With their 30 point advantage in the league table, Taipower fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Taicheng.
Taipower and Taicheng should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Taipower form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 Taiwan Football Premier League games here at Kaohsiung National Stadium for Taipower. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. There’s a good atmosphere here at Kaohsiung National Stadium after three straight home wins.
Taipower are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-9 away versus Tainan City. Ahead of that match, Taipower won a home game hosting Ming Chuan University (3-2).
Taipower were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (17 in 8 games), Taipower's attacking play is working. Taipower have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Taicheng form and stats
Taicheng, who have the fewest scored goals (15) in Taiwan Football Premier League, have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Taiwan Football Premier League, after 1-3-10 (14 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Taicheng are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
A 2-5 defeat away at Tainan City before that.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Tatung was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Taicheng did not look prepared in the first half against Tatung and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Taicheng as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. Taicheng are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 13 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Taipower - Taicheng 5-4. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's eight Taipower victories, zero draws and zero Taicheng wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Taipower missing players
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| Taipower | Taicheng | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 17 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 35 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 15 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 14 | 41 | 51 |
| 82% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 93% | 94% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | 82% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 65% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 64% | 65% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 36% | 41% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 12% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 165 | 92 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 98 | 110 |
| 62 | 31 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 41 | 44 |
| 37% | 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 17% | 20% |
- Taicheng has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the fewest scored goals (15) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the most conceded goals (41) away in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the most conceded goals (51) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the the worst goal difference (-28) away in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng has the the worst goal difference (-36) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taicheng have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Taipower has the most points from losing position (9) in Taiwan Football Premier League
- Taipower have scored more than double the goals of Taicheng.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tainan City | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 26 | 39 |
| 2 | Taichung Futuro | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Taipower | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Fu Jen University | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Tatung | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 6 | NTUPES | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 27 | -17 | 16 |
| 7 | Taicheng | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 41 | -36 | 6 |
| 8 | Ming Chuan University | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -23 | 5 |