National Defense will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Svay Rieng.
It's no vacation for neither National Defense nor Svay Rieng 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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Svay Rieng have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 17-6-11 (win-draw-loss) from 34 matches.
National Defense form and stats
The story so far for National Defense at their home stadium (Army Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.The National Defense crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Svay Rieng here at Army Stadium in a C-League match. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Phnom Penh Crown.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of National Defense is on fire here. A stunning 17 from 5 matches. On the other hand, National Defense have conceded 6 goals.
Svay Rieng form and stats
Playing away, Svay Rieng, who have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in C-League, have won 5 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats so far this season. Things are running smoothly for Svay Rieng who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Police Commissary. Svay Rieng has been amazing away for a time now, winning six in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Soltilo Angkor.It's the second away game in a row for Svay Rieng, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus National Defense in the C-League last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 5-3 against Visakha.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Svay Rieng alone have scored more than three on average in their away games (20 from 5 played). Svay Rieng are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 0 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result National Defense - Svay Rieng 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 5 wins for National Defense, 1 draw and 4 wins for Svay Rieng. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
National Defense missing players
Svay Rieng missing players
| National Defense | Svay Rieng | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 18 | 0 | Scored | 1 | 22 | 37 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 82% |
| 64% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 55% |
| 55% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 73% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 45% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 100% | 83% | 55% |
| 9% | 17% | 100% | Failed To Score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- National Defense have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- National Defense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Svay Rieng have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Svay Rieng have scored in all their matches so far.
- Svay Rieng have won all their away matches so far.
- Svay Rieng haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 06-04-19 | | National Defense | 11 - 0 | Kompong Cham |
| 21-04-19 | | Police Commissary | 2 - 4 | National Defense |
| 27-04-19 | | National Defense | 0 - 2 | Boeung Ket |
| 04-05-19 | | Soltilo Angkor | 1 - 1 | National Defense |
| 11-05-19 | | National Defense | 4 - 3 | National Sports Academy |
| 19-05-19 | | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 4 - 1 | National Defense |
| 25-05-19 | | National Defense | 1 - 0 | Visakha |
| 01-06-19 | | Phnom Penh Crown | 3 - 1 | National Defense |
| 15-06-19 | | National Defense | 1 - 2 | Svay Rieng |
| 22-06-19 | | Electricite du Cambodge | 08:30 | National Defense |
| 07-04-19 | | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 0 - 2 | Svay Rieng |
| 21-04-19 | | Svay Rieng | 5 - 1 | Phnom Penh Crown |
| 27-04-19 | | Electricite du Cambodge | 0 - 1 | Svay Rieng |
| 05-05-19 | | Svay Rieng | 1 - 1 | Cambodia Tiger |
| 12-05-19 | | Kompong Cham | 0 - 13 | Svay Rieng |
| 19-05-19 | | Svay Rieng | 2 - 2 | Boeung Ket |
| 26-05-19 | | National Sports Academy | 0 - 3 | Svay Rieng |
| 02-06-19 | | Svay Rieng | 5 - 3 | Visakha |
| 15-06-19 | | National Defense | 1 - 2 | Svay Rieng |
| 22-06-19 | | Asia Europe University | 08:30 | Svay Rieng |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Svay Rieng | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 26 |
| 2 | Naga Corp | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 34 | 24 |
| 3 | Angkor Tiger | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | Boeung Ket | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 20 |
| 5 | Visakha | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 19 |
| 6 | National Defense | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 17 |
| 7 | Phnom Penh Crown | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Asia Europe University | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Electricite du Cambodge | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Police Commissary | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Soltilo Angkor | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Kirivong Sok Sen Chey | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | National Sports Academy | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | -25 | 3 |
| 14 | Kompong Cham | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 44 | -93 | 3 |
