Premier League game preview and stats: Southern District welcome Eastern

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Competition: Hong Kong Premier League
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Aberdeen Sports Ground (8000 seats)

Southern District reset their brains and bodies for this match after their 2-0 result against Warriors, a game that produced some answers. Will they show it against Eastern?

Insights:
  • Southern District have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Eastern have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

This is a local fight, usually meaning increased mental strain and importance.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Southern District form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Southern District have to build on here at Aberdeen Sports Ground in the Premier League.

Southern District are returning here after visiting Warriors in a FA Cup fixture and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Southern District won a home game hosting Wofoo Tai Po (3-1).

Southern District have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Eastern form and stats

Eastern are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The supporters enjoyed Eastern's previous game versus Hong Kong FC, a FA Cup win (3-0) played at home.

Prior to that result Eastern won their away game at Rangers in the Senior Shield. The scoreline was 1-0.

A fact for sports bettors contemplating a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 7 consecutive league matches with just one or no side finding the net.

Eastern have the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the former ten meetings): Southern won four games, one match ended with a draw and Eastern have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Southern DistrictS. Figueiredo Pereira
S. Figueiredo Pereira
6 goals
Southern DistrictS. Sasaki
S. Sasaki
2 goals
Southern DistrictK. Lee
K. Lee
2 goals

Southern District missing players

Eastern missing players

Southern District Eastern
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 1 2 7
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
12 8 0 Scored S 0 5 13
9 1 0 Conceded C 3 3 4
86% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 71%
71% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 57%
57% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 57%
43% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 14%
29% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
57% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 71%
29% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 57%
 
5.1 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 5.7
4.4 4.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4 3.9
1.7 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 9.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 4 14 10.6
4.6 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 7 5.1
38% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 36%
 
8.6 7.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 18 11 9
3.4 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Eastern's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Eastern have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Eastern have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Southern District have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Southern District have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kitchee 7 6 0 1 34 2 3 3 0 0 14 0 4 3 0 1 20 2 32 18
2 Warriors 7 6 0 1 21 7 5 4 0 1 18 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 14 18
3 Southern District 7 5 1 1 12 9 4 3 1 0 8 1 3 2 0 1 4 8 3 16
4 Hong Kong FC 7 4 2 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 3 2 0 5 2 3 14
5 Eastern 7 3 2 2 13 4 5 2 2 1 8 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 9 11
6 Tai Chung 7 3 1 3 9 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 0 2 6 8 -2 10
7 Rangers 7 2 2 3 11 6 4 1 1 2 5 4 3 1 1 1 6 2 5 8
8 Wofoo Tai Po 7 1 2 4 8 12 2 0 0 2 2 4 5 1 2 2 6 8 -4 5
9 Sham Shui Po 7 0 0 7 1 28 3 0 0 3 0 15 4 0 0 4 1 13 -27 0
10 HK U23 7 0 0 7 1 34 4 0 0 4 0 20 3 0 0 3 1 14 -33 0