National Defense perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Phnom Penh Crown can look both up and down from their 5th position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
National Defense form and stats
4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the C-League numbers at home for National Defense so far this season.
The National Defense crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-5 to Svay Rieng here at Army Stadium in a C-League match. In the match before that, National hosted Nagacorp and drew the game 1-1.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
National Defense are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Army Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. From these home matches, National Defense have conceded only 4 goals.
Phnom Penh Crown form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Phnom Penh Crown playing as the away team in the C-League this season.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Svay Rieng at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Phnom are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (16 goals from 5 away games). It's not easy to score on Phnom as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Phnom Penh Crown - National 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: National won three, Phnom Penh Crown won six and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.National Defense missing players
Phnom Penh Crown missing players
| National Defense | Phnom Penh Crown | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 37 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 86% |
| 79% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 79% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 71% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 57% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 57% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | 73 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 71 | 172 |
| 49 | 29 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 27 | 73 |
| 45% | 52% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 41% | 41% |
- All of National Defense's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- National Defense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- National Defense have scored in all their home matches so far.
- National Defense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Phnom Penh Crown have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Boeung Ket | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 28 | 32 |
| 2 | Svay Rieng | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 32 | 31 |
| 3 | Visakha | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 23 |
| 4 | National Defense | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | Phnom Penh Crown | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 24 | 22 |
| 6 | Nagacorp | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | Cambodia Tiger | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -11 | 11 |
| 9 | Asia Europe University | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 29 | -24 | 10 |
| 10 | Electricite du Cambodge | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 9 |
| 11 | Police Commissary | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
| 12 | Soltilo Angkor | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 25 | -22 | 7 |
| 13 | Bati Youth | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | -42 | 2 |