SANTOS Football Club picked up their seventh win of season six of the KFC Elite League on Thursday against Den Amstel at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre.
The feature clash saw Santos who are making a run in the second half of the league, capturing a 2-1 victory over their West Demerara counterparts.
Santos’ Ian Daniels delivered the opener in the 19th minute of play for the lead, with the teams going back and forth for the remainder of the first half without another goal being scored.
After the resumption, it was much of the same before a 76th- minute strike from Andrew Simmons broke the silence in the encounter to give Santos a 2-nil lead.
A flurry of shots from Den Amstel would fail to hit the mark until a Roundel Hutson effort, three minutes into injury time, pulled back the scoreline, but it was much too late as Santos held on for the narrow victory 2-1.
The night’s opening clash had Fruta Conquerors against a winless Buxton United.
Buxton, who has had a horrid season with a draw and nine losses in 10 games didn’t improve their record against the former champions Fruta.
Just after the opening whistle, Antwone Denny buried a goal at the back of the net to put the Tucville-based Fruta side ahead.
Makhaya Jervis added to the lead just before half time.
The second half produced more fireworks but nothing was successful, as the score remained an unchanged 2-nil until the final whistle.
The win for Fruta pushed them up to fifth place in the standings, displacing Western Tigers.
It was Fruta’s fifth win to go with the lone draw after 12 outings in season six.
Meanwhile, the GDF still holds tight at the top of the table with eight wins and a draw with 25 points, same as Slingerz who are second place by virtue of an inferior goal difference. The Guyana Police Force is third with eight wins and a draw, while Santos after seven wins are fourth
The 10 Elite League teams are vying for two million dollars first- place prize for the champions, $1.2 million for the runners-up and $800,000 for the third-placed team.
