Premier League match prediction and preview for Happy Valley vs Rangers clash

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Competition: Hong Kong Premier League
Competition: Sun 04.April
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sham Shui Po Sports Ground (3500 seats)

Happy Valley hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 7th position in the Premier League table. Visiting Rangers holds 5th place with 7 pts.

Insights:
  • Happy Valley have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premier League
  • Rangers have the most conceded goals (6) away in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Happy Valley form and stats

Happy Valley have played three Premier League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

The spoils were shared in Happy Valley's previous game, also at home. Visiting Southern District (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Pegasus (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Valley here at Sham Shui Po Sports Ground in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Happy Valley have conceded 3 in these home matches.

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Rangers form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (6) away in Premier League, are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Home advantage was not enough for Rangers in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Eastern, 1-3. A 0-0 draw at Warriors's stadium before that.

Rangers have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Rangers have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Valley and Rangers have met before this season: Rangers - Happy Valley 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Valley two wins, two draws and Rangers three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValleyR. Odu
R. Odu
3 goals
RangersH. Lam
H. Lam
2 goals
Happy ValleyS. Yuen
S. Yuen
1 goals

Happy Valley missing players

Rangers missing players

Happy Valley Rangers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 2 4 7
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 2 0 Scored S 5 5 8
7 3 0 Conceded C 4 6 11
86% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 71%
57% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
14% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 14%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 57%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
43% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.7 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8 8
3 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4 3.7
22% 11% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 31% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Happy Valley have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Premier League
  • Happy Valley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Premier League
  • Happy Valley have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premier League
  • Happy Valley have yet to win a game.
  • Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Happy Valley have scored home.
  • Rangers have the most conceded goals (6) away in Premier League

  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 9 5 4 0 14 6 4 1 3 0 6 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 8 19
2 Eastern 8 4 3 1 18 6 3 1 1 1 5 1 5 3 2 0 13 5 12 15
3 Warriors 7 3 3 1 13 8 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 2 1 0 9 4 5 12
4 Pegasus 8 3 1 4 6 10 5 2 0 3 5 8 3 1 1 1 1 2 -4 10
5 Rangers 7 1 4 2 8 11 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 1 2 1 5 6 -3 7
6 Tai Chung 7 2 0 5 4 16 5 1 0 4 3 11 2 1 0 1 1 5 -12 6
7 Happy Valley 7 0 5 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 0 3 1 3 4 -2 5
8 Southern District 7 1 2 4 10 14 3 0 1 2 4 10 4 1 1 2 6 4 -4 5