Lahore, 7 November: WAPDA complete double over PAF in Pakistan Premier Football League at Railway Stadium, Lahore with 1-0 second leg win. It was another giant step for electricitymen in order to clinh the national title for the eighth time. The first leg last Tuesday saw WAPDA winning 2-0 at Peshawar.It was 19th tie for both the teams with leaders WAPDA on 50 and PAF 28.
The second leg between Young Blood, Sahiwal and Navy also ended in 0-0 draw at Rai Ali Nawaz Stadium,Sahiwal. The first leg ended in 1-1 draw on 29 October.Navy mustered 28 points in 19 outings as compared to Blood’s ten in same number of visits to pitch.
Sheikhupura-born Ghulam Abbas separated the WAPDA and PAF with 6th minute goal. Qamar Zaman saw his attempt ricocheted into melee and Abbas took aerial ball into control and headed in past keeper Khalid Khan. He was fielded owing to injury to their leading scorer Arif Mehmood and did the job in splendid fashion as his goal turned as winner. It was first goal for Abbas in the event for WAPDA who managed 48 goals in the event. Other goal-getters for WAPDA are Arif Mehmood 20, Khuda Bakhsh 8, Imran Niazi 5, Mehmood Ali 3, Zeeshan Javed 3, Zulfiqar Ali Shah 3, Muhammad Asif 3, Akram Masih 1, Muhammad Afzal 1.
PAF , under Qazi Asif, showed it’s class but their best scorer Amir Khan and strikers Erfnan Ali and Saleh Khan failed to beat keeper Abdul Aziz in the WAPDA goal. The league leaders might have scored more goasls in the second session but substitute khuda Bakhsh missed the chances in the 78th and 84th minute. WAPDA’s Muhammad Afzal also forced 72nd minute opportunity but Khalid was alert in the PAF net.
Monday 8 November Fixture:
PEL v Army (Model Town Football Ground, Lahore, 2.30 PM)
PMC Athletico FC v KRL (PMC Football Ground, Faisalabad, 2.30 PM)
KESC v Afghan FC(Peoples Sports Complex, Karachi, 3 PM)
NBP v Baloch FC, Nushki (CDGK Stadium, Karachi 3 PM)
KPT v SSGC (KPT Football Stadium, Karachi 3 PM)
Pakistan Premier Football League
……………..…SUMMARISED RESULT
Sunday 7 November Fixture:
WAPDA 1 ( Ghulam Abbas 6)
PAF 0
(Railway Stadium, Lahore 2)
Young Blood, Sahiwal) 0
Navy 0
(Rai Ali Nawaz Stadium,Sahiwal)
Pakistan Premier Football League
………POINTS TABLE after 142 Encounters
Teams P W D L GF GA Pts
WAPDA 19 16 2 1 48 12 50
Army 18 11 3 4 25 11 36
PIA 17 8 6 3 23 14 30
KRL 18 8 6 4 19 12 30
KESC 17 8 4 5 30 19 28
Afghan FC 18 8 4 6 24 18 28
Navy 19 7 7 5 23 18 28
PAF 19 8 4 7 17 16 28
KPT 16 8 3 5 30 27 27
PEL 18 8 3 7 26 26 27
Baloch FC 18 5 7 6 18 21 22
NBP 16 4 6 6 17 25 18
PMC 18 3 5 10 12 24 14
Young Blood 19 2 4 13 13 38 10
SSGC 17 2 2 13 16 44 8
HBL 17 1 4 12 8 24 7