Game week two of the S. League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Young Lions - Albirex Niigata S preview:
It's no vacation for neither Young nor Albirex Niigata S as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Albirex Niigata S 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 12-1-3 (win-draw-loss) from 16 matches.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Young Lions form and stats
The first S. League game here at Jalan Besar Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Young Lions's home game statistics were 1 victory, 0 draws and 6 defeats from 7 games.
There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Balestier Khalsa as H. Syahin's goal in the 84th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The hometeam coach N. Nasir made a successful contribution in the game against Balestier Khalsa, bringing on H. Syahin who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.
There will be little rest for Young after this match as they are travelling to Geylang International for a S. League game in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Young Lions at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Last season, Young Lions's league statistics were 3 wins, 0 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the S. League. Over these 14 matches they scored 12 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Young Lions managed 1-0-6 (win-draw-lost) with 5 goals and 20 conceded.
Albirex Niigata S form and stats
A quick return to home after this game, as Albirex are hosting Balestier Khalsa in the S. League only four days away.
Let's have a look at how Albirex Niigata S performed last season in the S. League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 13/8 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - zero - ten (Young wins - draws - Albirex Niigata S wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Young Lions missing players
Albirex Niigata S missing players
| Young Lions | Albirex Niigata S | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| Young Lions | Last season | Albirex Niigata S | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 14 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 86% | ||
| 79% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 57% | ||
| 29% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 50% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 36% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 57% | ||
| 50% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 7% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 12.5 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 29% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Geylang International | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Balestier Khalsa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Home United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Tampines Rovers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Young Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Tanjong Pagar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Hougang United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 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 | Albirex Niigata S | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Home United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 27 |
| 4 | Geylang International | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 5 | Balestier Khalsa | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Hougang United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 7 | Young Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -26 | 9 |
| 8 | Tanjong Pagar | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 5 |
| 9 | DPMM FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |