PHNOM PENH (Interstat) — Moi Kompong Dewa scored in the 55th minute and held on for a 1-0 victory over Phnom Penh Crown Sunday in a global football game. The visiting team finished with one goal total, while the home team finished with zero goals total. The only goal came after a scoreless first half and stood through the rest of regulation and a lengthy period of stoppage time. The goal in the 55th minute was the only scoring play recorded in the match. Phnom Penh Crown could not find an equalizer and finished the match with 10 players after a red card in stoppage time. Phnom Penh Crown’s late red card was the only red card of the game. Moi Kompong Dewa protected its narrow lead through the closing minutes and collected the win. The game included six yellow cards and one red card, with most of the disciplinary action arriving late.

The yellow cards began in the 15th minute, when Moi Kompong Dewa was booked. Phnom Penh Crown received a yellow card in the 73rd minute. Moi Kompong Dewa was shown another yellow in the 77th minute. Phnom Penh Crown was booked again in the 90th minute. In the first minute of stoppage time, Phnom Penh Crown was shown a red card. Moi Kompong Dewa then received a yellow card in the second minute of stoppage time and another in the eighth minute of stoppage time. The cards were issued in sequence, starting with Moi Kompong Dewa’s 15th-minute caution and ending with Moi Kompong Dewa’s eighth minute of stoppage time caution. The red card left Phnom Penh Crown short-handed as it tried to erase the one-goal deficit. Moi Kompong Dewa’s late bookings did not change the score, and the visiting side finished the match with the 1-0 advantage intact.

Moi Kompong Dewa’s season record in this competition is now 1-1, and its season record across all competitions is also 1-1. Phnom Penh Crown’s season record in this competition is now 1-1-1, and its season record across all competitions is 3-1-1. Moi Kompong Dewa had previously lost 1-0 at NagaWorld. Phnom Penh Crown had previously beaten Kitchee 2-0 at home, won 2-1 at Tiffy Army, drawn 1-1 at home with Life FC and won 2-1 at Gangwon. Those results preceded the Sunday match and formed the backdrop for the teams’ updated records. The result was Moi Kompong Dewa’s first competition win and Phnom Penh Crown’s first competition loss. Phnom Penh Crown’s competition mark now includes one win, one loss and one draw, while Moi Kompong Dewa’s competition mark includes one win and one loss.

The first half produced no goals, though the match’s first yellow card arrived in the 15th minute. The second half changed when Moi Kompong Dewa scored in the 55th minute. Phnom Penh Crown pressed for a response but could not score. The home side’s hopes of a comeback were further damaged by the red card in the first minute of stoppage time. Moi Kompong Dewa received two more yellow cards in stoppage time, in the second and eighth minutes, as the visitors saw out the result. Phnom Penh Crown also had a yellow card in the 73rd minute and another in the 90th minute. There were no other goals after the 55th-minute strike. The match ended with Moi Kompong Dewa ahead 1-0 and Phnom Penh Crown unable to score.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Phnom Penh Crown 1, Moi Kompong Dewa 0. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Phnom Penh Crown with a 62.4 percent probability to win. Phnom Penh Crown had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1. The total score of 1 went over the over/under line of 3.5. The projections favored Phnom Penh Crown, but the match ended in a 1-0 win for Moi Kompong Dewa.