LAHORE Navy earned 1-0 win over PMC Athletico Club Faisalabad while KRL drew 1-1 with PEL at Municipal Stadium, Rawalpindi in the Pakistan Premier Football matches on Monday.
At Karachi, SSGC suffered 1-6 drubbing at the hands of KESC at KPT - Benazir Sports Complex while HBL put up stubborn display to hold NBP 0-0 in all-banker clash at Peoples Sports Complex Lyari Town.
Monday saw the completion of 126 matches of Pakistan Premier Football League with 114 more to come.
Spearhead Sajjad Ahmed returned as hero from the field as his 85th minute goal separated the two outfits when the seamen earned their seventh win, beating visitors from Faisalabad in tough, hard tackling match.
PEL did well to hold holders KRL 1-1 with their midfielder Muzaffar Ali hitting the equaliser three minutes from time. KRL were happily placed 1-0 with goal from Abid Ghafoor, playing against his previous team PEL, in the 43rd minute.
SSGC stayed at five points in 15 games when they suffered 1-6 defeat against KESC. The star performer was their skipper Muhammad Essa who struck hat-trick in 28 minute. Winger Muhammad Rasool landed opener in the 31st seconds for the winners who never won the title and were 6th , 8th , 12th and eight in four PPFL editions from 2006-2009.
Pakistani and KESC skipper Essa hammered his goals past keeper Zaman Ghani in the 33rd, 48th and 61st minute to complete seventh hat-trick of the event. Muhammad Riaz and talented winger Abdul Rehman also joined the list of scorers for KESC in the 55th and 67th minute respectively while SSGCs Sabir Khan earned honor-saving goal for SSGC in the 31st minute.
Tuesdays Fixture
Army v Young Blood (Municipal Stadium, near Masjid Muhammad Ejaz Khan & Sundra Beauty Saloon, B-Block Satellite Town, Rawalpindi 3 PM), PAF v Pak WAPDA (PAF Complex, Peshawar 3 PM). KPT v Afghan FC, Chaman (KPT - Benazir Sports Complex, West Wharf Road, Kharadar, Karachi 3 PM), PIA v Baloch FC, Nushki (Korangi Baloch Stadium, Sharafi, Karachi 3 PM)News from Hamariweb.com