National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Happy Valley or Central & Western that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Happy Valley form and stats
Happy Valley's struggle is real here at Tsing Yi Northeast Park with only 3 points collected from 6 First Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5.
The Happy Valley fans got no joy from their last game, a 1st Div League Cup duel also played here at Tsing Yi Northeast Park: A 1-3 defeat against North District.
The Happy Valley fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. As for conceded goals, Happy Valley's unpleasant statistic is 16 goals surrendered.
Central & Western form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the First Division.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a 1st Div League Cup home defeat versus Wofoo Tai Po with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Central in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Central & Western, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Central & Western have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Central & Western struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Valley two wins, zero draws and Central & Western one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Happy Valley missing players
Central & Western missing players
| Happy Valley | Central & Western | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 60 | 31 | Conceded | C | 14 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 76% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 13 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.7 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Central & Western | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | North District | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Happy Valley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Wofoo Tai Po | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 5 | Wing Yee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 6 | Wong Tai Sin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 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 | Wofoo Tai Po | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 25 | 28 |
| 2 | Shatin | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Yuen Long | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 26 |
| 4 | North District | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 25 |
| 5 | Eastern District | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Sham Shui Po | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 | Wing Yee | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Hoi King | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 9 | Central & Western | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | South China | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 11 | Happy Valley | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 12 | Citizen AA | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -15 | 10 |
| 13 | Wong Tai Sin | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -20 | 10 |
| 14 | Dreams Metro Gallery | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | -37 | 0 |
