Kitchee will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Warriors.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premier League.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Kitchee form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Kitchee, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League, at their home stadium (Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Kitchee will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Eastern (placed 3rd). Prior to that, an away loss at Warriors.
The Kitchee manager B. Slišković has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. Kitchee are not conceding a lot of goals here at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Warriors form and stats
Things could have gone better for Warriors in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Nakamura Yuto and Ngan Lok Fung scored in Warriors's previous match, the home game against Happy Valley that ended 2-0. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Kitchee.
The visiting Warriors have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Warriors's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Kitchee and Warriors have met before this season: Warriors - Kitchee 2-1. Kitchee-Warriors H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Kitchee six wins, Warriors one win, zero draws. six of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Azevedo Pedreira 7 goals |
Kitchee missing players
Warriors missing players
| Kitchee | Warriors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 91% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 73% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 70% |
| 36% | 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 73% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 70% |
| 27% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 9% | 20% | 50% | 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 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 168 | 76 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 35 | 129 |
| 76 | 36 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 21 | 66 |
| 32% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 30% |
- All of Warriors's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Kitchee has the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League
- Kitchee has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier League
- Kitchee has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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.
- Kitchee have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Warriors have scored away.
- Warriors has the most points from losing position (7) in Premier League
- Warriors have scored in all their matches so far.
- Warriors haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Warriors is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 23 |
| 2 | Warriors | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | Eastern | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Kitchee | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
| 5 | Southern District | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 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 | Pegasus | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 8 | Happy Valley | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -13 | 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 |