It's game two of the Premier League season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Kitchee-Happy Valley!
Kitchee and Happy Valley should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kitchee form and stats
The first Premier League game here at Mong Kok Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Kitchee's home game statistics were 4 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats from 7 games.
The spoils were shared in Kitchee's previous game, also at home. Visiting Warriors (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Happy Valley with a 4-0 scoreline.
Early season league goal statistics from Kitchee's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.
Last season, Kitchee's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Premier League. Over these 15 matches they scored 30 goals and conceded 19. Playing at home last season Kitchee managed 4-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 6 conceded.
Happy Valley form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Premier League away game of the season. During their previous season 7 away games resulted in 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Valley are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Rangers (placed 5th). A 0-4 loss hosting Kitchee before that.
It's early days yet, but Happy Valley has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Happy Valley performed last season in the First Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 2 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 2/14 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - three - zero (Kitchee wins - draws - Happy Valley wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Li 1 goals |
Kitchee missing players
Happy Valley missing players
| Kitchee | Happy Valley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 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 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Kitchee | Last season | Happy Valley | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 35 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 93% | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 86% | ||
| 73% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 57% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 43% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 29% | ||
| 73% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 14% | 50% | ||
| 27% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 14% | ||
| 7% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 71% | 43% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 203 | 102 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 110 | ||
| 90 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 51 | ||
| 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 22% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Southern District | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Happy Valley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Kitchee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Rangers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Warriors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pegasus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 8 | Tai Chung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 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 | Guangzhou R&F U19 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 30 |
| 2 | Kitchee | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 26 |
| 3 | Eastern | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Warriors | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | Southern District | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 6 | Happy Valley | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -16 | 10 |
| 7 | Wofoo Tai Po | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 8 | Pegasus | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 9 | Yuen Long | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 5 |
| 10 | Rangers | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 5 |