Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Eastern & Hong Kong FC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Hong Kong FC play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this game takes place on grass. The latest results for Hong Kong FC when featuring on grass are 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from ten matches. They have scored {9 goals} and conceded 21 times in these fixtures.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Eastern form and stats
Last season, Eastern's FA Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.When playing at home in the Premier League, Eastern have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
A good away victory last time out for Eastern, who won 1-0 against Rangers.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at HK U23.A decent goal production from Eastern in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. Defensively Eastern have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hong Kong FC form and stats
Hong was sent out of FA Cup in the group stage last season.The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
It's the second away game in a row for Hong Kong FC, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Wofoo Tai Po last time out.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against HK U23 in the Premier League.The Hong Kong FC defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Eastern victories, zero draws and one Hong Kong FC win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Wu 2 goals |  M. Gondra Krug 2 goals | M. Sun 2 goals |
Eastern missing players
Hong Kong FC missing players
| Eastern | Hong Kong FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 58 | 34 | Scored | S | 27 | 42 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 30 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 8.5 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kitchee | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 32 | 18 |
| 2 | Warriors | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 18 |
| 3 | Southern District | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Hong Kong FC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Eastern | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | Tai Chung | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Rangers | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | Wofoo Tai Po | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Sham Shui Po | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | -27 | 0 |
| 10 | HK U23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -33 | 0 |
