Hougang United have managed 3 home wins so far, Geylang International have won 2 away. Who improves their record in this one?
- Hougang United have the most points from losing position (11) in S. League
- Geylang International have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Geylang International have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 9-1-2 (win-draw-loss) from twelve matches.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Hougang United form and stats
When playing at home in the S. League, Hougang United have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. Hougang are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Hougang Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The fans are hoping that Hougang will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the S. League game against Albirex Niigata S (placed 1st).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Young Lions and winning 1-0.The Hougang manager C. Teo has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. Hougang United have conceded 13 from these games.
Geylang International form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Geylang International so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for International in their previous game, as they lost their S. League-match, hosting Tanjong Pagar, 2-4. Leading 2-0 was not enough for International in their fight with Tanjong Pagar last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-4 loss. As you can tell from the result, the match against Tanjong Pagar was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game was the away victory against Tanjong Pagar with the score of 3-1.Geylang International are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. International have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The parties have faced each other already this season, with the match result Geylang International - Hougang 2-5 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hougang four wins, three draws and Geylang International three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Doi 16 goals |   M. Celestino Moresche Rodrigues 9 goals | A. Samion 6 goals |
Hougang United missing players
Geylang International missing players
| Hougang United | Geylang International | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 73% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 67% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 53% | 57% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 6.5 | 5.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 11.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 37% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 37% |
- Geylang International have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Geylang International haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hougang United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hougang United have the most points from losing position (11) in S. League
- Hougang United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Home United | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | Hougang United | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 21 |
| 5 | Tanjong Pagar | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -12 | 16 |
| 6 | Geylang International | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 25 | -13 | 10 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -22 | 10 |