Young Lions will hope their home comforts are enough to get a result from this difficult encounter with high-flying Albirex Niigata S.
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (17) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals (14) in S. League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
10 - 2 - 2 with 33-18. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Albirex Niigata S when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Albirex Niigata S play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Young Lions form and stats
With 1 S. League win, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Young Lions are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Young supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Balestier Khalsa in S. League and win 4-2. 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?
Preceding that match was a defeat to Hougang United (0-1).Young are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Young have allowed the opposition to score 24 goals here at Jalan Besar Stadium. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Young have let the opposition score 24 times, an average of more than three per game.
Albirex Niigata S form and stats
Albirex Niigata S's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Albirex Niigata S collect 17 points from their 7 away matches in the S. League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Albirex Niigata S has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Albirex go into this game after a win, the home game against Hougang United that ended 4-1.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Tanjong Pagar.The Albirex manager K. Shigetomi has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 21 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Albirex Niigata S have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Albirex Niigata S - Young 2-1 logged in the official records. Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Young won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Albirex Niigata S have ten wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / oneTop Goalscorers
  K. Tsuboi 9 goals |  K. Kondo 5 goals |  M. Hami Syahin Bin Said 4 goals |
Young Lions missing players
Albirex Niigata S missing players
| Young Lions | Albirex Niigata S | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 39 | 24 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 67% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 53% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 40% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| 7.8 | 8.9 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.1 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 15.1 | 13.9 |
| 2.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9.5 | 7.3 | 6.7 |
| 42% | 67% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 41% | 35% |
- Albirex Niigata S have created more than twice as many corners as Young Lions.
- Albirex Niigata S have not yet lost a game away.
- Albirex Niigata S have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Albirex Niigata S have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata S have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata S have scored more than double the goals of Young Lions.
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals (14) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the most points (17) away in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have the most scored goals (21) away in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Albirex Niigata S haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Albirex Niigata S's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Young Lions have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Young Lions have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (17) in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals (24) at home in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals (39) in S. League
- Young Lions have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in S. League
- Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in S. League
- Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-22) in S. League
- Young Lions 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 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 24 | 31 |
| 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 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 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 |