Dateline 11^th April 2018

 FT Bangkok United 2 NRFC 0

Attendance; 1410

After a disappointing home result last weekend, the Swatcats travelled to Bangkok to take on the resurgent Angels in this pre Songkran midweek fixture.

The Swatcats began the match without Rangel or Adiyiah. I assume that this move suggests that the Swatcats harboured no aspirations of a win.

The Angels went ahead in the 20^th minute when Robson Fernandes prodded in at the far post. The hosts began to dominate and with the Swatcats offering little up front, it was hard to see how the men from Korat could salvage anything from the game.

The hosts almost went two up when an angled shot was pushed just wide by keeper Todsaporn

Sri-reung. From the resulting corner, the keeper was again called into action when he saved a low drive. The hosts continued to press and again went close when they rattled the crossbar with a fine shot in the 45^th minute.

The second half opened with the hosts continuing to press and they went two up when a defensive slip allowed Ekkachai Samre to drill home in the 63^rd minute. With the Swatcats struggling to create anything up front, the Angels continued to probe looking for their third.

As the match drew to its conclusion, Ekkachai nearly scored a consolation goal in the 90^th minute when his shot struck the crossbar - probably Korat’s only real chance of the half.

An inevitable and deserved victory for Bangkok United. Not a bad performance from the Swatcats, they were simply beaten by a better team. The visitors simply did not have the defensive ability to keep the Angels at bay.

Yaya Kunath was lively and must be given a regular berth in the team but having said that, without Rangel and Adiyiah there was nothing up front. Tonight’s team was without Cunningham (injured), Rangel (not sure why), Adiyiah (thigh injury I think), Akenekat (injury) and Lee (suspended) so all in all not a surprising result.

Match Day 10 Stats