ULAANBAATAR (Interstat) — Akihiro Suzuki scored in the 91st minute to give FC Ulaanbaatar a 1-0 victory over Central Stallions on Sunday in a match that remained scoreless until stoppage time. Central Stallions was the home team, and FC Ulaanbaatar was the visiting side. The victory kept FC Ulaanbaatar perfect in the competition and handed Central Stallions a late home defeat. Suzuki’s goal came in the first minute of second-half stoppage time and decided a contest that had been tight throughout.

Suzuki was on the field for all 90 minutes and recorded one goal. FC Ulaanbaatar’s breakthrough arrived at 90+1, when Suzuki finished the late chance. Central Stallions had held the visitors without a goal for most of the match but could not preserve the shutout through stoppage time. The goal was the lone score of the game, and it settled the result for the visiting side. Suzuki’s statline for the match was 90 minutes and one goal, and his finish came after FC Ulaanbaatar had pressed for a breakthrough late in the second half.

The result moved FC Ulaanbaatar to 5-0 in the competition and 5-0 across all competitions. Central Stallions fell to 2-2 in the competition and 2-2 overall. FC Ulaanbaatar remained perfect in both records, while Central Stallions settled at .500 after the home loss. The win also kept FC Ulaanbaatar’s competition record clean through five matches, and the loss left Central Stallions at an even mark in both its competition and overall records. FC Ulaanbaatar’s perfect competition record now stands at five wins without a loss, while Central Stallions is level at two wins and two losses in the competition and in all competitions.

FC Ulaanbaatar entered the match after a 2-0 home win over Central Stallions in the teams’ most recent head-to-head meeting, one of four consecutive victories in the competition. That run also included an 8-0 home win over Khovd Western, a 3-1 win at Khaan Khuns-Erchim and an 8-0 home win over Ulaangom City. In reverse date order, FC Ulaanbaatar had beaten Central Stallions 2-0 at home, Khovd Western 8-0 at home, Khaan Khuns-Erchim 3-1 on the road and Ulaangom City 8-0 at home. Those results gave FC Ulaanbaatar a four-match winning streak in the competition before Sunday’s match.

Central Stallions had beaten Deren 2-1 and Khovd Western 8-4 this season but had also lost 2-0 at FC Ulaanbaatar in the previous meeting between the clubs. In reverse date order, Central Stallions had lost 2-0 at FC Ulaanbaatar, beaten Deren 2-1 at home and beaten Khovd Western 8-4 at home. The most recent head-to-head meeting had also ended in a shutout for FC Ulaanbaatar, and the visitors carried that edge into another tight contest. Central Stallions had won two of its first three competition matches before Sunday’s defeat.

The match remained scoreless until stoppage time, when FC Ulaanbaatar converted its late opportunity. Central Stallions’ competition record moved to 2-2 after the defeat, matching its overall mark. FC Ulaanbaatar’s victory followed earlier competition wins over Khovd Western, Khaan Khuns-Erchim, Ulaangom City and Central Stallions this season. Central Stallions’ results this season also include wins over Deren and Khovd Western, but the home side could not add another win against FC Ulaanbaatar. FC Ulaanbaatar’s late goal settled a game that had been scoreless through regulation time. The final whistle followed shortly after the goal, sealing the result.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of FC Ulaanbaatar 3, Central Stallions 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected FC Ulaanbaatar with a 73.7 percent probability to win. The over-under line was 3.5, and the total score of 1 went over that line.