2nd position in the Premier League table for Kitchee so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Southern District visits Hong Kong Stadium.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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 (5) at home in Premier League, have scored 14 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Kitchee has recorded two wins in a row here at Hong Kong Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Happy days for Kitchee in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Guangzhou R&F U19 (placed 1st) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Warriors.
The Kitchee manager B. Slišković has got the team scoring with 14 from 6 home games in the league. Kitchee have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Southern District form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the Premier League.
Southern's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Happy Valley that finished 1-1. A loss against Eastern was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Southern create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 15 goals in 6 travels. Southern struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Southern District - Kitchee 1-5. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Kitchee, three draws and two wins for Southern District. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Azevedo Pedreira 7 goals |  J. Gee Ha 7 goals |
Kitchee missing players
Southern District missing players
| Kitchee | Southern District | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 26 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 83% | 69% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 83% | 62% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 77% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 186 | 87 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 57 | 124 |
| 83 | 40 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 26 | 55 |
| 35% | 35% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 58% | 47% |
- Kitchee has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Premier League
- Kitchee has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
- Kitchee have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kitchee have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kitchee have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Southern District have not yet lost a game away.
- Southern District have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Southern District have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Southern District haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 26 |
| 2 | Kitchee | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Eastern | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Warriors | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Southern District | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Wofoo Tai Po | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 7 | Happy Valley | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -16 | 7 |
| 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 |