FC Port Moresby

FC POM beat Gigira 1-0

Possession in the first half was dominated by FC Port Moresby who came close to scoring on a number of occasions.

The first half ended with a nil all scoreline.

FC Port Moresby took the lead early in the second half in the 49th minute of play through a goal from Nathan James.

Tensions flared between both teams which saw 1 yellow card given to FC Port Moresby ' s Cyril Muta and another to Gigira ' s Moses Arisib in the 51st minute.

3 minutes later, Muta was given his second yellow card and then sent off with a red card for foul play.

Karava prevents win for FC Port Moresby

Karava saved the day in the final minutes of the game at Bisini Soccer Grounds  for his team to level the score 1-1.

FC Pom was on the move in the first half and wasted no time, scoring in the first 20 minutes through Nathan James.

Pom maintained defence, preventing any goal from Erema and took the lead at half time, 1-0.

The second half was firing with Erema having a lot of missed opportunities to score and their attackers were stopped by FC Pom’s smart goal keeper and strong backline.

FC Port Moresby hopes to improve position

This is the final match of round one in the Telikom National Soccer League 2015-2016 season.

FC POM is last on the ladder with 3 points and hopes to defeat Erema to grab 3 more points.

Erema sits on third place with six points behind PKA Rapatona FC who drew with Gigira Laitepo yesterday, nil all.

In other results this weekend for the southern conference, Hekari defeated newcomers Huawei PS United FC 3-1 while for the northern conference, Madang Fox FC also drew nil all with champions Lae City Dwellers while Besta PNG United lost to Admiralty 3-0.