Balestier Khalsa have taken 9 of their 27 in total here in their home stadium. Will more points be won against Young Lions?
- Balestier Khalsa have the most points from losing position (12) in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (16) in S. League
It should be mentioned that Young Lions play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Young Lions on grass are 3 victories, 2 draws and 17 defeats from 22 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 29-71. You can compare this with overall results below.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Balestier Khalsa and Young Lions 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.
Balestier Khalsa form and stats
Balestier Khalsa have played 8 S. League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-5 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Balestier Khalsa against Tanjong Pagar the last match, as Taniguchi, Mohana and Goh were on target.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Hougang United.Sports bettors should know that 11 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each side.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Balestier as they are travelling to their away game against DPMM FC in the S. League. That match is four days after this one.
The Balestier Khalsa manager de Roo has got the team scoring with 20 from 8 home games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Balestier Khalsa's defense is seriously deficient as 26 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Young Lions form and stats
The visitors are W0-D0-L8 on the road this term. That's in the S. League. Young are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 12 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Home United game.)
Home advantage was not enough for Young Lions in their previous game as they lost hosting Home United, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Home United was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A loss against Albirex Niigata S was the result prior to that, in a home game.Goal hungry football fans should note that 14 of this side's 17 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.
A quick return to home after this game, as Young are hosting Tampines Rovers in the S. League only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Young Lions as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. Young Lions can't defend away. 26 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Balestier have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without defeat (6-1-0) when playing Young Lions.Young Lions - Balestier Khalsa 1-3 was the score in these sides' latest head to head fixture, played this season. The ref brandished his red card when these teams last met, and the sinner was Kanadi (Young Lions). Hoshino likes to play against Young Lions and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Taniguchi 16 goals | S. Hoshino 6 goals |
Balestier Khalsa missing players
Young Lions missing players
| Balestier Khalsa | Young Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 42 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 49 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 53% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 5.4 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 12.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7 | 7.6 |
| 5.6 | 6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 44% | 42% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 32% |
| 13 | 14.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 14.1 | 13.8 |
| 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
- All of Balestier Khalsa's home-matches have had more than 3,5 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 Young Lions.
- Balestier Khalsa have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa have the most conceded goals (26) at home in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa have the most matches over the total-line (17) in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa have the most points from losing position (12) in S. League
- Balestier Khalsa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 have lost all their away matches so far.
- Young Lions have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Young Lions have the fewest points (0) away in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (16) in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (5) away in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals (26) away in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals (50) in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in S. League
- Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-21) away in S. League
- Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-34) in S. League
- Young Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Young Lions is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 41 | 40 |
| 2 | Home United | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 29 | 39 |
| 3 | Tampines Rovers | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 38 |
| 4 | Balestier Khalsa | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 23 | -7 | 27 |
| 5 | Geylang International | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -18 | 16 |
| 7 | Tanjong Pagar | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -21 | 15 |
| 8 | DPMM FC | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Young Lions | 17 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 26 | -34 | 5 |
