Premier League: Two teams who have done well so far. Let's get ready for Kitchee - Eastern with this comprehensive preview!
- Kitchee have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier League
- Eastern have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Pegasus.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Kitchee form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Hong Kong Stadium as Kitchee, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier League, have scored 16 goals to get 15 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Kitchee lost their last game at Pegasus after a 1-2 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Kitchee lost 0-1 at home to Warriors.The Kitchee manager C. Chu has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. From these home matches, Kitchee have conceded only 6 goals.
Eastern form and stats
Eastern, who have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 5-2-0 from 7 games.
Two away games in a row for Eastern, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Warriors in the Premier League.
Before that, Eastern secured a home win against Pegasus with the score 4-0.Eastern create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 19 goals in 7 travels. It's not easy to score on Eastern as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kitchee - Eastern 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Kitchee victories, two draws and three Eastern wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Damjanović 15 goals |   A. Ferreira Leonardo 11 goals | F. Azevedo Pedreira 5 goals |
Kitchee missing players
Eastern missing players
| Kitchee | Eastern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 20 | 38 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 94% |
| 81% | 88% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 88% | 81% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 56% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 56% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 10.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.6 | 12.3 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 51% | 41% |
- Eastern have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Eastern have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Eastern have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Premier League
- Eastern have the most scored goals (19) away in Premier League
- Eastern have the most scored goals (33) in Premier League
- Eastern have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier League
- Eastern have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Premier League
- Eastern have the the best goal difference (+21) in Premier League
- Eastern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kitchee have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kitchee have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Premier League
- Kitchee have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier League
- Kitchee have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Kitchee have the most points (15) at home in Premier League
- Kitchee have the most scored goals (16) at home in Premier League
- Kitchee have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Premier League
- Kitchee haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Eastern | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 31 |
| 3 | Pegasus | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| 4 | Warriors | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Southern District | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 6 | Tai Chung | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
| 7 | Rangers | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 11 |
| 8 | Happy Valley | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 9 |