Lose Put Western Uni.FC close to Danger zone.

With 2 games remaining before the end of the first round, Western Uni.FC's return to the top flight of Cambodia Football has been Topsy turvy and the University backed team is sitting one place above the relegation zone with only goal difference separating them from Kirivong Sok Sen Chey.

The team so far has only One win, Four draws and Four loses which has left them with only 7 points from a possible 27.

Western Uni.FC will be kicking their asses following the 4-3 lose to National Defense on Sunday which could have seen them move two places up the ladder than one step down as it is after they let go a 2-0 lead to trail by two goals with 4 minutes left in the clock before pulling one back.

This is the third time Western will be dropping points from a possible winning position. The led Albirex in week 6 but fell 2-1 in the end. In week 8 they took the lead against Tri Asia and ended up with a 1-1 draw.

On Sunday against National Police, the golden lions took a shock lead inside 3 minutes when Privat Mbarga jabbed in a low cross from Debutante Goze Brizi Dieudonne for his 3rd goal of the season and 4 minutes later David Njoku's free kick was unstoppable to give Western a 2-0 lead. Police got back in a space of one minute in the 16th minute and were leveled. They took the lead again after the break and went 4-2 up before David Njoku pulled one back in the 86th minute. A late rally saw the Western coming close to getting a point but it was too late as Police held on for the win.

Western now sit on 10th place with 7 points with -4 goals difference, with games against table toppers Naga and Phnom Penh Crown coming up respectively.

"To concede goals after taking leads has been our main problems"Admits Manager Sothea Lay. "It is purely down to tactics and we just have to get back to the drawing board to work on this deficiency" he stated.