Football betting preview: Tanjong Pagar vs Young Lions

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Competition: Singapore S. League
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jurong East Stadium (2700 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the S. League, Tanjong Pagar holding 7th place and Young Lions lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Tanjong Pagar have the most matches over the total-line (8) in S. League
  • Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (8) in S. League

Tanjong Pagar 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.

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 6 victories, 5 draws and 26 defeats from 37 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 36-100. You can compare this with overall results below.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Tanjong Pagar form and stats

The story so far in the S. League for Tanjong Pagar at their home stadium (Jurong East Stadium) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Tampines Rovers in the S. League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that match was the home game against Albirex Niigata S that was lost 0-6.

The hometeam coach H. Jailani made a successful contribution in the game against Tampines Rovers, bringing on Luiz Junior who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

Tanjong has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Tanjong have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.

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Young Lions form and stats

Still no away game victory in the S. League for Young Lions, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in S. League, with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

Young failed to get anything from their last game, a S. League home match vs Tampines Rovers (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-4. The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Geylang International.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Tampines Rovers was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Young Lions as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Young can't defend away. 9 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 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.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Young Lions - Tanjong 0-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Tanjong Pagar victories, one draw and four Young Lions wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Tanjong Pagar missing players

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Tanjong Pagar Young Lions
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 1 3 9
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 6
11 5 0 Scored S 1 2 8
25 16 0 Conceded C 1 9 30
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 78%
88% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 67%
38% 75% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 56%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.3 5.4
4.6 4.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 2.2
30% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 17% 40%
Key stats in S. League this season:
  • All of Tanjong Pagar's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Young Lions's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Tanjong Pagar have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tanjong Pagar have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Tanjong Pagar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Young Lions have scored away.
  • Tanjong Pagar have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in S. League
  • Tanjong Pagar have the most matches over the total-line (8) in S. League
  • Tanjong Pagar have yet to win a game at home.
  • Tanjong Pagar 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 (2) away in S. League
  • Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (8) in S. League
  • Young Lions have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in S. League
  • Young Lions have the most conceded goals (30) in S. League
  • Young Lions have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in S. League
  • Young Lions have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in S. League
  • Young Lions have the most matches under the total-line (4) in S. League
  • Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-22) 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 (0-1-5)

  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 8 6 2 0 21 5 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 3 1 0 15 3 16 20
2 Home United 8 5 2 1 27 10 4 1 2 1 10 9 4 4 0 0 17 1 17 17
3 Tampines Rovers 9 5 2 2 26 16 3 3 0 0 13 3 6 2 2 2 13 13 10 17
4 Hougang United 8 4 2 2 18 11 4 2 1 1 10 4 4 2 1 1 8 7 7 14
5 Balestier Khalsa 8 2 2 4 12 15 5 2 0 3 8 8 3 0 2 1 4 7 -3 8
6 Geylang International 8 2 1 5 11 22 3 1 1 1 3 10 5 1 0 4 8 12 -11 7
7 Tanjong Pagar 8 1 2 5 11 25 4 0 2 2 5 16 4 1 0 3 6 9 -14 5
8 Young Lions 9 0 3 6 8 30 6 0 1 5 6 21 3 0 2 1 2 9 -22 3