How scary is Singapore's home field?; Opportunity for Man City

The Singapore team, the upcoming opponent of coach Kim Sang-sik and his team, had an impressive performance in the group stage of this year's AFF Cup.

Singapore may not be the strongest team, but they have made smart calculations to get a ticket to the next round of this year's tournament, which is to make sure to win against weaker teams and try their best to get points against opponents of equal or better strength.

Against Thailand and Malaysia, Singapore deployed an effective defensive counter-attacking style of play, which helped them achieve their goals.

Singapore's squad for the 2024 AFF Cup is not the strongest, but they are still the team with the oldest average age in the tournament. Among them, the most prominent is "veteran" Shawal Anuar, who has 4 goals and is temporarily leading the "Top scorer" list.

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How scary is Singapore's home field?

The Lion Island media is confident that the home team can make things difficult for Vietnam when the two teams meet in theASEAN Cup 2024 semi-finals.

"The 6,000-seat Jalan Besar Stadium could give Singapore an advantage,"The Strait Timescomment. This Singapore newspaper believes that the home team's good performance at Jalan Besar will help them in the difficult match against the Vietnamese team.

The Lions are unbeaten in six matches at Jalan Besar, since a 2-1 loss to Chinese Taipei in June 2017. In December 2022, Vietnam were also held to a goalless draw at the same venue in the ASEAN Cup group stage.

Except for star Safuwan Baharudin who plays for Selangor Club (Malaysia), the entire Singapore team often plays at this stadium during the ongoing Singapore Premier League season.

The 15 Singapore players who play for the country's top two clubs, Lion City Sailors and BG Tampines Rovers, have had excellent performances in this season's AFC Champions League Two, with Jalan Besar as their mainstay.

Chance for Man City

Welcoming Everton at Etihad Stadium in round 18 of the Premier League (7:30 p.m. on December 26) is an opportunity for Man City to win the Boxing Day match series.

Pep Guardiola is going through the most difficult days at Man City since he took charge of the Manchester team. Even in his heart, Pep could not have imagined that Man City's crisis would be so serious and persistent.

The stumble against Aston Villa in round 17 was Man City's third consecutive defeat in all competitions, and also their ninth defeat in the last 12 matches in the past two months. During this time, Pep's team only won one match against Nottingham Forest.

Things are not completely deadlocked for Man City. In the round taking place on Boxing Day according to Western tradition, Man City hopes to receive joy when welcoming Everton right at the Etihad Stadium, where they have won 5/8 Premier League matches since the beginning of the season. The home field is also where Man City's strikers often shine, especially Erling Haaland, who has a very good relationship with Everton's net, scoring 4 times in the last 4 confrontations.