Thai League Two preview: Can Ayutthaya United edge out victory against Kasetsart?

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Competition: Thailand Thai League Two
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ayutthaya Stadium (6000 seats)

13th- against 11th spot might not seem all that sexy. Fear not: Here's the knowledge that makes Ayutthaya United - Kasetsart (even) more exciting!

Insights:
  • Kasetsart have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Ayutthaya United form and stats

The story so far in the Thai League Two for Ayutthaya United at their home stadium (Ayutthaya Stadium) is 6 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat. Ayutthaya United have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Ayutthaya United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Customs United.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Rayong and winning 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ayutthaya have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost one.

The Ayutthaya United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 league matches. More than 60 % of these goals (15 in all) came after at least one hour had been played. Ayutthaya United have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Kasetsart form and stats

There's been little loot from Kasetsart's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Thai League Two. Kasetsart only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.

Kasetsart's last game was the home draw against Rayong (1-1).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Udon Thani at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Kasetsart are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Kasetsart have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head game ended Kasetsart - Ayutthaya United 0-2, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Ayutthaya two wins, two draws and Kasetsart one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ayutthaya UnitedS. Yoosuebchuea
S. Yoosuebchuea
6 goals
KasetsartG. Houla
G. Houla
6 goals
KasetsartS. Dia
S. Dia
6 goals

Ayutthaya United missing players

Kasetsart missing players

Ayutthaya United Kasetsart
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 3 14 29
9 6 2 Won W 0 3 9
9 7 3 Drew D 2 5 10
11 1 0 Lost L 1 6 10
35 24 7 Scored S 1 12 29
44 15 5 Conceded C 3 19 37
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 79% 86%
72% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 62%
48% 43% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 41%
31% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 24%
14% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
45% 64% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 48%
31% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 28%
34% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 38%
 
3.2 2.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.7 4.8
4.9 5.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.2 3.4
2.4 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.9 2.5
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
6.8 8.6 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 7.5 6.5
3 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 2.6
40% 46% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 32% 40%
 
8.9 7.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 7.2 5.8
3.7 2.8 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 2.8
Key stats in Thai League Two this season:
  • Kasetsart have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lamphun Warrior 29 17 8 4 55 28 15 11 3 1 35 13 14 6 5 3 20 15 27 59
2 Sukhothai 29 17 7 5 68 41 15 11 3 1 44 18 14 6 4 4 24 23 27 58
3 Trat 29 17 7 5 45 27 15 11 2 2 27 12 14 6 5 3 18 15 18 58
4 Chainat Hornbill 29 14 9 6 49 36 15 8 5 2 30 19 14 6 4 4 19 17 13 51
5 Lampang 29 13 11 5 59 31 15 7 6 2 29 12 14 6 5 3 30 19 28 50
6 Muangkan United 29 13 8 8 59 47 14 7 3 4 28 19 15 6 5 4 31 28 12 47
7 Phrae United 29 11 10 8 42 31 14 8 4 2 26 14 15 3 6 6 16 17 11 43
8 Udon Thani 29 12 6 11 47 51 14 8 2 4 23 17 15 4 4 7 24 34 -4 42
9 Rayong 29 11 6 12 37 34 14 7 2 5 20 14 15 4 4 7 17 20 3 39
10 Ranong United 29 9 10 10 33 40 15 6 7 2 22 17 14 3 3 8 11 23 -7 37
11 Kasetsart 29 9 10 10 29 37 15 6 5 4 17 18 14 3 5 6 12 19 -8 37
12 Nakhon Pathom 29 9 9 11 34 39 14 5 6 3 18 18 15 4 3 8 16 21 -5 36
13 Ayutthaya United 29 9 9 11 35 44 14 6 7 1 24 15 15 3 2 10 11 29 -9 36
14 Chiangmai 29 8 7 14 32 48 14 6 2 6 15 22 15 2 5 8 17 26 -16 31
15 Customs United 29 7 7 15 40 58 15 5 2 8 23 31 14 2 5 7 17 27 -18 28
16 Raj Pracha 29 5 11 13 27 38 14 5 4 5 17 17 15 0 7 8 10 21 -11 26
17 Khonkaen 30 5 8 17 31 55 15 4 7 4 14 15 15 1 1 13 17 40 -24 23
18 Navy 30 2 5 23 23 60 15 2 4 9 17 25 15 0 1 14 6 35 -37 11

Read more about Thai League Two

The Thai League 2, commonly known as the T2, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. It has 18 teams playing a season from February to October. Each team plays 34 fixtures. The top three in the league table are promoted while the bottom two are relegated.