Singapore's win over Lebanon, coupled with Saudi Arabia's loss in Uzbekistan yesterday, leave the Lions second in Group 4 of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers
The top two teams from each group join the rest of Asia's top sides in the next round
But Singapore have their work cut out for them in order to progress in the qualifiers
They have to travel to Uzbekistan on June 7 (after hosting them five days earlier), and play group favourites Saudi Arabia at home on June 14
The last match is in Lebanon on June 22
MATCH SUMMARY
Singapore 2
(Duric 8th, Fazrul 23rd)
Lebanon 0
Singapore: Lionel Lewis, Daniel Bennett, Precious Emuejeraye, Baihakki Khaizan, Noh Rahman, Shi Jiayi, Mustafic Fahrudin, John Wilkinson, Indra Sahdan (Khairul Amri 46), Fazrul Nawaz (Shahril Ishak 65), Aleksandar Duric (Hariss Harun, 79)
Lebanon: Larry Mehanna, Ali Al-Saadi (Ahmad El Choum 60), Bilal Najjarine, Hussein Amin, Abbas Ahmed Atwi, Mohamad Korhani, Amer Khan, Ali Yaacoub, Khaled Hamieh (Nasrat Al-Jamal 55), Mohamad Ghaddar (Paul Rustom 77), Mahmoud El Ali
Yellow cards: Singapore: Fazrul (40), Lewis (45), Shi (87). Lebanon: Ghaddar (10), Khan (90)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Takayama Hiroyoshi (Jpn)