International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Ceres Philippines and BG Pathum United are looking forward to this AFC Champions League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
It's no vacation for neither Ceres Philippines nor BG Pathum 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.
Ceres Philippines form and stats
Last season, Ceres Philippines's AFC Champions League journey ended in the group stage.Ceres Philippines have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the PFL. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The club members hope that Philippines will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the AFC Champions League fixture against BG Pathum United. Midfield player Hartmann got a match rating of 7.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Hartmann hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Ceres Philippines are traveling soon after this match as the AFC Champions League match at Jeonnam Dragons awaits in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ceres Philippines at home in the league. 9 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.
BG Pathum United form and stats
BG Pathum United's mission in AFC Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals.5 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of BG Pathum United playing as the away team in the Thai Premier League this season.
The regulars enjoyed Pathum's previous fixture versus Ceres Philippines, a AFC Champions League win (5-0) played at home. Midfielder Charoe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Charoe scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 48 total).
hometeam won As mentioned earlier, BG Pathum United will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in four wins (two by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Pathum manager Teguramori as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Melbourne City.
BG Pathum United have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on BG Pathum United as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams faced each other previously this campaign: BG Pathum United - Ceres Philippines 5-0.Top Goalscorers
  D. Gama 9 goals |  T. Dangda 8 goals |  I. bin Fandi Ahmad 8 goals |
Ceres Philippines missing players
BG Pathum United missing players
| Ceres Philippines | BG Pathum United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 31 | Scored | S | 28 | 55 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 12% | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 47% | ||
| 11.1 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.1 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Melbourne City | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | BG Pathum United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Jeonnam Dragons | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Ceres Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -9 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ceres Philippines | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 12 |
| 2 | Kaya | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Azkals | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Mendiola | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 5 |
| 5 | Stallion | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 6 | Maharlika | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -17 | 3 |
| 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 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 62 |
| 2 | BG Pathum United | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Bangkok United | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 47 |
| 4 | Muang Thong United | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Nong Bua Pitchaya | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 44 |
| 6 | Chiangrai United | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | -3 | 44 |
| 7 | Chonburi | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 43 |
| 8 | Khon Kaen United | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 37 |
| 9 | Port | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | BEC Tero Sasana | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 34 |
| 12 | Ratchaburi | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -5 | 32 |
| 13 | Prachuap | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 14 | Suphanburi | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 15 | Samut Prakan City | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -13 | 25 |
| 16 | Chiangmai United | 28 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -27 | 16 |
