T.D.N.N.: MSL: Negri breeze past KL, Kedah also win

Negri Sembilan moved to fifth in the Malaysia Super League with a 2-1 win away at Kuala Lumpur, while Kedah also bagged three points on a busy Friday night.

Without the services of top scorer Jean-Emmanuel Owona due to suspension, Negri went behind to rock bottom Kuala Lumpur, Afiq Azmi opening the scoring in the eighth minute at the Hang Jebat Stadium.

Undaunted, Negri, reigning Malaysia Cup champions and winners of this season's Charity Shield, hit back just five minutes later when Shakir Ali grabbed the equaliser.

Azraai Khor Abdullah's charges then ensured all three points courtesy of Shahurain Abu Samah's effort 13 minutes from.

Negri are now five points behind league leaders Kelantan who play host to Felda United on Saturday, while Kuala Lumpur remain rooted to the bottom of the table, with just one point to their name.

In Friday's other match, Ghanian import Mohamded Hamidan was the star for Kedah as they breezed past Perak 3-0 at the Darulaman Stadium in Alor Setar.

Kedah, who reached the semi-finals of the Malaysia FA Cup this week thanks to an aggregate victory over T-Team, went ahead on 44 minutes, Hamidan converting the ever impressive Badrol Bakhtiar's corner.

Perak's Syazwan Roslan then put through his own goal, before Hamidan lashed home a long-range screamer in the 83rd minute.

The win lifts Kedah to ninth. Perak remain in seventh.

#	Team		M.	V	P	D	goals	Dif	Pt.
1		Kelantan FA	10	7	2	1	18:7	11	23
2		Terengganu FA	10	6	2	2	17:9	8	20
3		Singapore Lions XII	10	6	2	2	14:8	6	20
4		PBDKT T-Team FC	10	6	1	3	18:7	11	19
5		Negeri Sembilan FA	11	5	3	3	17:15	2	18
6		Perak FA	11	5	1	5	11:15	-4	16
7		Selangor FA	10	4	3	3	11:9	2	15
8		Sabah FA	10	3	4	3	13:15	-2	13
9		Kedah FA	11	3	4	4	10:14	-4	13
10		PKNS FC	10	1	8	1	11:10	1	11
11		Sarawak FA	10	3	2	5	10:11	-1	11
12		Johor FC	10	3	1	6	12:15	-3	10
13		Felda United FC	10	2	2	6	7:15	-8	8
14		Kuala Lumpur FA	11	0	1	10	3:22	-19	1