All the points stay with the home side, the away team with a heroic away win or a point each? Anything can happen when the mid-table sides Balestier Khalsa and Hougang United meet at Bishan Stadium.
- Balestier Khalsa is in the best form (5-0-1) in S. League
- Hougang United have the fewest points from losing position (0) in S. League
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Hougang United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 7-6-11 (win-draw-loss) from 24 matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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!
Balestier Khalsa form and stats
The story so far in the S. League for Balestier Khalsa at their home stadium (Bishan Stadium) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
A strong away win for Balestier Khalsa against DPMM FC the last match, as Taniguchi (2) and Hoshino were on target. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Taniguchi, having found the net in four games in a row.
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Young Lions.Both teams to score: YES! That has happened in 11 league games in a row for this team. Could it happen again?
Balestier Khalsa are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (24 goals in 9 games). This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Balestier have let the opposition score 28 times, an average of more than three per game.
Hougang United form and stats
Playing away, Hougang United have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the S. League this season.
Hougang United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Geylang International (placed 5th). Those three points felt sweet as this side had gone four league games without victory.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Tampines Rovers.Hougang are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Hougang United struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Hougang United - Balestier 1-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Balestier Khalsa five wins, zero draws and Hougang United five victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Taniguchi 20 goals | S. Hoshino 8 goals |
Balestier Khalsa missing players
Hougang United missing players
| Balestier Khalsa | Hougang United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 49 | 24 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 53 | 28 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 68% | 78% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.7 | 13 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10 | 10.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 45% | 42% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 32% |
| 12.6 | 13.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
- All of Balestier Khalsa's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Hougang United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Balestier Khalsa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Balestier Khalsa have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Balestier Khalsa have scored more than double the goals of Hougang United.
- Balestier Khalsa have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa have the most conceded goals (28) at home in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa have the most matches over the total-line (19) in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa have the most points from losing position (15) in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Balestier Khalsa is in the best form (5-0-1) in S. League
- Hougang United have the fewest points from losing position (0) in S. League
- Hougang United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in S. League
- Hougang United 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 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 43 | 44 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | Home United | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 25 | 39 |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 25 | -4 | 33 |
| 5 | Geylang International | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -16 | 19 |
| 7 | DPMM FC | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -22 | 16 |
| 9 | Young Lions | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 30 | -37 | 5 |
