BPSS closer to defending title

BANDAR Penawar Sports School (BPSS) slammed Ipoh Juniors 9-1 to set up a mouth-watering MHF-NSC-Milo Division One title clash against UniKL on Sunday.
UniKL top the standings on a better goal difference, and only need a draw, while BPSS need an outright win to claim their second consecutive League title.
Yesterday, playing at the Azlan Shah Stadium, BPSS needed 12 goals to be onpar with UniKL, but stopped short of achieveing their target.
"There was a 30 minute delay because of rain, and then the pitch became a little heavy, but my players still managed to win comfortably and now we have to beat UniKL to defend our title," said BPSS coach Wan Roslan.
The win has primed them for the title chase: "It was a good boost for my players as they managed to score many goals even though we did not have out top-scorer on the pitch," said Roslan.
For the record, UniKL played their first JHL match against Ipoh Juniors, and struggled to beat them 3-2.
While BPSS played without their 11-goal scorer Firhan Ashaari, who was benched because of two-yellow cards. However, he will be eligible to play against UniKL.
The BPSS goals were scored by Shahrusahadan Basri (4th, 64th), Faiz Helmi Jali (40th), Fariq Saadon (47th), Shahzril Irwan (50th), Hafiz Seleman (52nd), Fitri Saari (56th), Shahril Saabah (58th, 68th).
While the Ipoh goal was scored by Harris Fadila in the 54th minute.
RESULTS: DIVISION ONE -- BPSS Juniors 2 BJSS Juniors 2, PJCC 2 Kelantan 1, Ipoh Juniors 1 BPSS 9, Anderson 1 BJSS 4.
DIVISION TWO (Group A): Johor 4 Tunku Besar SS 2; Group B: Sheikh Ahmad 1 Politeknik-KPT 3.
TODAY: DIVISION ONE -- BJSS Juniors v Kelantan (Education Ministry, 4.30pm).
DIVISION TWO(Group A): MSSP-USM v Sheikh Ahmad (USM, 4.30pm).
DIVISION TWO (Group B): MSSWP-KLHC v OLAK (KLHA Stadium, 4.30pm), Datuk Taha v Malacca High School x (TBSS, 4.30pm).
SUNDAY -- DIVISION ONE: BJSS v BPSS Juniors (Education Ministry, 4.30pm), UniKL v BPSS (KLHA, 4.30pm).
DIVISION TWO (Group A): BPSS-WHPC v Matri (Taman Daya, 4.30pm); Group B: MSSP-Juniors v Sheikh Amad (USM, 4.30pm), Tunku Besar SS v MSSWP-KLHC (Tunku Besar, 4.30pm).


DIVISION ONE
P W D L F A Pts
UniKL 8 8 0 0 46 4 24
BPSS 8 8 0 0 45 7 24
BJSS 7 5 0 2 18 8 15
BPSS Juniors 7 3 2 2 17 17 11
Anderson 8 3 1 4 15 30 10
PJCC 8 3 0 5 15 21 9
BJSS Juniors 6 2 1 3 7 19 7
Ipoh Juniors 6 1 1 4 11 15 4
Kelantan 6 0 1 5 8 29 1
Pahang 7 0 0 7 5 29 0

DIVISION TWO
Group A
P W D L F A Pts
Politeknik KPT 5 3 1 1 14 4 10
MSSPP-USM 4 2 2 0 14 4 8
Datuk Taha 4 2 2 0 7 1 8
Malacca High 4 2 0 2 8 6 6
Matri 4 1 1 2 4 7 4
BPSS-WHPC 4 1 0 3 1 18 3
Sheikh Ahmad 3 0 0 3 1 9 0

Group B
P W D L F A Pts
Johor 6 5 0 1 17 6 15
TBSS Tampin 4 3 0 1 23 6 9
Perlis 4 1 2 1 6 7 5
OLAK-PKT 5 1 2 2 8 18 5
MSSWP-KLHC 3 1 1 1 3 3 4
Padang Midin 5 0 3 2 5 12 3
MSSPP-Jnrs 3 0 0 3 2 12 0