Thai Premier League prediction: Buriram United should edge out Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC on their own turf

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Competition: Thailand Thai Premier League
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Chang Arena (32600 seats)

Thai Premier League: Top-drawer against below par, at least based on the points won so far. Buriram United - Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC. Home victory or a surprise?

Insights:
  • Buriram United have the most scored goals (71) in Thai Premier League
  • Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Buriram are already the Thai Premier League winners and can relax with the season objective secured. If they do relax it might give the away team a slightly better chance in this one. Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC are struggling to avoid relegation.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Buriram United form and stats

Home games in the Thai Premier League have been a walk in the park for Buriram United so far, with 35 points won from 14 matches; 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

An away draw last time out for Buriram, facing Ratchaburi Mitrphol FC in a game that ended 1-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Port FC (2-3).

Buriram United are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Chang Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 36 goals in 14 matches. Buriram United have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-9 (win-draw-lose). Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Police Tero FC proved too strong as Nakhonratchasima slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary 5th December 2007 Stadium.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Chonburi FC's place.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 5 most recent matches featuring these teams have all finished as Buriram United wins. Are we destined for another one?

Buriram and Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC have played each other already this season: Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC - Buriram United 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

Buriram UnitedL. Doumbouya
L. Doumbouya
7 goals
Buriram UnitedS. Jaided
S. Jaided
6 goals
Nakhonratchasima Mazda FCC. da Silva de Sousa
C. da Silva de Sousa
6 goals

Buriram United missing players

Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC missing players

Buriram United Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
22 11 5 Won W 0 2 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 8
2 1 0 Lost L 4 9 14
71 36 14 Scored S 0 12 31
27 11 3 Conceded C 9 26 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 79%
59% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 55%
41% 50% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 28%
28% 29% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 10%
59% 57% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 59%
41% 43% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 17%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 28%
 
6.4 7.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.5 4.6
3.6 3 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.7 5.2
1.8 1.2 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.3 14.1 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.4 7.9
6.1 6.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.9 3.5
40% 37% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 31%
 
7.3 6.1 4.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 11.4 10.9
3.4 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Thai Premier League this season:
  • Buriram United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Buriram United have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Buriram United have scored more than double the goals of Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC.
  • Buriram United have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Thai Premier League
  • Buriram United have the most scored goals (36) at home in Thai Premier League
  • Buriram United have the most scored goals (71) in Thai Premier League
  • Buriram United have the most scored goals in the first half (38) in Thai Premier League
  • Buriram United have the the best goal difference (+25) at home in Thai Premier League
  • Buriram United have the the best goal difference (+44) in Thai Premier League
  • Buriram United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Buriram United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Buriram United 29 22 5 2 71 27 14 11 2 1 36 11 15 11 3 1 35 16 44 71
2 True Bangkok United 29 19 4 6 54 21 15 12 1 2 35 12 14 7 3 4 19 9 33 61
3 Port FC 29 14 10 5 51 35 15 9 4 2 30 17 14 5 6 3 21 18 16 52
4 SCG Muangthong United 29 13 8 8 52 37 14 8 4 2 29 16 15 5 4 6 23 21 15 47
5 Singha Chiangrai United 29 12 8 9 43 40 15 8 4 3 27 16 14 4 4 6 16 24 3 44
6 Chonburi FC 29 13 4 12 46 37 15 8 2 5 25 18 14 5 2 7 21 19 9 43
7 Ratchaburi Mitrphol FC 29 10 11 8 32 25 15 5 8 2 16 12 14 5 3 6 16 13 7 41
8 Police Tero FC 29 10 10 9 39 42 14 6 6 2 17 14 15 4 4 7 22 28 -3 40
9 BG Pathum United 29 11 5 13 41 39 14 9 1 4 30 18 15 2 4 9 11 21 2 38
10 Sukhothai 29 8 10 11 27 41 15 6 4 5 15 16 14 2 6 6 12 25 -14 34
11 Lamphun Warrior 29 8 9 12 24 35 14 5 5 4 15 17 15 3 4 8 9 18 -11 33
12 PT Prachuap FC 29 8 8 13 42 51 14 5 4 5 21 21 15 3 4 8 21 30 -9 32
13 Khonkaen United 29 7 11 11 23 41 14 6 5 3 12 14 15 1 6 8 11 27 -18 32
14 Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC 29 7 8 14 31 49 15 5 5 5 19 23 14 2 3 9 12 26 -18 29
15 Lampang 29 4 7 18 24 59 15 4 2 9 14 31 14 0 5 9 10 28 -35 19
16 Nongbua Pitchaya FC 29 4 6 19 26 47 14 3 5 6 13 16 15 1 1 13 13 31 -21 18

Read more about Thai Premier League

The Thai League 1, also known as the T1 or the Toyota Thai League, is the top level of football in Thailand. It was recently known as the Thai Premier League but was rebranded in 2017. It has 16 teams who each play 30 fixtures to make up the final league table. The winner is crowned champion while the bottom three are relegated.