Dateline 17^th Feb 2018

 FT  Suphanburi 1 NRFC 0

Attendance; 7248

The Swatcats started with new signing Sarawut Masuk, his debut for the club.

The Swatcats had an early break in the 7^th minute when Cunningham made a point blank save. The ball was tapped in from the rebound but the goal was ruled to be offside. Despite early pressure from the home team, neither side produced a clear cut chance as a rather sterile first half came to an end.

Suphanburi went ahead in the 52^nd minute with an angled drive from Wasan Homsan but again in a half of few chances, it seemed that the single goal was going to settle it. The Swatcats became more adventurous as the second half progressed but despite several raids forward they were unable to pierce the Suphan defence.

Rangel had a rare chance to equalize in the closing minutes after a defensive error but his shot was parried by the keeper.

Another determined performance, there seems to be more fight in the team than last season. The lack of chances made is still a worry - I cannot recollect a single chance of note, apart from the Rangel effort. Masuk has made a difference in midfield and the defence looked in control most of the time but who is going to score the goals???

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