Only a few games have been played in the S. League so far, with Albirex Niigata S placed 1st and Balestier Khalsa sitting in the 6th position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Albirex and Balestier Khalsa.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Albirex Niigata S form and stats
The hosts won their first S. League game here at Jurong East Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Albirex Niigata S last season were 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss from 7 games.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Albirex Niigata S at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Balestier Khalsa form and stats
One match played away so far in the S. League for Balestier Khalsa and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses from 7 games.
It's early days yet, but Balestier Khalsa has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Albirex Niigata S-Balestier Khalsa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Albirex Niigata S eight wins, Balestier Khalsa zero wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Albirex Niigata S missing players
Balestier Khalsa missing players
| Albirex Niigata S | Balestier Khalsa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19.5 | 18 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 7.5 |
| 12.5 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 24% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| Albirex Niigata S | Last season | Balestier Khalsa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 86% | ||
| 57% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 64% | ||
| 57% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 21% | ||
| 36% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 64% | ||
| 57% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 21% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 14% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Albirex Niigata S | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Home United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Tampines Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hougang United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Geylang International | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 6 | Balestier Khalsa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Young Lions | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 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 | Albirex Niigata S | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Home United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 27 |
| 4 | Geylang International | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 7 | Young Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -26 | 9 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 5 |
| 9 | DPMM FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |