Day 9 - Double report.

Desert Rats FC celebrated their latest stadium seating extension by playing at home to the 13th place team in the League, and won 3-1. Julien Renard opened the scoring in the 15th minute, assisted by Patrick Tillmanns, who then went on to bag a brace himself. The team then went to sleep for most of the second-half, and it was not a surprise that the visitors pulled a goal back in the 65th minute. With the second place team falling to an unexpected draw against lower table opposition, the Rats now find themselves in 2nd place.

The reverse Champions League fixtures have started, and Desert Rats were away at the team they beat 5-0 on home turf two days ago. In this match, they went Nap again, but the home side were given a goal chance when Emerson de Alencar Arraes fouled on the edge of the box and the free-kick was dispatched past 'keeper Bismark Carroll with clinical efficiency. By then, however, the visitors were already three goals to the good, a double from Julien Renard and one by Garry Crawford doing the damage in the first-half. Crawford slotted home a free-kick himself two minutes after the home sides' effort when Emanuele Imbimbo was injured in a tackle, and Renard finished off a hat-trick with the final goal a couple of minutes from the final whistle, Desert Rats winning 5-1 and cementing their lead at the top of the Group after 2nd and 3rd shared out the wins in their two matches.