It's still early in the Premier League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Rangers - Kitchee preview!
Kitchee could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Eastern. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Rangers form and stats
The first Premier League game here at Tsing Yi Sports Ground resulted in a draw. Last season Rangers's home game statistics were 0 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 3 games.
It's back home for Rangers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tai Chung away with the result 2-1. Augusto Sheik and Harima Hirokane found the net in that victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Pegasus.
Manager C. Chiu felt very clever after Harima Hirokane scored the winning goal against Tai Chung, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 74th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Harima Hirokane scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Warriors are coming to town in three days.
Rangers has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Kitchee form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 8 matches.
Kitchee are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Eastern (placed 1st). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Pegasus.
2 goals so far away for Kitchee, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Rangers, three draws and six wins for Kitchee. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Li 2 goals |  D. Damjanović 2 goals |  H. Yiu 1 goals |
Rangers missing players
Kitchee missing players
| Rangers | Kitchee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 3.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 10.8 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 37% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| Rangers | Last season | Kitchee | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 3 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 73% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | ||
| 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.4 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6 | ||
| 23% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Kitchee | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Pegasus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 4 | Warriors | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Rangers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 6 | Happy Valley | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Southern District | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Tai Chung | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -11 | 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 |