There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Eastern leading Happy Valley by 19 points.
- Eastern have the most scored goals (31) in Premier League
- Happy Valley have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Premier League
The visiting Happy Valley played their last game only three days ago, a Premier League match.
Eastern form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Eastern, who have the most scored goals (31) in Premier League, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. Eastern has recorded two wins in a row here at Mong Kok Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Eastern last time playing, versus Southern District. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Sandro and Chung Wai Keung scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Pegasus with a 1-0 scoreline.
A late climax in the match against Southern District as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Sandro.
Goals decide football matches and Eastern are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Eastern have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Happy Valley form and stats
There's been little loot from Happy Valley's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Premier League. Happy Valley, who have the fewest points (4) away in Premier League, only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws. With the Happy Valley losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Warriors.
Valley have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Valley have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Happy Valley - Eastern 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - four - one (Eastern wins - draws - Happy Valley wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ferreira Leonardo 9 goals | L. Espindola da Silva 5 goals |  R. Odu 5 goals |
Eastern missing players
Happy Valley missing players
| Eastern | Happy Valley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 31 | 12 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 24 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 62% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 54% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 69% |
| 38% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 12.7 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.3 | 9.3 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 43% | 33% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 25% |
- Eastern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Eastern have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Eastern have scored more than double the goals of Happy Valley.
- Eastern have the most points (11) at home in Premier League
- Eastern have the most scored goals (31) in Premier League
- Eastern have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Premier League
- Eastern have the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League
- Eastern have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Premier League
- Happy Valley have the fewest points (4) away in Premier League
- Happy Valley have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Premier League
- Happy Valley have yet to win a game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Eastern | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 28 |
| 2 | Kitchee | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Pegasus | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 4 | Warriors | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Southern District | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 6 | Tai Chung | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -20 | 12 |
| 7 | Rangers | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | Happy Valley | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 9 |