Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Eastern & HK U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!
Eastern form and stats
Eastern must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Premier League games here at Mong Kok Stadium.
The Eastern crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Southern District here at Mong Kok Stadium in a Premier League match.
Before that, Eastern had a Premier League home game versus Tai Chung which ended with a victory 4-0.Goals are plentiful at Mong Kok Stadium in the league this season as Eastern has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. 3 goals have been conceded.
HK U23 form and stats
No Premier League points yet away for HK U23, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as U23 have lost on their last two travels.
U23's last game was the home draw against Hong Kong FC (2-2).
A 1-4 defeat away at Southern District before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, HK U23 has managed 1 goal and let in 10 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Bertomeu de la O 2 goals |  W. Wong 2 goals | H. Fung 1 goals |
Eastern missing players
HK U23 missing players
| Eastern | HK U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 10 | 12 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.8 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 19 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Southern District | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | Kitchee | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Eastern | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Rangers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Warriors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hong Kong FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 7 | HK U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 1 |
| 8 | Tai Chung | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 0 |