Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Albirex Niigata S - Tampines Rovers!
- Albirex Niigata S is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Tampines Rovers has the most matches under the total-line (8) in S. League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
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
5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Albirex Niigata S have to build on here at Jurong East Stadium in the S. League. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Albirex has won five games in a row. The Tampines Rovers match was the last time out without a victory.
The Albirex supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Young Lions in S. League and win 2-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus Home United with a 3-2 scoreline.
This is expected to be a close game, with Albirex perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Albirex Niigata S as a small favourite), we find three games. Albirex Niigata S has won one of these, drawn one and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tanjong Pagar are coming to town in three days.
Goals are plentiful at Jurong East Stadium in the league this season as Albirex has scored 15 goals here in 5 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Albirex have only let in 2 goals at home.
Tampines Rovers form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Tampines Rovers playing as the away team in the S. League this season.
Tampines play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Hougang United (placed 6th). Before that, Tampines Rovers travelled to Tanjong Pagar and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Tampines Rovers in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Tampines, one draw and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The S. League trip to Home United.
The travelling fans enjoy Tampines's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. 8 goals have been conceded by Tampines in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tampines Rovers - Albirex 2-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Albirex victories, one draw and two Tampines Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Kopitović 8 goals |  T. Doi 7 goals |  J. Webb 7 goals |
Albirex Niigata S missing players
Tampines Rovers missing players
| Albirex Niigata S | Tampines Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 42% |
| 55% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 11.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.2 | 13.8 |
| 6.2 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 40% | 54% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 36% |
- Albirex Niigata S have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata S have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata S have won all their matches at home so far.
- Albirex Niigata S haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Albirex Niigata S is in the best form (5-0-1)
- All of Albirex Niigata S's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Tampines Rovers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Tampines Rovers has the most matches under the total-line (8) in S. League
- Tampines Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Tampines Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tampines Rovers 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Home United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 20 |
| 4 | Geylang International | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 13 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 7 | Young Lions | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -23 | 6 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 5 |
| 9 | DPMM FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |