QUT 4 - 3 Batavia (386954906)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 54819 at QUT FC Arena today. Kamen Mumdzhiev was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Martín Machín and Vlatko Stepic. All of Woodlands was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. QUT started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Patau - Tung Long, Kullenstrand, Chao Liang, Sawa - Tavares, bin Abu Shah, 安鑫 (Anxin) , bin Jaafar - Vinci, Kiesenhofer.

Batavia decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Falkenhusen - Moltrup-Nielsen, Szlendak, Răută - Chirciu, Chlebicki, Zdon, 弘强 (Hongqiang) - Cesário, Zeppegno, bin Abu Samah.

4 minutes in, the referee awarded QUT a penalty. 彭. 安鑫 (Anxin) coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. QUT's F. Vinci was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 22 minutes. D. Zdon hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Batavia's 纪. 弘强 (Hongqiang) an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 1. QUT fans held their breath as L. Kullenstrand scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 2 - 1! A well-executed free kick by 彭. 安鑫 (Anxin) after 25 minutes made it 3 - 1 for QUT. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by QUT, with 60 percent of the ball.

The QUT coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 46 minutes into the game. The QUT players could smell victory in the air. T. Kiesenhofer wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for C. Chin Li after 46 minutes. 47 minutes into the match, Batavia replied and reduced the lead to 3 - 2. R. Chirciu scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. Things were deteriorating for the away team as QUT scored another to make it 4 - 2 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for 彭. 安鑫 (Anxin) after 64 minutes. That made three goals for 彭. 安鑫 (Anxin) and he was marked down for the hat trick. The coach of QUT was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, K. Poukka came on for C. Tung Long. After 77 minutes, Batavia's M. bin Abu Samah swiftly ran past L. Kullenstrand and nutmegged the keeper! 4 - 3. 彭. 安鑫 (Anxin) had a fantastic opportunity to put QUT up another goal 85 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Possession in this half belonged to QUT, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Most important QUT player was F. Vinci. L. Kullenstrand on the other hand, had a terrible day. Batavia's top performer was clearly V. Cesário. 纪. 弘强 (Hongqiang) was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 3.