A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Albirex Niigata S fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Young Lions's 7th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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.
Young Lions play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Young Lions when playing on grass are 5 wins, 5 draws and 31 defeats from 41 matches. They have scored 35 goals and conceded 118 times in these games.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Albirex Niigata S form and stats
Albirex Niigata S have collected 12 points from their S. League home games so far after 4-0-0. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Albirex are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Happy days for Albirex Niigata S in their previous game, a S. League match away at Home United (placed 3rd) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Balestier Khalsa.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of K. Shigetomi when Y. Hanada scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the S. League game versus Tampines Rovers in only four days. This game is also played here at Jurong East Stadium.
It's goals goals goals for Albirex who have scored 13 goals from 4 league home games. As for guarding their own goal, Albirex have only let in 2 goals at home.
Young Lions form and stats
Playing away, Young Lions, who have the most conceded goals (28) in S. League, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the S. League this season.
Two travels in a row for Young, whose manager N. Nasir could celebrate last time after the S. League win against Balestier Khalsa. A loss against Tampines Rovers was the result prior to that, in a home game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Home United in just four days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Young are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Young Lions - Albirex 0-4. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Albirex won ten games, zero matches ended with a draw and Young Lions has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  T. Doi 7 goals | R. Nishiguchi 5 goals | R. Taniguchi 3 goals |
Albirex Niigata S missing players
Young Lions missing players
| Albirex Niigata S | Young Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 80% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 130 | 45 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 40 | 76 |
| 61 | 21 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 12 | 29 |
| 41% | 62% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
- Albirex Niigata S has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Young Lions.
- 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.
- Young Lions has the fewest clean sheets (0) in S. League
- Young Lions has the most conceded goals (14) away in S. League
- Young Lions has the most conceded goals (28) in S. League
- Young Lions has the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in S. League
- Young Lions has the the worst goal difference (-11) away in S. League
- Young Lions has the the worst goal difference (-21) in S. League
- Young Lions have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Young Lions have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Young Lions 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Home United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Geylang International | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 5 | Hougang United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 6 | Balestier Khalsa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -6 | 12 |
| 7 | Young Lions | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -21 | 6 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 9 | DPMM FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |