It's ground zero in T&T Pro League - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how North East Stars and Central FC did in their pre-season friendlies!
North East Stars and Central FC 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.
North East Stars form and stats
Last season, North East Stars's league statistics were 1 win, 3 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the T&T Pro League. Over these 18 matches they scored 16 goals and conceded 58. Playing at home last season North East Stars managed 0-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 6 goals and 28 conceded.
Central FC form and stats
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting San Juan Jabloteh in just three days.
Let's have a look at how Central FC performed last season in the T&T Pro League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 19/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Central FC - North East Stars 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): North East Stars three wins, one draw and Central FC four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.North East Stars missing players
Central FC missing players
| North East Stars | Central FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 24 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 67% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 70% |
| 56% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 56% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 56% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 22% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 40% |
| 7.5 | 7.5 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 6 | 54 |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 23% |
- Central FC have yet to win a game away.
- North East Stars have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- North East Stars have created more than twice as many corners as Central FC.
- North East Stars haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 |