Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rangers & 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!
This looks to be an engaging fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It should be mentioned that Hong Kong FC play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Hong Kong FC on grass are 6 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats from ten games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 32-25. You can compare this with overall results below.
This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning extra motivation and importance.
Rangers form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Rangers have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Rangers enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hong Kong FC's place. The match ended 3-2 with L. Bazán (3) scoring. L. Bazán was absolutely essential when Rangers beat Hong Kong FC 3-2, scoring three goals.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Eastern (2-4).Hong Kong FC form and stats
The Premier League season is young and Hong Kong FC have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
Hong Kong FC are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at HK U23.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Rangers.It's early days yet, but Hong Kong FC has scored 2 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Rangers victories, one draw and zero Hong Kong FC wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Bazán 4 goals | K. Lo 1 goals | W. Soares Belitardo Junior 1 goals |
Rangers missing players
Hong Kong FC missing players
| Rangers | Hong Kong FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 12 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 44 | 13 | Scored | S | 54 | 81 | ||
| 64 | 30 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 7 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 17.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9.3 | 8.6 | ||
| 37% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 15 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 6.7 | ||
| 7.4 | 6.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 |