Shopee Cup

Shopee Cup – Preview: Lion City Sailors FC vs Buriram United

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22 Jan 2025

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Singapore: An in-form Lion City Sailors side will lock horns with Buriram United in a crunch clash in Group B of the ASEAN Club Championship Shopee Cup™ at Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday.

The Sailors have won all their matches since the turn of the year, a 2-0 win against Kuala Lumpur City FC on the previous matchday followed by wins against Brunei DPMM FC and Albirex Niigata (S) in the Singapore Premier League (SPL) last week.

Friday’s thumping 6-0 win against defending league champions Albirex took the Sailors three points clear at the top of the table while also giving the rest of the league a clear statement of intent. 

Dutchman Bart Ramselaar starred with a hat-trick of assists and a goal, with as many as five different players scoring for Aleksandar Rankovic’s side.

The Serb recently achieved the milestone of 50 matches in charge of his team as he now aims to guide the Sailors to go level on points with Buriram in a tight-looking group.

Buriram, on the other hand, defeated Borneo FC Samarinda 4-0 in their previous Shopee Cup match but then fell to their first defeat of the season, a 3-2 loss against Bangkok United in Thai League 1.

However, since then the reigning Thai champions have responded emphatically, bagging 17 goals without reply in just two matches against Chiangrai United and Khon Kaen United, the scorelines reading 8-0 and 9-0 respectively in what were the biggest margins of league wins in the club’s history.

Guilherme Bissoli, who was on target against Borneo, scored four goals across both matches and will once again be Buriram’s dangerman in Singapore. 

With Vietnam’s Công An Hà Nội FC sitting at the top of the group, both teams know that picking up three points in this match is crucial to their hopes of reaching the knockout stages.

The Sailors will take confidence from the fact that they have beaten Thai opposition Port FC twice this season in the AFC Champions League Two while Buriram will hope to buck the trend. 


Lion City Sailors FC vs Buriram United
Venue: Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Kick-off: 23 January, 7:30 PM (Local Time) 

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