Suphanburi 1-0 Krabi

The Suphanblood

Suphanburi moved to within one point of the summit of Division 1 with a well earned 1-0 victory over current league topper's Krabi.

The only goal of the match came five minutes after the break when Jorrin John cut in from the right to strike past Teerawat in the Krabi goal.

The first half was a tightish affair with the home side slightly on top. Both sides had shots cleared off their lines from early attempts before Pipat headed inches wide in the 20th minute for the half's closest effort.

John's strike on 50 minutes proved to be the only goal of the game although the home side could have doubled their lead late on when Bolarinwa Ayotomiwa's shot crept agonisingly wide after a precise pass from Worawut.

The "Suphanblood" have finally hit form after a stuttering start to the season. With the mid-season transfer window set to open soon, you'd expect that Suphanburi will dip into their plentiful resources to strengthen their claim on one of the three promotion spots.

As it stands tonight, Krabi still top the table. Defensively Krabi are pretty solid but they seem to lack potency up front. Carlo Coppari has still to find his feet in Thai football and the Energy could do with Christiano Lopes returning from injury to boost their attacking options.

Chantaburi 2-1 Suphanburi

Match winner - Labi

Chantaburi's Labi was the hero for the Hares today as his second half winner added to the goal he created in the first half.

Jirawat Khaewboran put the home side in front on 20 mins when he headed home Labi's cross following a jinking run from the African.

Santi levelled for Suphanburi 10 minutes later with a sweetly taken free-kick.

Midway through the second period, Labi put the Hares back in front when he latched on to a weak back pass from Suphanburi's Jorrin John.

A few minutes later, the away side were reduced to 10 players as goalscorer, Santi, was sent for an early shower after receiving two yellow cards.

Despite having a man advantage, Chantaburi held on nervously for the last 20 minutes as Suphanburi couldn't force a late equalizer.

Injury time - There was actually a 3rd Chantaburi player injured out of shot