It's early days in the S. League and both Home United and Geylang International are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
Home United form and stats
Home lost their last game at Tampines Rovers (placed 1st) after a 0-4 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Tanjong Pagar that finished 1-1.
As you see from the result above, Home suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Home have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost one.
Geylang International form and stats
Things could have gone better for Geylang International in their S. League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Two travels in a row for Geylang International, whose manager M. Ali could celebrate last time after the S. League win against Hougang United. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Young Lions.
International are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
Geylang International have the goal stats of 2-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Home nine wins, zero draws and Geylang International one victory. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Home United missing players
Geylang International missing players
| Home United | Geylang International | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| Home United | Last season | Geylang International | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 24 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 41 | ||
| 46 | 23 | Conceded | C | 27 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 83% | ||
| 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 42% | ||
| 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 33% | ||
| 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | ||
| 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 17% | ||
| 42% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 333 | 183 | Total Shots | T S | 117 | 222 | ||
| 155 | 94 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 111 | ||
| 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 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 | Tampines Rovers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Balestier Khalsa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Hougang United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Geylang International | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Albirex Niigata S | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | DPMM FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Tanjong Pagar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 8 | Home United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Young Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 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 | DPMM FC | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 44 |
| 3 | Hougang United | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 43 |
| 4 | Albirex Niigata S | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 41 |
| 5 | Geylang International | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -7 | 33 |
| 6 | Home United | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 30 |
| 7 | Warriors | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 35 | -16 | 23 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -17 | 22 |
| 9 | Balestier Khalsa | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -21 | 17 |