FOLLOWING their scoreless draw against Fruta Conquerors on Sunday, Pele Football Club will look to further extend their lead in the points standing when they come up against the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) in the opening game tonight from 18:00hrs at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Base Camp Ayanganna ground. In the night’s second game, the Army will come up against Monedderlust – a game between two teams who were convincingly beaten in their previous matches, in the STAG Elite League.
The GDF went down 3-0 to Alpha United on Sunday while the night before, Monedderlust lost 2-0 against Slingerz FC.
In their first game, playing on the opening day of the league, Pele FC walked away 2-1 winners, with Deon Alfred and Jermaine Somerset finding the net and Lennox Cort scoring for GFC.
However, the two teams did not have the same fortune eight games later. Pele FC ended up as the league’s top team while GFC are struggling to keep up and are currently lagging in seventh place with eight points.
It will be interesting to see how the GFC defence keep up with Richardson who is in a class of his own in the league.
The forward, popularly known as ‘Jackie Chan’ has proved that he simply can’t be stopped and can shift from being the goalscorer to the facilitator, as seen in Pele FC’s 3-0 win over Alpha United.
Despite scoring seven goals, Richardson only failed to find the net in three of the nine games played so far, one of which was against GFC.
The striker later noted that not scoring against GFC was not a fault of their defence but rather his fault.
In several interviews, Richardson said that he has a personal score to settle with GFC, and based on his form, fans could expect another exceptional performance from the forward.
Nonetheless, with GFC being one of the few teams without a ‘star’ player on their roster, the club has so far been able to play ‘within their means’.
Kurt Johnson, Curtez Kellman and Romario Welcome are all capable of taking the game to GFC but as seen in previous games, should the Bourda club play collectively then Pele FC will be in for a long night.
Meanwhile, the night’s second game, GDF versus Monedderlust should also be interesting based on the standings of the two clubs.
Monedderlust had their perfect record at home snapped by Slingerz FC and it was also their sixth loss of the STAG Elite League (tied with Buxton United for the most).
The last time the two teams met, Monedderlust came from behind to defeat the GDF 3-2. But history shows that the Berbice club are hard to beat at their home ground and tonight at the Camp Ayanganna ground, things will be a little different.
The Fraser brothers Delwin and Delroy will lead the charges for coach Denzil Thompson while West Coast Berbice club will turn to their play maker Kevin Cottoy and Travis Henry.