Catch the match tonight between DPMM FC and Courts Young Lions

This is an important game for DPMM FC to get back to winning ways after only gaining 1 point in the last two games. DPMM FC will take on Courts Young Lions who have been struggling in the S•League with only one point in the five games they have played. Despite the visitor’s being 2nd from bottom of the league, DPMM FC won’t take this match lightly.

Did you know the Young Lions are Singapore U-23 team? Their results may not be favourable but they came close in getting points against Woodlands and Tampines Rovers only to have their hopes dashed by late goals. They were also one of the teams to gain a point at Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium with odds heavily against them last year. So this could be DPMM FC’s bogey team if DPMM FC fail to capitalize their home ground advantage.

Steve Kean expressed his thoughts, saying how challenging these matches can be tonight.

“I always think that these games are in a strange way just as difficult… if not, more difficult than playing against teams at the top of league,” said Kean in an interview with Yee Chun Leong of The Brunei Times yesterday at the Jerudong Mini Stadium.

“We may be better on paper but we all know that games are not won on paper. We will respect the other team and make sure we give them that,” he said. “They are a team filled with young players who will be eager to impress and try to get results. We must try to grab control of the game as early as we can. If we play anywhere near like against Tampines then I’m sure we will do very well,” continued the former Blackburn Rovers coach.

Aide Iskandar, coach of Singapore U-23 team, hopes his team can cause an upset against DPMM FC.

“Hopefully DPMM FC will be over-confident that my players are young and them slightly. Then they will see what my players are capable of, “ said Aide in an interview with Redzwan Kamarudin of The New Paper. “We still don’t have one of our main strikers, Sahil Suhaimi, and Jordan Webb is suspended so we are not at full strength.”

To those who are watching tonight, you can stand a chance to win an air ticket to Kuala Lumpur or Jakarta and there will be 8 other consolation prizes.

On another note, it was a surprise to see Tampines Rovers conceded 3 goals in the first 12 minutes as they suffered their first lost of the season in a 4-2 defeat by Hougang United.

DPMM FC coach Steve Kean (R) speaks to his players during yesterday’s training session at the Jerudong Mini Stadium. DPMM FC will play the Young Lions at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas tonight. Picture: BT/ Yee Chun Leong