Balestier Khalsa will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Tampines Rovers.
Balestier Khalsa and Tampines Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Balestier Khalsa form and stats
Balestier Khalsa have played three S. League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
The Balestier fans got no joy from their last match, a S. League game also here at Bishan Stadium: A 1-7 defeat against Home United (placed 3rd). In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Geylang International.
As you see from the result above, Balestier suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
A decent goal production from Balestier Khalsa in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Balestier Khalsa's defense is seriously deficient as 11 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Tampines Rovers form and stats
Still no away game victory in the S. League for Tampines Rovers, who have the most clean sheets (5) in S. League, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Tampines has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Geylang International for a S. League game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Tampines Rovers secured a home win against Young Lions with the score 1-0.
1 goal so far away for Tampines Rovers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tampines Rovers - Balestier Khalsa 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Balestier won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Tampines Rovers has eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  J. Webb 4 goals |   E. Bruncevic 3 goals | B. Kopitović 3 goals |
Balestier Khalsa missing players
Tampines Rovers missing players
| Balestier Khalsa | Tampines Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | 11 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 62% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | 27 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 30 | 102 |
| 31 | 12 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 11 | 33 |
| 35% | 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 9% | 30% |
- All of Balestier Khalsa's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Tampines Rovers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Balestier Khalsa has the most points from losing position (4) in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa have yet to win a game at home.
- Balestier Khalsa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tampines Rovers has the most clean sheets (5) in S. League
- Tampines Rovers has the most matches under the total-line (7) in S. League
- Tampines Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Tampines Rovers have yet to win a game away.
- Tampines Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tampines Rovers is in the best form (4-1-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tampines Rovers | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata S | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 14 |
| 3 | Home United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 11 |
| 5 | Geylang International | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | DPMM FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Young Lions | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -17 | 3 |