With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second S. League game of the season. Balestier Khalsa look forward to welcoming Tampines Rovers in front of their home support.
It's no vacation for neither Balestier Khalsa nor Tampines Rovers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
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
Opportunity lost for Balestier in the Young Lions match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. A goal frenzy last time out for Balestier, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Young Lions. Fun stuff to watch!
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Balestier as they are travelling to their away game against Albirex Niigata S in the S. League. That match is four days after this one.
Last season, Balestier Khalsa's league statistics were 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the S. League. Over these 14 matches they scored 22 goals and conceded 28. Playing at home last season Balestier Khalsa managed 1-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 17 conceded.
Tampines Rovers form and stats
One match played away so far in the S. League for Tampines Rovers and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss from 8 games.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Tampines's duel with Home United. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Y. Hanapi found the equalizer. As you can tell from the result, the match against Home United was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A quick return to home after this game, as Tampines are hosting Tanjong Pagar in the S. League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Tampines Rovers has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Tampines Rovers performed last season in the S. League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 13 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 15/10 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Balestier zero wins, three draws and Tampines Rovers seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Balestier Khalsa missing players
Tampines Rovers missing players
| Balestier Khalsa | Tampines Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Balestier Khalsa | Last season | Tampines Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Conceded | C | 10 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | ||
| 64% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 50% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 7% | ||
| 64% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 40% | ||
| 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 7% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Geylang International | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Balestier Khalsa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Home United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Tampines Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Young Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Tanjong Pagar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Hougang United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Home United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 27 |
| 4 | Geylang International | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 7 | Young Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -26 | 9 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 5 |
| 9 | DPMM FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |