傑志在10月9日（星期日）假旺角大球場上演的菁英盃B組賽事對東方，雖然早段先失球，但在米基爾和丹恩奴域分別梅開二度，加上新援文尼亞斯的入球，以5:1反勝對手，各項賽事錄得三連勝。
主教練朱志光今仗派出趙聡悟、曾以行和張廣然三位U22球員出戰，傑志足球學院畢業生羅梓駿首度戴上隊長臂章上陣。戰至7分鐘，對手以角球打開紀錄，但傑志落後僅2分鐘，就由明加索夫傳入禁區，米基爾控定後把皮球笠過對方門將入網，追成1:1平手。28分鐘，丹恩奴域禁區外施射得手，傑志半場以2:1領先。
換邊後，明加索夫前場逼得對方犯錯且博到12碼，丹恩奴域操刀射入，傑志於65分鐘領先到3:1。70分鐘，基爾頓傳入禁區，米基爾入楔頂成4:1，加上新加盟的文尼亞斯入替後，亦於補時階段接應米基爾傳送插水式頂入，最終傑志以5:1擊敗東方，於菁英盃取得首勝，亦在各項賽事開季三戰全勝。
Kitchee faced Eastern at Mongkok Stadium on 9th October (Sunday) for the Sapling Cup Group B fixture. After conceding first, Kitchee bounced back with a brace from Mikael Severo and Dejan Damjanović, along with Michail Manias’ debut goal to complete a 5:1 comeback and the third consecutive win in all competitions this season.
The U-22 Sohgo Ichikawa, Tsang Yi Hang Ellison, and Chang Kwong Yin started in the match, while Academy graduate Law Tsz Chun captained the team for the first time. Kitchee conceded first in the 7th minute from a corner, but Mikael picked up a pass from Ruslan Mingazov and calmly chipped over the goalkeeper 2 minutes later to equalise for the team. A long shot from outside the box by Damjanović in the 28th minute gave Kitchee the lead before half time.
Mingazov’s pressing in the front forced a defensive error as Eastern conceded a penalty, which was converted by Damjanović in the 65th minute. 5 minutes later, Cleiton’s crossing found Mikael whose header gave the host a 4:1 lead. Manias came off the bench in the second half as the debutant scored a diving header from Mikael’s cross in stoppage to complete a 5:1 rout. After this first win in the Sapling Cup, Kitchee has now won 3 games in a row in all competitions.