1 Woodlands 3 3 0 0 8 0 9 +8
2 Gombak--- 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 +1
3 Sengkang- 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 -3
4 Home----- 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 -2
5 Tampines- 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 +0
6 Albirex-- 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1
7 Balestier 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1
8 SuperReds 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2

Gombak 1-0 Home: finally overtaken Sembawang!

Beside putting a huge dent on Home's 2008 title hopes, Gombak have finally overtaken Sembawang in the all-time S.League table, :-)

Gombak already had Sembawang in sight at the start of the 2008 season, but they were struggling to reach the target due to their indifferent form since.

Prior to the Home game, Gombak actually went 6 games winless, but they managed to pull-off the upset at the right time in their 207th game (co-incidentally the same number of games Sembawang have played all-time!!):
#- Team ------------ Pld W PK D- L-- F-- A-- GD-- Pts
10 Gombak United --- 207 56 0 49 102 281-381 -100 217
11 Sembawang Rangers 207 53 5 47 102 256-405 -149 216

It must have been the force of destiny, wasn't it?

Prime League All-Time Table: 2001

2001 Table:
# Team------ P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 Home------ 24 18 4 2 79 31 58 +48
2 SAFFC----- 24 16 4 4 78 20 52 +58
3 Tampines-- 24 15 3 6 56 31 48 +25
4 Woodlands- 24 15 2 7 49 45 47 +4
5 Sing.U-18 24 11 3 10 49 33 36 +16
6 Tjg.Pagar- 24 10 6 8 40 38 36 +2
7 Sengkang-- 24 8 7 09 43 37 31 +6
8 Sembawang- 24 8 5 11 41 55 29 -14
9 Geylang--- 24 8 4 12 29 36 28 -7
10 Balestier 24 8 3 13 45 47 27 -2
11 Clementi- 24 5 8 11 31 53 23 -22
12 Jurong--- 24 2 7 15 38 89 13 -51
13 Gombak--- 24 2 4 18 16 79 10 -63

2001 All-Time:
# Team----- P-- W- D- L- F-- A-- Pts GD PPG #PPG
1 SAFFC---- 106 80 09 17 313 085 249 +228 2.349 1
2 Home----- 106 73 16 17 280 103 235 +177 2.217 2
3 Geylang-- 106 56 17 33 186 120 185 +066 1.745 4
4 Woodlands 106 48 17 41 191 169 161 +022 1.519 5
5 Tampines- 106 50 10 46 185 176 160 +009 1.509 6
6 Balestier 106 44 15 47 187 175 147 +012 1.387 8
7 Tjg.Pagar 106 41 17 48 183 208 140 -025 1.321 9
8 Sengkang-- 90 39 15 36 147 134 132 +013 1.467 7
9 Sembawang 106 27 21 58 130 216 102 -086 0.962 10
10 Sing.U-18 48 26 07 15 098 059 085 +039 1.771 3
11 Jurong-- 106 19 17 70 122 317 074 -195 0.698 12
12 Clementi- 70 15 20 35 086 144 065 -058 0.929 11
13 Gombak--- 90 10 15 65 082 284 045 -202 0.500 13

Highlights:
- The 5th season of Prime League.
- Singapore Under-18 team have been doing very well in terms of PPG, only behind the Big-2 of SAFFC / Home.

Prime League All-Time Table: 2000

2000 Table:
# Team------ P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 SAFFC----- 24 20 0 4 79 14 60 +65
2 Home------ 24 15 6 3 50 17 51 +33
3 Geylang--- 24 15 5 4 42 21 50 +21
4 Sing.U-18- 24 15 4 5 49 26 49 +23
5 Sengkang-- 24 14 3 7 42 31 45 +11
6 Tampines-- 24 12 3 9 37 30 39 +7
7 Clementi-- 24 7 9 08 34 40 30 -6
8 Woodlands- 24 7 6 11 35 34 27 +1
9 Tjg.Pagar- 24 7 5 12 39 52 26 -13
10 Balestier 24 4 6 14 27 41 18 -14
11 Sembawang 24 3 9 12 19 40 18 -21
12 Gombak--- 24 3 5 16 26 69 14 -43
13 Jurong--- 24 2 3 19 25 89 09 -64

2000 All-Time:
# Team------ P- W- D- L- F-- A-- Pts GD-- PPG #PPG
1 SAFFC----- 82 64 05 13 235 065 197 +170 2.402 1
2 Home------ 82 55 12 15 201 072 177 +129 2.159 2
3 Geylang--- 82 48 13 21 157 084 157 +073 1.915 4
4 Balestier- 82 36 12 34 142 128 120 +014 1.463 6
5 Woodlands- 82 33 15 34 142 124 114 +018 1.390 7
6 Tampines-- 82 35 07 40 129 145 112 -016 1.366 8
7 Tjg.Pagar- 82 31 11 40 143 170 104 -027 1.268 9
8 Sengkang-- 66 31 08 27 104 097 101 +007 1.530 5
9 Sembawang- 82 19 16 47 089 161 073 -072 0.890 11
10 Jurong--- 82 17 10 55 084 228 061 -144 0.744 12
11 Sing.U-18 24 15 04 05 049 026 049 +023 2.042 3
12 Clementi- 46 10 12 24 055 091 042 -036 0.913 10
13 Gombak--- 66 08 11 47 066 205 035 -139 0.530 13

Highlights:
- The 5th season of Prime League
- Singapore Uuder-18 was the new entrant.
- This was the first time that there're more teams in the Prime League than S.League.

Prime League All-Time Table: 1999

1999 Table:
# Team------ P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 SAFFC----- 22 21 1 0 75 13 64 +62
2 Home------ 22 16 2 4 62 20 50 +42
3 Balestier- 22 14 1 7 47 30 43 +17
4 Geylang--- 22 11 6 5 41 19 39 +22
5 Sengkang-- 22 12 3 7 42 31 39 +11
6 Jurong---- 22 9 2 11 28 54 29 -26
7 Woodlands- 22 8 4 10 38 36 28 +02
8 Tampines-- 22 6 3 13 24 42 21 -18
9 Tjg.Pagar- 22 6 3 13 25 49 21 -24
10 Sembawang 22 5 5 12 25 42 20 -17
11 Gombak--- 22 4 1 17 23 64 13 -41
12 Clementi- 22 3 3 16 21 51 12 -30

1999 All-Time:
# Team----- P- W- D L- F-- A-- Pts GD- PPG #PPG
1 SAFFC---- 58 44 5 09 156 051 137 105 2.362 1
2 Home----- 58 40 6 12 151 055 126 +96 2.172 2
3 Geylang-- 58 33 8 17 115 063 107 +52 1.845 3
4 Balestier 58 32 6 20 115 087 102 +28 1.759 4
5 Woodlands 58 26 9 23 107 090 087 +17 1.500 5
6 Tjg.Pagar 58 24 6 28 104 118 078 -14 1.345 6
7 Tampines- 58 23 4 31 092 115 073 -23 1.259 8
8 Sengkang- 42 17 5 20 062 066 056 -04 1.333 7
9 Sembawang 58 16 7 35 070 121 055 -51 0.948 9
10 Jurong-- 58 15 7 36 059 139 052 -80 0.897 10
11 Gombak-- 42 05 6 31 040 136 021 -96 0.500 12
12 Clementi 22 03 3 16 021 051 012 -30 0.545 11

Highlights:
- The 3rd season of Prime League
- SAFFC finished the season unbeaten!
- Clementi was the new entrant.
- All 12 teams fielded their reserves.

Prime League All-Time Table: 1998

1998 Table:
# Team----- P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 Geylang-- 20 16 0 4 56 19 48 +37
2 Home----- 20 14 2 4 56 17 44 +39
3 Woodlands 20 13 3 4 51 26 42 +25
4 Tampines- 20 13 1 6 47 39 40 +08
5 SAFFC---- 20 11 2 7 47 30 35 +17
6 Tjg.Pagar 20 9 0 11 40 41 27 -01
7 Balestier 20 9 0 11 34 38 27 -04
8 Sembawang 20 6 2 12 25 41 20 -16
9 Sengkang- 20 5 2 13 20 35 17 -15
10 Jurong-- 20 3 3 14 20 55 12 -35
11 Gombak-- 20 1 5 14 17 72 08 -55

1998 All-Time:
# Team----- P- W- D L- F- A- Pts GD PPG #PPG
1 Home----- 36 24 4 08 89 35 76 +54 2.111 1
2 SAFFC---- 36 23 4 09 81 38 73 +43 2.028 2
3 Geylang-- 36 22 2 12 74 44 68 +30 1.889 3
4 Woodlands 36 18 5 13 69 54 59 +15 1.639 4
5 Balestier 36 18 5 13 68 57 59 +11 1.639 5
6 Tjg.Pagar 36 18 3 15 79 69 57 +10 1.583 6
7 Tampines- 36 17 1 18 68 73 52 -05 1.444 7
8 Sembawang 36 11 2 23 45 79 35 -34 0.972 8
9 Jurong--- 36 06 5 25 31 85 23 -54 0.639 10
10 Sengkang 20 05 2 13 20 35 17 -15 0.850 9
11 Gombak-- 20 01 5 14 17 72 08 -55 0.400 11

Highlights:
- The 2nd season of Prime League
- Gombak & Sengkang were new entrants
- All 11 teams fielded reserves

Prime League All-Time Table: 1997

Table:
# Team----- P- W- D L F- A- Pts GD
1 SAFFC---- 16 12 2 2 34 08 38 +26
2 Balestier 16 09 5 2 34 19 32 +15
3 Home----- 16 10 2 4 33 18 32 +15
4 Tjg.Pagar 16 9 3 04 39 28 30 +11
5 Geylang-- 16 6 2 08 18 25 20 -07
6 Woodlands 16 5 2 09 18 28 17 -10
7 Sembawang 16 5 0 11 20 38 15 -18
8 Tampines- 16 4 0 12 21 34 12 -13
9 Jurong--- 16 3 2 11 11 30 11 -19

Highlights:
- This was the first season of Prime League.
- SAFFC also won the S.League.
- All 9 S.League teams fielded reserves here.

S.League 08 Projected Finish: 6-May

With all teams completed 12 games & the league taking a 2 week break for Singapore Cup matches, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on current standings.

As at 6-May:
# Team-------- P- W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds- 12 10 1 1 24 - 10 31 (+14)
2 Singapore AF 12 9 2 1 35 - 13 29 (+22)
3 Home-------- 12 8 2 2 34 - 17 26 (+17)
4 Tampines---- 12 6 2 4 25 - 18 20 (+7)
5 Geylang----- 12 5 1 6 17 - 24 16 (-7)
6 Young Lions- 12 4 3 5 14 - 18 15 (-4)
7 Woodlands--- 12 4 3 5 12 - 17 15 (-5)
8 Gombak------ 12 2 6 4 16 - 18 12 (-2)
9 Albirex----- 12 3 3 6 16 - 26 12 (-10)
10 Dalian----- 12 3 2 7 11 - 18 11 (-7)
11 Balestier-- 12 1 4 7 10 - 18 07 (-8)
12 Sengkang--- 12 0 5 7 02 - 19 05 (-17)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 33 28 3 02 66 - 28 87 38
2 Singapore AF 33 25 6 02 96 - 36 81 60
3 Home-------- 33 22 6 05 94 - 47 72 47
4 Tampines---- 33 17 6 10 69 - 50 57 19
5 Geylang----- 33 14 3 16 47 - 66 45 -19
6 Young Lions- 33 11 8 14 39 - 50 41 -11
7 Woodlands--- 33 11 8 14 33 - 47 41 -14
8 Gombak------ 33 6 17 10 44 - 50 35 -6
9 Albirex----- 33 8 08 17 44 - 72 32 -28
10 Dalian----- 33 8 06 19 30 - 50 30 -20
11 Balestier-- 33 3 11 19 28 - 50 20 -22
12 Sengkang--- 33 0 14 19 06 - 52 14 -46

Sengkang actually almost beaten Albirex at Jurong East on 5-May, if not for a disallowed penalty. So the first win will wait...

On top of that, 4 of the 5 points they managed this season were goal-less draws, already a record jointly shared with a few other teams. Should the goal drought continue, they're likely to "improve" upon it, :-)

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 27-Apr

With all teams completed the 1st round of 11 games, let's take a quick projection on how they will finish at the end of the season, base on current standings.

As at 27-Apr:
# Team-------- P- W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 11 9 1 1 23 - 10 28 (+13)
2 Singapore AF 11 8 2 1 32 - 11 26 (+21)
3 Home-------- 11 8 2 1 32 - 13 26 (+19)
4 Tampines---- 11 5 2 4 21 - 16 17 (+5)
5 Geylang----- 11 5 1 5 15 - 21 16 (-6)
6 Woodlands--- 11 4 3 4 11 - 15 15 (-4)
7 Young Lions- 11 3 3 5 12 - 17 12 (-5)
8 Gombak------ 11 2 5 4 14 - 16 11 (-2)
9 Dalian------ 11 3 2 6 11 - 17 11 (-6)
10 Albirex---- 11 3 2 6 16 - 26 11 (-10)
11 Balestier-- 11 1 3 7 08 - 16 06 (-8)
12 Sengkang--- 11 0 4 7 02 - 19 04 (-17)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D L- GF - GA Pts GD
1 Super Reds-- 33 27 3 03 69 - 30 84 39
2 Singapore AF 33 24 6 03 96 - 33 78 63
3 Home-------- 33 24 6 03 96 - 39 78 57
4 Tampines---- 33 15 6 12 63 - 48 51 15
5 Geylang----- 33 15 3 15 45 - 63 48 -18
6 Woodlands--- 33 12 9 12 33 - 45 45 -12
7 Young Lions- 33 9 09 15 36 - 51 36 -15
8 Gombak------ 33 6 15 12 42 - 48 33 -6
9 Dalian------ 33 9 06 18 33 - 51 33 -18
10 Albirex---- 33 9 06 18 48 - 78 33 -30
11 Balestier-- 33 3 09 21 24 - 48 18 -24
12 Sengkang--- 33 0 12 21 06 - 57 12 -51

The previous anomalies resulted from the "zeroes" entries in the league table are mostly gone now, mainly thanks to Balestier's shock win against Home, which took out 2 such "zeroes" (Home unbeaten & Balestier winless).

The only "zero" remaining comes from Sengkang, which is still winless after the 1st round, and is thus projected to finish the entire season without a win.

Such scenario has never happened before in S.League history (the closest being 2005's Paya Lebar with a single win), though I wonder if Sengkang could be the first side to "achieve this feat" (as they have serious problem upfront, having scored just 2 goals so far, even the 2005's Paya Lebar have managed 6 in their first 11 games), :-p

We will see, if Sengkang can break the duck in the next 2 projections, when the S.League takes longer breaks after Week 12 (2 weeks) & Week 14 (3 weeks). The 3 matches Sengkang will play until then are:
2008-05-05 Albirex (A) -
2008-05-21 Young Lions (H) -
2008-05-24 Singapore AF (H) -

Can it be Albirex or Young Lions? I wouldn't bet it on SAFFC though...

Woodlands Corner: Follow-ups

Just some follow-ups on Woodlands progress this season, base on my previous post "Woodlands Corner: Difficult timess ahead":


After the Sengkang game their record reads: 2W-2D-1L. Then:
2008-03-29 Singapore AF (A) 0-3
2008-04-01 Tampines (H) 1-1
2008-04-09 Home (H) 0-3


After the games against the Big-3: 2W-3D-3L. Then:
2008-04-15 Gombak (A) 1-0
2008-04-20 Geylang (H) -
2008-04-24 Albirex (A) -
2008-05-02 Young Lions (A) -
2008-05-23 Super Reds (H) -


Now they already have 1 win against Gombak.
Assume they manage 1W (Albirex), 2D (Geylang, YL) & 1L (Super Reds) in the next 4: 4W-5D-4L.

Maybe I'm just being over-worried, hopefully that's the case.

S.League 08 Projected Finish - 16-Apr

With all team finally having played the same number (9) of games (after a few weeks of imbalances) & the league taking a quick break on 16-Apr (for AFC Cup), it's a good time (though maybe a bit too early, you'll know why later) to project how the teams will finish at the end of the season base on current standings.

As at 16-Apr:
# Team-------- P W D L GF - GA Pts GD
1 Home-------- 9 8 1 0 29 - 09 25 (+20)
2 Singapore AF 9 8 0 1 28 - 07 24 (+21)
3 Super Reds-- 9 8 0 1 17 - 09 24 (+8)
4 Tampines---- 9 4 2 3 18 - 10 14 (+8)
5 Woodlands--- 9 3 3 3 08 - 12 12 (-4)
6 Young Lions- 9 3 2 4 11 - 14 11 (-3)
7 Dalian------ 9 3 1 5 10 - 15 10 (-5)
8 Geylang----- 9 3 1 5 11 - 20 10 (-9)
9 Gombak------ 9 2 3 4 11 - 13 09 (-2)
10 Albirex---- 9 2 2 5 13 - 23 08 (-10)
11 Sengkang--- 9 0 3 6 01 - 16 03 (-15)
12 Balestier-- 9 0 2 7 05 - 14 02 (-9)

Projected Finish:
# Team-------- P- W- D- L- GF- - GA Pts GD
1 Home-------- 33 29 04 00 106 - 33 91 73
2 Singapore AF 33 29 00 04 103 - 26 87 77
3 Super Reds-- 33 29 00 04 062 - 33 87 29
4 Tampines---- 33 15 07 11 066 - 37 52 29
5 Woodlands--- 33 11 11 11 029 - 44 44 -15
6 Young Lions- 33 11 07 15 040 - 51 40 -11
7 Dalian------ 33 11 04 18 037 - 55 37 -18
8 Geylang----- 33 11 04 18 040 - 73 37 -33
9 Gombak------ 33 07 11 15 040 - 48 32 -8
10 Albirex---- 33 07 07 19 048 - 84 28 -36
11 Sengkang--- 33 00 11 22 004 - 59 11 -55
12 Balestier-- 33 00 07 26 018 - 51 07 -33

Saw anything weird with the projecttions? Well, there's a few things, top-down:
1. Can Home really remain unbeaten all season? I doubt so...

2. Will SAFFC & Super Reds both drawing none of their games? Highly unlikely for 1 team, let alone 2.

3. Will both Sengkang & Balestier remain winless all season? Again unlikely lah...
Even the Paya Lebar of 2005 could get a win out of 27 games, surely these 2 can do betrter?

4. Sengkang scoring just 4 goals all season?
The lowest number of goals scored by any team in any season was 15 by Jurong in 1997,
with just 16 games! Sengkang should achieve at least that figure with double the games.
(For the lowest Goals per Game, Balestier in 2000 "took the honors" with 16 goals in 22 games, a ratio of 0.727.)

Perhaps the projection will make more sense, when all the "zeroes" entries in the league table are gone. We'll see if that happens after the first round of games, :-)

Finally, a new SLVC champion: Super Reds!!

SAFFC's superb start (8 opening wins) to season 2008 was ended abruptly after a 2-1 away loss to Super Reds on 13-Apr, & in the process relinqiushed the SLVC title it held for 21 games.

More on this later...

Dalian 3-1 Geylang: Good run continues

It might be hard to imagine just a few week earlier (whey they lost the 4 opening games), but here're the facts:

1. Dalian is now 5th in the league, just behind the big-4 at the top!
2. Dalain has now gone 3 matches unbeaten after the Tampines loss.
3. During this unbeaten run, they have conceded just 1 goal (against Geylang).

With Albirex & Young Lions coming up next, they may be able to entend this sequence, although it will probably end when they play Super Reds on 28-Apr.

Base on their current form/PPG, they should expect to overtake Afrique (24pts) & Liaoning (29pts) by the end of their first season.

As for sorry Geylang, now in dismal 9th-place (just 1 win in the past 7 games), they need to buckle-up against arch rivals Tampines in the next match, or risk getting brushed aside again...

Despite a loss, Super Reds still stood tall.

Eventhough they were unlucky to lose to the ever lucky Home side (remember last season?) due to a '90 goal (again!) on 30-Mar, which ended their 100% record, Super Reds could still pride themselves as the foreign team with the best start to a season (6 opening wins) so far.

This remarkable achievement would be the 2nd-best all time, tying with SAFFC in 2000 & Woodlands in 2004, behind SAFFC in 2002 (7 opening wins).

It could become the 3rd-best soon though, if SAFFC can managed 2 more wins to surpass their own record (with the next 2 opponents being Balestier & Young Lions, this is quite likely).

Nevertheless, it's another record-breaking feat for the Super Reds, who has a few more records in its sights this season:

1. The most significant improvement as compared to last season, in terms of position:
The current record holder is Young Lions, who jumped from 12th/12 to 3rd/10 in 2004 (9 places).
To break this record, Super Reds need to finish at least 2nd in 2008 (10 places).

2. The most significant improvement as compared to last season, in terms of points per game:
The current record holder is Woodlands, who jumped from 0.727 (24/33) to 1.758 (58/33) in 2002 (1.030).
To break this record, Super Reds need to finish with at least 55 points in 2008 (from 21pts/33games in 2007).

3. The highest points total in a season for foreign teams:
The current record holder is Sinchi (surprise!) in 2003, who had 50 points from 33 games(mainly helped by the extra PK points, otherwise Albirex in 2006 would be best with 45).
To break this record, Super Reds need to finish with at least 51 points, :-p

4. The highest points per game in a season for foreign teams:
The current record holder is Albirex in 2004 & 2005, who both had 44 points from 27 games (1.630).
To break this record, Super Reds need to finish with at least 54 points, :-)

Record #1 may be a tall order, with Home United also competing strongly. But targets #2, 3 & 4 should be highly achievable, base on their current form (18pts/7games = 2.571ppg, which could be projected to 85pts in the end)...

Keep it up, Super Reds!!

Dalian has overtaken Paya Lebar, but how?

At first glance, you may wonder: How did Dalian overtake Paya Lebar, who're not even in S.League 08! Here's how:

On 25-Mar, Dalian earned their 2nd win of the season by beating Sengkang 2-1 at Queenstown.

With this win, Dalian has collected 6 points so far, thus allowing it to move above Paya Lebar (4 pts) in the S.League All-time Table. That's how, :-)

Ironically, the Sengkang Punggol side they beat was the merger of Sengkang Marine & Paya Lebar Punggol back in 2006. What a coincidence!

Super Reds 6-out-of-6!

Another 1-goal win, another 3 points, and another record in the bag for Super Reds, as they extended the best start by foreign teams to 6 wins.

This remarkable achievement is also the 2nd-best all time, level with SAFFC in 2000 & Woodlands in 2004, behind SAFFC in 2002 (7 opening wins).

The win would put some pressures on the only other perfect team, SAFFC (5-out-of-5), to keep pace at the top. SAFFC will play Woodlands on 29-Mar.

Until then, Super Reds will enjoy their lone stay at the top as much as possible, although their next opponent on 30-Mar, Home United, will be a serious test for them (by then, SAFFC could have already regained top-spot if they beat Woodlands).

This season's title race is getting really exciting!