This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Buriram United at Chang Arena when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Melbourne City with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Melbourne City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A-League game only four sleeps ago.
Buriram United form and stats
Buriram United have collected seven points from their first three Thai Premier League games here at Chang Arena, a promising start.
Buriram travelled for their previous game, a trip to Chiangrai United that ended 0-0.
Before that, Buriram United drew at home versus Chonburi.The match schedule is unforgiving for Buriram as they have a new game in only four days, a Thai Premier League match thankfully also at home. Bangkok Glass are visiting.
From these home matches, Buriram United have conceded only 2 goals.
Melbourne City form and stats
Melbourne City have lots to to correct after their out-of-character loss (1-2) to Western United in their previous match, played at home. Midfielder Arslan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Arslan scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 46 successful passes (of 53 total).
Earlier, the AFC Champions League victory away at Hangzhou.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Melbourne manager Vidošić as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Adelaide United.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Doumbouya 3 goals |  S. Jaided 2 goals |  T. Bunmathan 1 goals |
Buriram United missing players
Melbourne City missing players
| Buriram United | Melbourne City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 51 | 36 | Scored | S | 21 | 55 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 16.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 40% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 7.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 11.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Buriram United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hangzhou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Port | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | Bangkok Glass | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | True Bangkok United | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | Buriram United | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | Chiangrai United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Ratchaburi | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Nakhon Pathom | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | BEC Tero Sasana | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | Muang Thong United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Trat | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 11 | Uthai Thani | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Chonburi | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Prachuap | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Khon Kaen United | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | Sukhothai | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 16 | Lamphun Warrior | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Western United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Perth Glory | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Newcastle Jets | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Macarthur | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Brisbane Roar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wellington Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Melbourne City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
