Sailors extend winning run with six-goal win over Geylang
Geylang 0-6 Sailors | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 20 February
(Ami Takeuchi 26’, 72’, 89’, Eri Kitagawa 49’, Ain Salleh 36’, Farah Nurzahirah 71’)
Lion City Sailors extended their winning run in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) with a 6-0 triumph over Geylang International last Friday (20 February), making it five wins in five games.
Ami Takeuchi opened the scoring in the 26th minute with a composed finish after receiving a cushioned pass from Sailors Girls Academy graduate Amelia Tan. Sailors’ 16-year-old forward Nur Ain Salleh doubled the lead in the 36th minute, racing clear to slot home from a perfectly weighted pass from Takeuchi.
Eri Kitagawa made it 3-0 in the 49th minute, capitalising on a loose clearance, before Farah Nurzahirah added a fourth in the 71st minute, lifting the ball over the advancing goalkeeper with composure.
Takeuchi struck again in the 72nd minute and completed her hat-trick in the 89th minute, taking her season tally to 15 goals.
Geylang: Nurul Illyanis (GK), Lily Clayton, Siti Fathimah (Humaira Ibrahim 73’), Saranya Thiru (Elyssa Qistina 46’), Nasriah Ibrahim, Naureen Qadriyah (Aliyah Imarsha 79’), Hamizah Abdul Talib, Rayna Balqis (Nadhra Aqilah 79’), Rochelle Chan, Farhanah Ruhaizat (C), Nadia Nuraffendi
Unused subs: Kristen Brown (GK), Faizah Ramle, Nurul Syuhadah, Nurfarah Tahir, Alvina Chik
Sailors: Izairida Shakira (GK), Irsalina Irwan (Nurhidayu Naszri 29’), Eri Kitagawa, Dhaniyah Qasimah, Syazwani Ruzi (C) (Khairunnisa Anwar 75’), Farah Nurzahirah (Priscille Le Helloco 84’), Ami Takeuchi, Ain Salleh (Izzati Rosni 61’), Siti Nurerwadah, Amelia Tan (Sarah Zu’risqha 61’), Ami Kawase (Remi Ogawa 80’)
Unused subs: Alysha Nasrina (GK), Tyan Foong, Tia Foong
Young Aerion starlets shine in 7-0 rout over Hougang
Still Aerion 7-0 Hougang | Jurong East Stadium | 20 February
(Anna Seng 16’, 30’, 48’, 62’, Zoey Chua 42’, Isabella Rose Edwards 45’+2, 58’)
Still Aerion’s younger stars stole the show in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) last Friday (20 Feb) with a 7-0 victory over Hougang United.
Forward Anna Seng broke the deadlock in the 16th minute, sliding a low finish past a couple of Hougang defenders after a precise cross from fellow forward Isabella Edwards on the left. The 18-year-old went on to add three more goals to her tally, on a remarkable evening.
Twenty-year-old forward Zoey Chua also got on the scoresheet in the 42nd minute, reacting quickest as a corner delivery caused mayhem in the box and slotting home.
But the most spectacular goal of the match came from 16-year-old Isabella, who had already set up two of Seng’s goals. Two minutes into first-half stoppage time, Seng backheeled a pass to Isabella, who smashed a screamer into the top-right corner.
Isabella then added another goal in the 58th minute with a composed finish over Hougang’s goalkeeper Tay Siew Yin for the seventh goal.
The win propels Aerion back into the top three of the WPL table.
Still Aerion: Hazel Lim (GK), Angelyn Pang (Jasmine Kua 83’), Janet Tan (Afiqah Omar 54’), Bhanu Krishnasamy (Rachel Chan 46’), Fonda Chai (C), Pikul Khueanpet (Putri Alyssa Rianna 61’), Mikayla Simons (Bernie Lim 46’), Anna Seng (Sunisa Srangthaisong 70’), Zoey Chua, Reneelyn Sison (Andrea Moska 46’), Isabella Edwards
Unused subs: Lutfiah Hannah (GK), Dini Dannisha
Hougang: Tay Siew Yin (GK), Nuurfathimah Syaakirah (Tia Nabella 54’), Angela Hu (Michelle Ngui 86’), Claire Park, Su Jingyi, Rachel Ngui (Venya Jain 66’), Nadirah Jeffere (Nabilah Jeffere 78’), Rabi’atul Ardawiyah, Fatin Syarafana, Anna Vaswani (Iffah Amrin 83’), Nur Syafina Putri (C)
Unused subs: None
Albirex extend winning streak, despite a spirited BG Tampines side
BG Tampines 0-5 Albirex | Choa Chu Kang Stadium | 21 February
(Emily Baranyay 24’, Ruriko Takashima 47’, 49’, 75’, 88’)
Albirex Jurong continued their dominant start to the Women’s Premier League (WPL) with a 5-0 victory over BG Tampines last Saturday (21 February). The BG Tampines side, who had suffered a heavy 12-0 defeat to league contenders Lion City Sailors the previous week, put up a better fight this time but fell to Albirex’s clinical finishing.
In the 24th minute, Albirex midfielder Emily Baranyay opened the scoring with a composed solo effort down the right flank. Albirex missed a few chances in the first half, with goalkeeper Haziqah Haszman making key saves and the Tampines defensive line under pressure – notably 34-year-old Sharifah Amira producing a vital sliding clearance in the 44th minute – as Albirex led 1-0 at the break.
Just after the restart, Albirex’s firepower came to the fore. Player-coach Kana Kitahara delivered a perfectly weighted long ball to Ruriko Takashima, who finished past Haziqah who had come off her line too early. Takashima went on to add three more goals, completing a four-goal haul and taking her season tally to 20 goals, making her the current top scorer of the season.
Albirex remain on top of the WPL standings, ahead of the Sailors on goal difference.
BG Tampines: Haziqah Haszman (GK) (Beatrix Ong-Pratt 90’), Jia Samra, Kinley Melski, Shazana Ashiq (Nursabrina Iskandar Shah 70’), Victoria Hudson (Cristina Clavel 86’), Nahwah Aidilreza (Atiqah Salihin 88’), Darvina Halini (C), Nur Fitrizah, Sharifah Amira, Aqilah Salihin, Lucinda Ratcliffe (Lyra Ayaana 73’)
Unused subs: Izzati Safwanah (GK), Maya Stephen, Shaniz Qistina, Erika Seah
Albirex: Ng Meizhi (GK), Sun Jie, Riho Katayama (Anaya Sehgal 90’), Emily Baranyay (Joie Teo 84’), Sitianiwati Rosielin, Manami Fukuzawa, Kana Kitahara, Siti Wan Nabilah (Cocolo Kaneko 82’), Ruriko Takashima, Izyani Ghani (Ananya Pande 76’), Rosnani Azman (C)
Unused subs: Nur Darwisyah, Natasha Kaur, Miki Ayaka, Monessha Nair, Chiyoko Okada
Early strike seals Tanjong Pagar’s first win of the season
Tanjong Pagar 1-0 Tiong Bahru | Bukit Gombak Stadium | 22 February
(Nuriah Noor 10’)
An early strike was all Tanjong Pagar United needed to earn their first win of the season in last Sunday’s (22 February) against Tiong Bahru at Bukit Gombak Stadium.
Just 10 minutes in, a long ball from Tanjong Pagar United defender Crystal Wu found her captain Nuriah Noor, who flicked it over Tiong Bahru goalkeeper Lynse Ng — who had come too far off her line — to give Tanjong Pagar an early lead.
For the rest of the match, Tanjong Pagar created a few chances but were unable to convert, with Lynse making up for her earlier mistake under constant pressure from Jaguars’ attacks. Tiong Bahru’s defensive line was tested, particularly in the 43rd minute, while Nurzaherra Maisarah came close at the other end with a scissor-kick effort that flew just over the crossbar.
Tanjong Pagar’s long-ball attempts also often went off target, as both sides tried to extend the lead. Despite the flurry of chances, neither team could find the back of the net again.
Tanjong Pagar: Vanessa Tan (GK), Naomi Tan, Nur Syakirah Jumain (Eden Smith 79’), Matthea Ashwini, Nuriah Noor (C) (Dewi Safira 88’), Alyssa Deanna (Abigail Goh 46’), Anupriya Subramanian, Denise Chu, Crystal Wu, Faradila Rafidi, Pan Shi Yu
Unused subs: Ilya Batrisyia (GK), Shayeerah Huq, Gan Hui Yi, Abigail Heng
Tiong Bahru: Lynse Sng (GK), Joey Cheng (C), Deanna Lim, Nellie Teow, Rabiatul Adawiyah (Yap Hui Xuan 83’), Ezyan Salan (Nursafura Ali 46’), Nurzaherra Maisarah, Tang Kai Qing (Claris Gan 46’), Christine Gan, El’rine Alisha (Liew Tze Shyan 46’ (Wee Xin Yi 65’)), Ho Wen Jin
Unused subs: Larissa Ortmann (GK), Lee Lai Kuan, Badriyyah Yazid, Belina Moon
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