Desert Rats and Home Guard reports.

Home Guard FC played two matches today, the first in the Champions League, and they struggled against a team they comprehensively beat only two days ago at the Home Ground. Left-winger Samuel Njewel made headlines for all sorts of reasons, scoring the equalising goal six minutes before the break - the home side having taken the lead in the 6th minute - getting booked after half-time, and then three minutes later, going off injured. Mathias Rolando got a second equaliser towards the end of the second-half as Home Guard recorded a 2-2 draw. With the top three in the Group separated by only two points, the race for position is still wide open.

Desert Rats also had an away Group match in the Champions League, but their progress was much easier. With a 6-0 win in the bag from the match two days ago, the Rats made hay again, going one better with braces from Kostadin Marinov and Patrick Tillmanns and singles from Madalin Vlasiu, MoM Moritz Maiwald and Shaun Ruel. With the 2nd and 3rd in the Group drawing again, Desert Rats are now 4 points clear at the top of the Group.

Home Guard were on the back foot early in their evening League match, having two players booked in the 4th minute and conceding a penalty, which the home side duly converted. Striker Brice Morel soon equalised, but the visitors struggled against a defence riding their luck until the 25th minute, when midfielder Kevin Sohn converted a Morel pass, and the floodgates opened. Left-winger Ryan Mitchinson, getting a rare start in place of the injured Samuel Njewel, netted a hat-trick, and MoM DMC Milos Jovanovic scoring from a free-kick to make the final score 6-1 to Home Guard.

Desert Rats have finally found the turbo-boost button in the League, a satisfying 7-0 win away at 8th place adding to their nap hand yesterday. The wingers are getting moving too, Kostadin Marinov registering his first hat-trick of the season, striker Shaun Ruel and right-winger Patrick Tillmanns both bagging braces as the forward line truly clicked for the first time this term.