Waterhouse delivered a comprehensive victory against Smitten Lions in the Premier League's Regular Season round two, running out 5-0 winners at home on Monday evening. The result leaves the visitors still searching for their first point after two defeats, while the hosts move to the top of the table with three points from a single outing. By then the gap between the sides was becoming impossible to bridge.
R. Brown opened the scoring after just three minutes, catching Smitten Lions off-guard with a quick strike. C. Murray doubled the advantage before the half-hour mark, making it 2-0 by the time supporters began to settle into an uneasy rhythm. B. Javane restored some pride for the visitors with a goal in the sixty-fifth minute, though it came too late to shift the momentum.
J. Lyle added a fourth in the eighty-ninth minute, and the fifth arrived on the stroke of full-time with a late addition to the scoreboard. A red card appeared in the dying moments at 90+3, though the source of the dismissal remains unclear from the available record. And here's the thing about matches like this — once the pattern is set, the final result merely confirms what was already unfolding.
Waterhouse controlled possession at 63 per cent and registered eight shots on target compared to Smitten Lions' solitary effort on goal. The visitors completed 92 attacks against 74 for the hosts, with six corners to none for the home side. To be fair, the statistics tell you exactly what the scoreline already revealed about the contest.
Smitten Lions sit fourteenth with zero points from two games, having lost both outings so far this campaign. Their previous results include a 3-0 defeat to Tivo li Gardens and a 4-0 loss to Mount Pleasant Academy, with no victories to show for their opening fixtures. Waterhouse meanwhile sit fifth after beating their opponents by a margin that suggests genuine quality on show.
