It's ground zero in T&T Pro League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Defence Force and Club Sando did in their pre-season friendlies!
It's no vacation for neither Defence Force nor Club Sando as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Defence Force form and stats
There will be little rest for Defence Force after this match as they are travelling to Morvant Caledonia United for a T&T Pro League game in only two days.
Last season, Defence Force's league statistics were 14 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the T&T Pro League. Over these 27 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Defence Force managed 6-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 7 conceded.
Club Sando form and stats
Let's have a look at how Club Sando performed last season in the T&T Pro League: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 1 and lost 5 with 14/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Defence Force - Club Sando 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Defence Force four wins, one draw and Club Sando three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Defence Force missing players
Club Sando missing players
| Defence Force | Club Sando | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 24 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 21 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 90% | 94% |
| 75% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 76% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 53% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 24% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 30% | 18% |
| 62% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 53% |
| 38% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 24% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 1 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | 55 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 75 | 101 |
| 51 | 30 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 39 | 50 |
| 35% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 24% |
- Club Sando have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Defence Force have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Defence Force have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Defence Force have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Defence Force haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Central FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Club Sando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cunupia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Defence Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Morvant Caledonia United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | North East Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Police | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | San Juan Jabloteh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | St. Ann's Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | W Connection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | W Connection | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 35 | 37 |
| 2 | Central FC | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 36 |
| 3 | Club Sando | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 33 |
| 4 | Police | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 33 |
| 5 | Defence Force | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 30 |
| 6 | Morvant Caledonia United | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | San Juan Jabloteh | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Point Fortin | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 27 | -26 | 11 |
| 9 | St. Ann's Rangers | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 38 | -54 | 10 |
| 10 | North East Stars | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 30 | -42 | 6 |