The Police & Defence Force bosses Hood and Gordon are both worrying about and eagerly anticipating this important fixture in the upper part of the Ascension Invitational Tournament - Division 1 table.
- Police have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Defence Force have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Ascension Invitational Tournament - Division 1
Police and Defence Force should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Police form and stats
Police are steadily winning Ascension Invitational Tournament - Division 1 games and points here at La Horquetta Recreation Grounds. 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games.
Police's last game was hosting Moruga (placed 10th) and winning 6-2. As mentioned above, Police "killed" Moruga in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
In the match before that, Police hosted Deportivo PF and drew the game 0-0.Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 14 of the 17 most recent league games with this side has had three or more goals.
Goals are plentiful at La Horquetta Recreation Grounds in the league this season as Police has scored 33 goals here in 12 home games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Defence Force form and stats
Defence Force's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Defence Force collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Ascension Invitational Tournament - Division 1. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Defence had fun at their own home (La Horquetta Recreation Grounds) last time out, beating Central FC 4-0. As mentioned above, Defence Force was the only team on the pitch versus Central FC in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus St. Ann's Rangers that ended 2-2.Observe that 13 of this team's 14 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
The Defence Force manager Gordon has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 23 goals in 7 league matches away. Defence Force have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The previous head to head match ended Police - Defence Force 2-4, earlier this season. Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Police, one draw and four wins for Defence Force. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Police missing players
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| Police | Defence Force | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 12 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | 33 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 23 | 54 |
| 21 | 14 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 94% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 82% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 82% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 86% | 76% |
| 59% | 58% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 59% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 35% |
| 59% | 58% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 41% |
| 35% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 59% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Defence Force's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Defence Force have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Defence Force have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Defence Force have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Defence Force have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Ascension Invitational Tournament - Division 1
- Defence Force have the most scored goals (23) away in Ascension Invitational Tournament - Division 1
- Defence Force have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Ascension Invitational Tournament - Division 1
- Defence Force haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Police have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Police have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Ann's Rangers | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 45 |
| 2 | Defence Force | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 41 | 38 |
| 3 | Police | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 25 | 37 |
| 4 | Deportivo PF | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 31 |
| 5 | North East Stars | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 23 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | Cunupia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -9 | 18 |
| 7 | Central Soccer World | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 16 |
| 8 | Real West Fort | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 34 | -22 | 14 |
| 9 | Central FC | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 36 | -25 | 12 |
| 10 | Moruga | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 37 | -55 | 4 |
