Perhaps a welcome break from league football as South China & Shatin face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the 1st Div League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning extra stress and significance.
This looks to be an entertaining fixture with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!
South China form and stats
South China's results here at Po Kong Village Road Park 2 in the First Division have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The fans are hoping that South China will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away defeat in the 1st Div League Cup fixture against Yuen Long.
South are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the South China defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Shatin form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Shatin playing as the away team in the First Division this season.
The followers enjoyed Shatin's previous fixture versus Sham Shui Po, a 1st Div League Cup win (2-1) played at home.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Shatin are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Shatin rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): South China two wins, three draws and Shatin four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.South China missing players
Shatin missing players
| South China | Shatin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Scored | S | 29 | 56 | ||
| 37 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 39% | ||
| 9.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sham Shui Po | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | South China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Yuen Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Shatin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Eastern District | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 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 |
