AFC Cup betting and spectator preview: Young Elephant and Hougang United meet at Sân vận động Thống Nhất to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
It should be mentioned that Hougang United play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Hougang United on grass are 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats from 18 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 24-42. You can compare this with overall results below.
It's quite the trip for Hougang United when visiting Elephant as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Young Elephant form and stats
The overall Premier League stats at home this season for Young Elephant are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Young Elephant are confident in defense, having played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The club members are hoping that Young Elephant will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the AFC Cup fixture against Viettel.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Premier League home game that ended 0-0 versus Master 7.Elephant are traveling soon after this match as the AFC Cup match at Phnom Penh Crown awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Young Elephant are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches.
Hougang United form and stats
They also participated in AFC Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Hougang United's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the S. League. Hougang United only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
The supporters enjoyed Hougang's previous fixture versus Phnom Penh Crown, a AFC Cup win (4-3) played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Albirex Niigata S's place.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The AFC Cup trip to Viettel.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Hougang United as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Hougang United defense as they have conceded 19 goals in 6 away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Moritz 4 goals |  S. bin Suhaimi 3 goals | P. Gomes Bortoluzo 3 goals |
Young Elephant missing players
Hougang United missing players
| Young Elephant | Hougang United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 52 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 48 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 32 | 58 | ||
| 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 71% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 54% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 42% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 21% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 38% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 8% | ||
| 21% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 38% | ||
| 7.3 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 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 | Viettel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Hougang United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Phnom Penh Crown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Young Elephant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 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 | Young Elephant | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 23 |
| 2 | Master 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Ezra | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 4 | Luangprabang United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 5 | Viengchanh | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 6 | Champasak United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Lao Army | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata S | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 25 |
| 3 | Tanjong Pagar | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 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 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -18 | 13 |
| 7 | Geylang International | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 10 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 4 |
