189 spectators arrived at The Cooking Pot, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Magnus Johansson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yan Kartavin and Thies Otte. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Grilled decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Abed-Sulaiman - Zywczyn, Kek-Tjiang, Talib, Bona - van Liere, Han Kok, Paullin, Spirig, Jie Siong - Simon.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for never. Lineup: Riis - Min Kim, Quoc-Sung, Alameda - Muris, Ovesson, Morariu, Chun-fai, Ferrer - Sunesson, Nilsson.

For their match strategy, never had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. At 9 minutes played, Dani Spirig came in from the right with the intention of giving Grilled the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. never's Xi Quoc-Sung was shown a yellow card after 15 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, Quah Han Kok of Grilled spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. The referee showed never's Sjakie Muris the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Some great play up the middle by Grilled led to a chance for Hidde van Liere to get the go-ahead goal after 26 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

Sylweriusz Zywczyn was very close to giving Grilled the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 53 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar. Many thought Nawaz Talib ought to have been awarded a penalty shot 66 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around Kalle Riis after a determined run through the middle. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of never's Stefan Nilsson after 70 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Grilled enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

Grilled's top performer was clearly Ahmed Abed-Sulaiman. On the other hand, Shen Kek-Tjiang's play was disheartening. never's top performer was clearly Joakim Ovesson. Kum Min Kim on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.