Southern District perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Eastern can look both up and down from their 4th position.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Southern District form and stats
Southern District have collected 7 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-1-1.
Happy days for Southern District in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Wofoo Tai Po (placed 6th) that ended with a 4-2 victory. Ahead of that match, Southern District won a home game hosting Wofoo Tai Po (2-1).
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The Southern District manager S. Cheng has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. Southern District have conceded 7 from these games.
Eastern form and stats
Eastern's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Eastern, who have the most points (12) away in Premier League, collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the Premier League. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
Everton Camargo and Diego Eli scored in Eastern's previous match, the home game against Warriors that ended 2-1. Prior to that match, the Eastern manager L. Kin faced defeat when travelling to Warriors and losing 0-1.
Eastern are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. As opposed to that, Eastern have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Eastern - Southern District 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Southern District, zero draws and five wins for Eastern. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
 E. Camargo 10 goals |  J. Gee Ha 7 goals | D. de Souza Martins 5 goals |
Southern District missing players
Eastern missing players
| Southern District | Eastern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 22% |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 6.9 | 6.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | 39 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 86 | 130 |
| 44 | 20 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 39 | 59 |
| 50% | 45% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 26% | 25% |
- All of Southern District's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Eastern has the most points (12) away
- Eastern have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Eastern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southern District have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Southern District have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Southern District have scored in all their matches so far.
- Southern District have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Southern District | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Kitchee | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | Eastern | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Warriors | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 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 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -11 | 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 |