Game Report..... The game at Pitchaya Stadium kicks off at 6.00 pm with the home team playing from right to left. Newly promoted Nong Bua Lamphu are the underdogs against a strong Bangkok team who are consistant high-flyers in the TPL. However, it's the home team who make them look average with a high work rate closing down any threats and signs that there could be an upset are on the cards when Nong Bua take a deserved lead in the 27th minute. Canadian Marcus Haber does good work, skipping a tackle out on the right wing and finds Jakkrawut Songma running into the penalty box. Poor marking allows him to get a shot away that finds the back of the net. On 41 minutes Bangkok think they have the equaliser when Bangkok's Brazilian, Everton strikes the back of the Nong Bua net but after a VAR revue, the goal is disallowed for handball. At half-time the home team are in the lead with Bangkok below their best. Are we in for an upset here?
The answer comes in the second half when after mounting pressure, Bangkok get their equaliser in the 67th minute. A long ball finds a lively Peerapat Notchaiya on the left of the penalty area. The quality of the cross into the danger area gives Palestinian Eid Mahmoud an easy header from close range. It's 1 : 1. Nong Bua have hardly had time to settle when 6 minutes later a ball into the box from the right creates another opportunity for a header which hits the hand of a defender. There is a VAR review but it's an easy decision, penalty. Omani Muhsen Al Ghassani steps up and makes no mistake sending the goalkeeper, diving left, the wrong way. Bangkok have exposed a a flagging home defence and it's about to get worse. In the 83rd minute it's Eid Mahmoud this time who finds space on the left and the Nong Bua defence is all over the place allowing Muhsen Al Ghassani to surge forward unaposed. He can't miss from there. 3 : 1 and this game is over yet in the last seconds of the game Nong Bua get a consolation goal. The goal is given to Sudanese Abobaker Eisa after a shot is deflected over the goalkeeper.
True Bangkok cement their position among the leaders of the TPL but Nong Bua are safe for the moment but have to be careful having won just one of their last five fixtures. The stats for the game show Bangkok finishing witn 67% possession but Nong Bua still had 11 goal attempts with 5 on target. The gate today is a respectable 3,710 of a 4.333 capicity.

Source: Visit