This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Hougang United at Sân vận động Thống Nhất when the AFC Cup tournament arrives in town and Phnom Penh Crown with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Phnom Penh Crown have to travel 2500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hougang United form and stats
Hougang United participated in AFC Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Hougang United have collected 11 points from their S. League home games so far after 3-2-1.
Hougang are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Albirex Niigata S. Hougang United were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that, Hougang United had a S. League home game versus Balestier Khalsa which ended with a victory 3-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hougang as they are travelling to their away game against Young Elephant in the AFC Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Hougang United are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Hougang have conceded 10 from these games.
Phnom Penh Crown form and stats
Still no away game victory in the C-League for Phnom Penh Crown with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Phnom Penh Crown played 2-2 against Boeung Ket in their previous match.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Naga World.After this away game Phnom Penh Crown return home for a AFC Cup game against Viettel. That game is only three sleeps after this.
2 goals so far away for Phnom Penh Crown, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Moritz 4 goals |  S. bin Suhaimi 3 goals | P. Gomes Bortoluzo 3 goals |
Hougang United missing players
Phnom Penh Crown missing players
| Hougang United | Phnom Penh Crown | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 17 | 57 | ||
| 58 | 26 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.4 | 17.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.7 | ||
| 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 13.6 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hougang United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Phnom Penh Crown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Viettel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Young Elephant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Home United | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 28 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata S | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 22 |
| 3 | Tanjong Pagar | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Hougang United | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | -11 | 13 |
| 6 | Balestier Khalsa | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -19 | 10 |
| 7 | Geylang International | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -14 | 7 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 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 | Svay Rieng | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Boeung Ket | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Naga World | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Visakha | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Cambodia Tiger | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 6 | Phnom Penh Crown | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | National Defense | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -23 | 1 |
