League

Chelmsford Stadium
Spectators: 10840 (Terracing: 8131, Seating: 2493, VIP seats: 216) In the 4th minute, Atif Azhar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Islamabad Royals fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Chelmsford United's Erenay Özben played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arif Moeez in the 7th minute of play. Rahman Tabeer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Razi Mirza having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Islamabad Royals's zone, Rahman Tabeer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Razi Mirza came out of the goal and Rahman Tabeer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Atif Azhar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zaib Khan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Erenay Özben tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Chelmsford United's zone, Zeeshan Waheed stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Erenay Özben came out of the goal and Zeeshan Waheed tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Zaib Khan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erenay Özben having to interfere. Atif Azhar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Erenay Özben tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chelmsford United's Erenay Özben played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zaib Khan in the 47th minute of play. After the first half Islamabad Royals were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rahman Tabeer to make the kick off. Chelmsford United were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after Islamabad Royals's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kadir Yönet took the corner. When Chelmsford United's Rahman Tabeer in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Islamabad Royals's goalie prevented a goal. Kamran Shakir hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Rahman Tabeer scored 1-2 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Razi Mirza, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 74 minutes into the match, Chelmsford United's goalkeeper Erenay Özben had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Atif Azhar. After 76 played minutes Chelmsford United got a freekick which was hit by Freddie Runeberg. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arif Moeez in the 84th minute of play forced Chelmsford United's goalkeeper Erenay Özben to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erenay Özben took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaib Khan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zeeshan Waheed scored 2-3 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erenay Özben, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.