HKPL: Eastern set early pace, Kitchee and Lee Man draw, Robert ‘Jaguar’ Odu scores for Happy Valley

Happy Valley’s Robert Odu hits target on Hong Kong Premier League debut in 2-2 draw with Rangers, while Kitchee and Lee Man also share spoils

Sandro and Lucas score two each in 5-0 win over Resources Capital, as Stefan Pereira hat-trick helps Southern to 4-0 win at Pegasus

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Eastern’s Lucas wins the ball under pressure from a Resources Capital defender in the Hong Kong Premier League 2020-21 season opener. Photo: HKFA

Published: 5:01pm, 23 Nov 2020Updated: 5:01pm, 23 Nov 2020

Eastern set their stall out on the opening weekend of the Hong Kong Premier League season with a 5-0 win over new boys Resources Capital at Mong Kok Stadium, as over 4,000 fans attended the weekend matches.

The season’s curtain-raiser saw the promoted side race out of the blocks to create the first chances of the game but they could not beat Hong Kong international keeper Yapp Hung-fai in the Eastern goal.

Instead, it was last season’s double cup winners and Hong Kong Premier League runners-up who took the lead after half an hour. Sandro won and scored a spot kick to open the scoring.

Eastern were soon a player down after going a goal up, with Chen Hao-wei shown a straight red for standing on a prone opponent after a tackle.

Hat-trick hero Stefan Pereira on the ball for Southern against Pegasus. Photo: HKFA

The disadvantage did not prove costly as Eastern doubled their lead with the interval approaching when Lucas put home a Wong Wai free kick.

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