Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buriram United & Port FC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Buriram United form and stats
Buriram United have been outstanding at home so far in the Thai Premier League with 11 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.
A nice win for Buriram United last time playing, versus Lampang. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Merikani and Doumbouya scoring for the victors.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting True Bangkok United (3-4).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Buriram's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Buriram United as they are travelling to their away game against Chiangrai United in the Thai Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
Buriram United are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Buriram Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 34 goals in 13 matches. Buriram are not conceding a lot of goals here at Buriram Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 13 matches.
Port FC form and stats
Port FC was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd round last season.Playing away, Port FC have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Thai Premier League this season.
Port FC go into this game after a win, the home game against Ratchaburi that ended 1-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Chiangrai United.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Thai Premier League trip to Nakhon Ratchasima.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Port FC have scored 17 goals in 12 league games away. Port have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures featuring these opponents have all ended as Buriram United wins. Are we destined for another one?Top Goalscorers
  L. Doumbouya 7 goals |  S. Jaided 5 goals |
Buriram United missing players
Port FC missing players
| Buriram United | Port FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 66 | 36 | Scored | S | 13 | 42 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.7 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.8 | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 8.1 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 7 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Buriram United | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 44 | 67 |
| 2 | True Bangkok United | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 29 | 55 |
| 3 | Port FC | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Muang Thong United | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | Ratchaburi | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Chiangrai United | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 38 |
| 7 | Chonburi | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 37 |
| 8 | Bangkok Glass | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Police Tero FC | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 34 |
| 10 | Sukhothai | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -15 | 30 |
| 11 | Prachuap | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -9 | 28 |
| 12 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -15 | 28 |
| 13 | Lamphun Warrior | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 27 |
| 14 | Khon Kaen United | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -17 | 26 |
| 15 | Nong Bua Pitchaya | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -18 | 17 |
| 16 | Lampang | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -33 | 16 |
