It's a new beginning in Premier League - the first fixture of the season. Read this full guide and see how Kitchee and Eastern did in their pre-season training matches!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Kitchee form and stats
Kitchee could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Premier League. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Mong Kok Stadium they witnessed 4 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W10 - D4 - L0 from 14 games.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Kitchee, who have participated in one training match. Kitchee have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Eastern form and stats
Let's have a look at how Eastern performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 33 and conceded 12 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 0 with 19/5 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kitchee five wins, two draws and Eastern three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Kitchee missing players
Eastern missing players
| Kitchee | Eastern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Kitchee | Last season | Eastern | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 82% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 82% | ||
| 53% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 65% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | ||
| 53% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 53% | ||
| 41% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 35% | ||
| 12% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 18% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | HK U23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hong Kong FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kitchee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Southern District | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Tai Chung | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37 |
| 2 | Eastern | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Warriors | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Pegasus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 28 |