Eastern and Kitchee fans have their most treasured supporter shirts and scarves on for this first game week of a new Senior Shield season. Game on!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It's no vacation for neither Eastern nor Kitchee as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Eastern form and stats
The previous season, Eastern's league stats were 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, leading to 4th place in the Senior Shield. Over these eight matches they scored {15 goals} and let in 5. Playing as the host team in the last season Eastern delivered 2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with {8 goals} and 1 conceded.
Kitchee form and stats
Last season was a triumph for Kitchee in the national league as they took home the Senior Shield trophy. The championship was secured after 7 wins, 0 draws and only 1 defeat. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 3, drew 0 and lost 1.
Head 2 Head
Kitchee have not lost in the last 7 matches (4-3-0) facing Eastern.The two combatants have battled before this season: Eastern - Kitchee 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Mingazow 9 goals |  D. Damjanović 7 goals |  P. Poon 4 goals |
Eastern missing players
Kitchee missing players
| Eastern | Kitchee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9.5 | 8.3 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 26.5 | 22.3 |
| 5.7 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8.5 | 7.3 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 41% |
| 13.7 | 22 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 7.3 |
| 5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 2.7 |
| Eastern | Last season | Kitchee | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 75% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 38% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 12% | ||
| 62% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.8 | 7.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.2 | 19.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 45% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 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 | Kitchee | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 37 | 21 |
| 2 | Warriors | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 21 |
| 3 | Southern District | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Eastern | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 5 | Hong Kong FC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Rangers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 7 | Tai Chung | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Wofoo Tai Po | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 5 |
| 9 | Sham Shui Po | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -26 | 3 |
| 10 | HK U23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -34 | 0 |
