With their 25 point advantage in the league table, Eastern District fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Mutual.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Eastern District form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Eastern District have to build on here at Happy Valley Recreation Ground #1.The fans are hoping that Eastern District will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the First Division game against Happy Valley. Before that match, a win away at Double Flower.
Eastern District can score goals in their home matches. After 10 matches they have found the net 23 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Mutual form and stats
There's been little loot from Mutual's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games. Mutual, who have the fewest scored goals (17) in First Division, only has 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. Mutual are desperate to end a 18-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the South China fixture. It's all red in the travel logs of Mutual, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.Mutual play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Hong Kong FC. A loss against South China was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Mutual are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Mutual concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Mutual - Eastern District 0-2. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Eastern District, 0 draws and 0 wins for Mutual.Eastern District missing players
Mutual missing players
| Eastern District | Mutual | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | Played | 11 | 22 |
| 48 | 28 | Scored | 13 | 17 |
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | 31 | 67 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 95% |
| 96% | 91% | Over 1.5 | 82% | 82% |
| 78% | 82% | Over 2.5 | 64% | 64% |
| 52% | 73% | Over 3.5 | 45% | 45% |
| 35% | 55% | Over 4.5 | 45% | 41% |
| 48% | 64% | Both teams to score | 64% | 50% |
| 35% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 5% |
| 17% | 0% | Failed To Score | 36% | 50% |
| 2 | 0.6 | Corners For (avg) | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 0.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0.8 | 0.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Eastern District hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Eastern District is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
- Eastern District has scored in all of their 11 home matches.
- Mutual has failed to keep a clean sheet in 11 away matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Happy Valley | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 92 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 81 | 58 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 62 | 54 |
| 3 | Wing Yee | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Biu Chun | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 43 |
| 5 | Eastern District | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Shatin | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | South China | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 25 | -10 | 26 |
| 8 | Citizen AA | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -12 | 26 |
| 9 | Central & Western | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Tai Chung | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 23 |
| 11 | Double Flower | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 69 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 41 | -41 | 22 |
| 12 | Wong Tai Sin | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 33 | -41 | 18 |
| 13 | Dreams Metro Gallery | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 71 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 32 | -38 | 17 |
| 14 | Mutual | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 31 | -50 | 10 |
