S. League prediction and preview: Hougang United modest favorites to beat Albirex Niigata S

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Competition: Singapore S. League
Date: Tue 27.August
Match begins: 11:45 (UTC)
Venue: Jalan Besar Stadium (8000 seats)

1st position in the S. League table for Hougang United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 4th-placed Albirex Niigata S visits Jalan Besar Stadium.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

This stadium uses artificial turf, unlike Albirex Niigata S's home stadium. The visitors last 19 games on artificial turf have ended in 15 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Hougang United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Jalan Besar Stadium as Hougang United, who have the most scored goals (48) in S. League, have scored 25 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the S. League are 7-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Albirex Niigata S in the S. League last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that match, a win away at Young Lions.

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 Hougang United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Goals decide football matches and Hougang United are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Albirex Niigata S form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their S. League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Albirex Niigata S are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Hougang United. Prior to that match, the Albirex Niigata S manager K. Shigetomi faced defeat when travelling to Tampines Rovers and losing 0-2.

Albirex Niigata S are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of two matches.

Albirex Niigata S find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Albirex Niigata S have conceded 15 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Hougang United - Albirex Niigata S 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hougang United won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Albirex Niigata S has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

F. Ramli
13 goals
S. Plazibat
9 goals
K. Nakamura
6 goals

Hougang United missing players

Albirex Niigata S missing players

Hougang United Albirex Niigata S
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs top Away Total
21 11 2 Played 2 10 19
12 7 2 Won 0 3 9
3 1 0 Drew 1 3 5
6 3 0 Lost 1 4 5
48 25 5 Scored 0 13 28
36 17 1 Conceded 2 15 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 50% 90% 84%
81% 73% 50% Over 1.5 50% 70% 68%
71% 64% 50% Over 2.5 0% 50% 53%
62% 64% 50% Over 3.5 0% 30% 26%
48% 45% 50% Over 4.5 0% 20% 11%
76% 73% 50% BTTS 0% 60% 53%
19% 18% 50% Clean Sheets 50% 10% 32%
5% 9% 0% Failed To Score 100% 40% 32%
 
5.6 5.1 7.5 Corners For (avg) 5 4 4
3.8 4.3 7.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.5 3.9 3.6
2.3 2.7 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.2 1.2
4 2 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Hougang United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Hougang United
13-07-19 S.L Albirex Niigata S 1 - 2 Hougang United
19-07-19 S.L Hougang United 3 - 1 DPMM FC
27-07-19 S.L Hougang United 2 - 4 Tampines Rovers
04-08-19 S.L Balestier Khalsa 3 - 4 Hougang United
13-08-19 S.L Hougang United 3 - 1 Warriors
18-08-19 S.L Young Lions 2 - 4 Hougang United
27-08-19 S.L Hougang United 1 - 1 Albirex Niigata S
01-09-19 S.L Hougang United 09:30 Home United
15-09-19 S.L Geylang International 09:30 Hougang United
28-09-19 S.L DPMM FC 11:15 Hougang United
Albirex Niigata S
13-07-19 S.L Albirex Niigata S 1 - 2 Hougang United
18-07-19 S.L Home United 3 - 3 Albirex Niigata S
26-07-19 S.L Geylang International 1 - 0 Albirex Niigata S
18-08-19 S.L Tampines Rovers 2 - 0 Albirex Niigata S
27-08-19 S.L Hougang United 1 - 1 Albirex Niigata S
31-08-19 S.L Warriors 09:30 Albirex Niigata S
10-09-19 S.L DPMM FC 12:15 Albirex Niigata S
15-09-19 S.L Albirex Niigata S 09:30 Young Lions
18-09-19 S.L Albirex Niigata S 11:45 Balestier Khalsa
29-09-19 S.L Albirex Niigata S 08:30 Home United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Hougang United 21 12 3 6 48 36 11 7 1 3 25 17 10 5 2 3 23 19 12 39
2 DPMM FC 19 11 5 3 37 19 8 7 1 0 19 6 11 4 4 3 18 13 18 38
3 Tampines Rovers 20 10 6 4 46 25 10 6 3 1 26 10 10 4 3 3 20 15 21 36
4 Albirex Niigata S 19 9 5 5 28 20 9 6 2 1 15 5 10 3 3 4 13 15 8 32
5 Home United 20 8 3 9 31 38 10 3 3 4 16 18 10 5 0 5 15 20 -7 27
6 Geylang International 20 8 2 10 29 37 10 5 1 4 20 14 10 3 1 6 9 23 -8 26
7 Warriors 19 5 4 10 32 44 10 3 3 4 17 19 9 2 1 6 15 25 -12 19
8 Young Lions 20 5 3 12 15 31 11 2 2 7 9 18 9 3 1 5 6 13 -16 18
9 Balestier Khalsa 20 4 3 13 30 46 10 2 1 7 16 26 10 2 2 6 14 20 -16 15