Tanjong Pagar United vs Lion City Sailors

Jurong East Stadium is the venue as Tanjong Pagar United and Lion City Sailors go head-to-head in a mouth-watering Singapore Premier League showdown.

Tanjong Pagar’s hopes of whittling down the gap on table-topping Lion City took a massive blow last time out as they lost 1-0 away to Geylang International. That reverse snapped Tanjong’s three-game winning league streak, putting them at risk of losing back-to-back matches for only the second time this season. However, the ‘Jaguars’ have been nothing short of exceptional at home of late, winning their last three top-flight fixtures by an aggregate score of 7-2. That should inspire the hosts’ bid to arrest an abysmal six-match winless H2H run on home turf (D1, L5) and potentially post their first victory in this fixture since April 2012.

As for Lion City, an overwhelming 5-1 home triumph over Young Lions last time out has solidified their place at the top of the table, helping them bounce back from a 2-1 home loss to Albirex Niigata. Lion City’s purple patch in domestic proceedings has seen them pick up eight wins in their last nine league outings (L1), including four successive victories on the road. Since the start of May, the ‘Sailors’ have won all three away league matches, notably scoring 4+ goals on each occasion. Delivering action from the offset, they opened the scoring within 20 minutes in two of those three wins and moved on to tally 3+ first-half goals.