A peek at the Premier League standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our East End Lions - Freetown City preview!
- East End Lions have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Premier League
- Freetown City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither East End Lions nor Freetown City 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.
East End Lions form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at National Stadium as East End Lions have scored 13 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.
Happy days for Lions in their previous game, a fixture away at Luawa (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting SLIFA Mount Aureol in a game that was won 5-0.It should be taken into account that a glance at the 20 latest league matches reveals that 17 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
The East End Lions fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, East End Lions have only let in {1 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Freetown City form and stats
4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Freetown City in their Premier League matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Freetown hope to make it five in this match.
Two travels in a row for Freetown City, whose manager could celebrate last time after the win against SLIFA Mount Aureol. Crazy, but true: this team has finished four consecutive league matches with the result 1-0!
Before that, Freetown City secured a home win against Diamond Stars with the score 1-0.Few goals the story here? 17 of this club's last 21 league fixtures have had two or less goals.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
Freetown City - Lions 2-0 was the result in these squads' previous H2H game, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - one - two (East End Lions wins - draws - Freetown City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
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| East End Lions | Freetown City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 30 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 80% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 40% | 17% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 24% | 8% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 16% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 4% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 68% | 92% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 48% |
| 32% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- East End Lions have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- East End Lions have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Premier League
- Freetown City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bo Rangers | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 59 |
| 2 | East End Lions | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | Mighty Blackpool | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | Kallon | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 44 |
| 5 | Bai Bureh Warriors | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Ports Authority | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Freetown City | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 34 |
| 8 | Old Edwardians | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Diamond Stars | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Real Republicans | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 30 |
| 11 | SLIFA Mount Aureol | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Johansen | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 28 |
| 13 | Lamboi | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 27 | -17 | 28 |
| 14 | Kamboi Eagles | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 27 |
| 15 | Luawa | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Wusum Stars | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 19 | -9 | 25 |
| 17 | East End Tigers | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 24 |
| 18 | Central Parade | 24 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 20 |
