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 Morvant Caledonia United did in their pre-season friendlies!
It's no vacation for neither Defence Force nor Morvant Caledonia United 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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Defence Force form and stats
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Defence Force as they are travelling to their away game against Central FC in the T&T Pro League. That match is three days after this one.
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.
Morvant Caledonia United form and stats
Let's have a look at how Morvant Caledonia United performed last season in the T&T Pro League: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 3 with 25/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Defence Force won 6, Morvant Caledonia United won 0 and 4 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.Defence Force missing players
Morvant Caledonia United missing players
| Defence Force | Morvant Caledonia United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 19 | 30 |
| 17 | 17 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 17% |
- Defence Force have not yet lost a game.
- Defence Force have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Defence Force have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Defence Force haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Morvant Caledonia United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Morvant Caledonia United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Morvant Caledonia United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Morvant Caledonia United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 |