The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Tainan City are in the 3rd position while the guests worry at 8th.
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!
Tainan City form and stats
Overall Taiwan Football Premier League stats at home this season for Tainan City, who have the most scored goals (10) at home in Taiwan Football Premier League, are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Tainan City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Taipower (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, Tainan City won a home game hosting NTUPES (3-0).
Goals decide football matches and Tainan City are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. Tainan City have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Ming Chuan University form and stats
Ming Chuan University, who have the most conceded goals (24) in Taiwan Football Premier League, are still without points from their Taiwan Football Premier League away games. 4 games, 4 defeats. Ming Chuan University are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Taicheng fixture. A depressing four defeats in a row for Ming Chuan University in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus NTUPES.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Taiwan Football Premier League match played at their home ground Tainan Municipal Stadium. Ming Chuan University suffered a 1-7 loss to Tatung (placed 1st). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Taichung Futuro wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.
Ming Chuan University lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-7 beating and focus on this one.
Goals are few and far between in Ming Chuan University's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. The Ming Chuan University manager has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ming Chuan University - Tainan City 2-2. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 1 - 4 - 3 (Tainan City wins - draws - Ming Chuan University wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.Tainan City missing players
Ming Chuan University missing players
| Tainan City | Ming Chuan University | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 42 | 26 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 37 | 23 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 32 | 74 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 79% | 77% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 85% |
| 53% | 46% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 37% | 31% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 74% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 55% |
| 16% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 60% | 45% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 8.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | 79 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 44 | 108 |
| 78 | 43 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 24 | 54 |
| 44% | 42% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 33% |
- Ming Chuan University has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Ming Chuan University has the fewest scored goals (2)
- Ming Chuan University has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
- Ming Chuan University has the most conceded goals (24)
- Ming Chuan University has the most conceded goals in the second half (30)
- Ming Chuan University has the the worst goal difference (-22)
- Ming Chuan University have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ming Chuan University have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ming Chuan University haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ming Chuan University is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Tainan City has the most scored goals (10) at home
- Tainan City have scored more than double the goals of Ming Chuan University.
- Tainan City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tatung | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 19 |
| 2 | Taipower | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Tainan City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Fu Jen University | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Taichung Futuro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | NTUPES | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 4 |
| 7 | Taicheng | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -11 | 3 |
| 8 | Ming Chuan University | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -22 | 0 |