Both opening goals were scored off the long ball.
The Sukhothai Fire Bats’ towering Brazilian forward Felipe Ferreira opened the scoring on 25 minutes, with the equalizer coming 10 minutes later by Phuket’s Piphat Tonkanya.
But Sukhothai’s Jirawut Saranun answered back only two minutes later heading in a cross to put his side up 2-1, with the score remaining unchanged through to half time.
Sukhothai midfielder Chainarong Samuttha ignited the home crowd when he headed in a free kick on 77 minutes, to put the Fire Bats up 3-1.
But five minutes later, Phuket’s captain, Yusuke Sato brought the Ronins back into contention, when he headed a free kick to Sukhothai's goalkeepr who caught the shot while still behind the goal line, and thus conceding the goal to bring the score to 3-2.
Sukhothai would get the final cheer as both Chainarong and Felipe scored their respective doubles in the closing minutes, taking advantage of a tired and demotivated Phuket back line to give their side a convncing three points with a final score of 5-2.
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With 7 points after three matches, the Fire Bats sit high, in second place of the league, behind Ang Thong, the only club to have won all of its matches so far.
Here are all the results from Yamaha League 1 Week Three:
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Samut Songkhram 0-1 Police Utd
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Ang Thong 4-0 Thai Tobacco
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Pichit 4-2 Ayuthaya
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Nakhon Pathom 1-0 Bangkok FC
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BBCU 2-0 Chiangmai
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PTT Rayong 1-0 Airforce Utd
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Songkhla 1-1 Krabi
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Thai Honda 2-0 Pattaya Utd
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Sukhothai 5-2 Phuket
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Trat 0-0 Prachuab
Phuket dropped down into 11th place, now level on points with, but one ranking behind PTT Rayong, their next league opponents, with the match to take place at Surakul Stadium on March 7.
Kickoff 7pm.
But first, Phuket return home to open their Chang Thailand FA Cup campaign, this Wednesday, March 4 against Division 1 upstarts, Prachuap FC.
The match at Surakul Stadium is scheduled for a 6pm kick off, but may be moved to 7pm.
Following are all the FA Cup matches scheduled for March 4:
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Ubon UMT Utd vs Sing Ubon FC
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BCC Tero vs Assumption Utd
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Panthong FC vs Pattaya Utd
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Krabi vs Ayutthaya
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Satun Utd vs Samut Sakhon Education
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Loei City Airline vs Golblek TW
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Samut Sakhon vs Kaengkoi FC
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Phuket vs Prachuab
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Krungthonburi vs Ranong FC