A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Hougang United fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Young Lions's 8th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Hougang United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals (21) in S. League
Hougang United 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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Hougang United form and stats
Perfect S. League season at home so far for Hougang United 2 wins from 2 appearances.
A strong away win for Hougang United against Balestier Khalsa the last match, as T. Doi were on target. 3-3 away at Tanjong Pagar before that.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Hougang United at home in the league. 9 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Young Lions form and stats
Still no away game victory in the S. League for Young Lions, who have the most conceded goals (21) in S. League, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts. Recent form does not give Young much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Hougang United will be a tough nut to crack.
I. Fandi was the last player to score for the away team. Young Lions haven't scored a league goal in the last 192 minutes.
Young failed to get anything from their last game, a S. League home match vs Tanjong Pagar (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-4. A 0-7 defeat away at Tampines Rovers before that.
Young Lions lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Young Lions has managed 1 goal and let in 8 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hougang United five wins, zero draws and Young Lions five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Hougang United missing players
Young Lions missing players
| Hougang United | Young Lions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| 6.3 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 45% | 75% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 50% |
- All of Hougang United's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of Young Lions's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hougang United have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hougang United have scored more than double the goals of Young Lions.
- Hougang United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in S. League
- Hougang United have the most points from losing position (4) in S. League
- Hougang United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Hougang United 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 the fewest scored goals (1) away in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals (21) in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in S. League
- Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-16) in S. League
- Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in S. League
- Young Lions have yet to win a game.
- Young Lions haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Young Lions is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Hougang United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | Home United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Tanjong Pagar | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 7 | Geylang International | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 4 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -16 | 2 |