Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this game if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Albirex Niigata S regulars are confident that the mismatch between 1st and Geylang International's 6th spot in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals (14) in S. League
- Geylang International have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Albirex Niigata S form and stats
Albirex Niigata S are steadily winning S. League games and points here at Jurong East Stadium. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Albirex Niigata S after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Albirex, as their goalkeeper Takahiro Koga has completely shut out the opponents for 189 minutes in the S. League.
The Albirex supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Balestier Khalsa in S. League and win 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Albirex played a great game against Balestier Khalsa and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Young Lions with a 1-0 scoreline.Goals decide football matches and Albirex are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Albirex have conceded only 7 goals.
Geylang International form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Geylang International so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-6 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for International in their previous game, as they lost their S. League-match, hosting Young Lions, 2-3. Geylang International were so close to getting something from the game against Young Lions, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
Before that, International secured a home win against Tampines Rovers with the score 3-1.The travelling fans enjoy Geylang International's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. The International manager M. Ali has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H encounter ended Geylang International - Albirex Niigata S 1-2, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Albirex Niigata S eight wins, zero draws and Geylang International two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Tsuboi 11 goals |   M. Celestino Moresche Rodrigues 10 goals |  A. Samion 9 goals |
Albirex Niigata S missing players
Geylang International missing players
| Albirex Niigata S | Geylang International | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 40 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 43 |
| 94% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 76% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 41% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 59% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 65% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 35% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.2 | 6.2 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 13.1 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
| 6.6 | 6.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| 36% | 31% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 30% | 37% |
- Albirex Niigata S have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals (14) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the most clean sheets (3) at home in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the most clean sheets (6) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the most points (20) at home in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the the best goal difference (+26) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata S is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Geylang International have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Geylang International 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 | Albirex Niigata S | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 26 | 40 |
| 2 | Home United | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 35 |
| 3 | Hougang United | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Tanjong Pagar | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -13 | 17 |
| 6 | Geylang International | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -14 | 16 |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | -14 | 13 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | -22 | 13 |