EV face Prodigy test

James during his Viper days

Questra Vipers and Eastern Vale face a challenging weekend ahead for differing reasons. While Questra travel to Marsiling Secondary to face Premier Division side St. Andrew’s in the first leg of their EFL Cup Round of 16 clash, Eastern Vale will play host to a strong Team Prodigy side in their ESPZEN Division 4 encounter, with former Vipers scoring legend James Ou in their side.

While Team Questra have been in imperious form in the league this season, their run in the cup has been somewhat suspect, having first beaten OCBC 3-1 at Chua Chu Kang secondary before losing out to Premier Division giants British Club First XI 1-3 in their second group game. The Brits' subsequent win over OCBC was enough to send the Vipers through to the knock out stages, albeit as Group H runners-up.

Questra Vipers winger Addie Tan feels that it is imperative for his side to score in the first leg if they are to qualify for the EFL quarter finals.

“We are the away team this Saturday, so we need to be clinical with our chances and grab that away goal.”

“Having said that, we will also have to be stable at the back which we have improved on tremendously in recent matches.”

Meanwhile, Eastern Vale will look to build on their first win of the season in Division 4 with another 3 points this Sunday, when they too travel to Marsiling Secondary in a match that sees ex-Cactusian James Ou come face to face against a Singapore Vipers team for the first time since his departure from the club seven months ago.

“It will be great to see James again,” quipped midfielder Kelvin Soh.

“He is a good friend and played a big part in Vipers’ early league history. We know what he is capable of, but Team Prodigy isn’t only about James Ou.”

Although the 24 year-old is unlikely to feature this Sunday against Prodigy having yet to recover fully from an ankle injury, he believes it will be an exciting match for the neutrals.

“It will be a great game, I am sure. Eastern Vale plays a different style to Questra, but on our day with our best players we are a formidable side for any opponent.”

Extracted from Vipersfc.net