KFC/GFF Elite League 2023: Buxton United close Round 1 with 2-0 win over Den Amstel
A look at the action between Buxton Stars (yellow) and Den Amstel FC
Buxton United Football Club on Thursday evening stunned the Den Amstel Football Club with a 2-0 victory when they met in a first-round clash in the KFC/Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League 2023.
Buxton United played to a hard-fought win, with goals coming even in the second half of the encounter. In the 55th minute, Seon Heywood found himself perfectly positioned inside the box, and after receiving a pass, notched it into the net to break the ice for Buxton.
Though Den Amstel upped their intensity, Buxton’s Lennox O’Dean found the back of the net in the 76th minute, after beating the Den Amstel defence.
Buxton’s 2-0 victory closed out the first round of this year’s League; the second round is set to begin on Sunday, May 21.
After Round 1, Western Tigers currently lead the charge with 3 points and a +10 goal difference. They are followed by Santos, with 3 points and a +7 goal difference. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) FC, Guyana Police Force (GPF) FC, and the Buxton United FC all have three points, with goal differences of +4, +2 and +2 respectively.
The League continues on Sunday at the GFF’s National Training Center (NTC) at Providence, East Bank Demerara, where Milerock FC will take on Santos FC from 15:00hrs. On Tuesday, the action will move to the GDF Ground at Camp Ayanganna, Georgetown, where Western Tigers and Buxton United will look horns from 19:00hrs. The feature match of that night will see Den Amstel battling the soldiers on their home turf from 21:00hrs.
