Young Lions will pray that their home support is enough to get some points from this gruelling encounter, against fiery Albirex Niigata S.
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (17) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S is in the best form (5-0-1) in S. League
4 - 3 - 0 with 15-5. 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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
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.
Young Lions form and stats
Young Lions's results here at Jalan Besar Stadium in the S. League have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 6 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Young Lions with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Geylang International game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Young Lions are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-5 away versus Tampines Rovers. 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 the home game against Geylang International that was lost 0-2.Young aren't scoring a lot here at Jalan Besar Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Young Lions have conceded 17 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Albirex Niigata S form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses in the S. League. It’s been three wins in a row for Albirex Niigata S on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Tanaka and Fandi scored in Albirex Niigata S's previous match, the home game against Balestier Khalsa that ended 4-1. Fandi certainly enjoyed Albirex's last game versus Balestier Khalsa, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.
A loss against Tanjong Pagar was the result prior to that, in a home game.Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 11 of this club's last 12 league matches.
Albirex Niigata S have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 17 goals from 7 away matches. As opposed to that, Albirex Niigata S have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last head-to-head encounter ended Young - Albirex Niigata S 0-5, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Young Lions won zero, Albirex Niigata S triumphed in ten and we saw zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Tanaka 15 goals | K. Kobayashi 6 goals |
Young Lions missing players
Albirex Niigata S missing players
| Young Lions | Albirex Niigata S | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 45 |
| 40 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 64% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 53% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 47% |
| 57% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 43% | 71% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 4.9 | 5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 10.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 15.3 | 13.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 44% |
| 13.2 | 14 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 7.1 | 7.6 |
| 6.5 | 6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
- 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 most scored goals in the second half (22) in S. League
- Albirex Niigata S haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Albirex Niigata S is in the best form (5-0-1) in S. League
- All of Albirex Niigata S's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 clean sheets (0) in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest points (3) at home in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest points from losing position (1) in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (17) in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in S. League
- Young Lions have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in S. League
- Young Lions have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in S. League
- 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 | Home United | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 32 | 36 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata S | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 31 |
| 3 | Tanjong Pagar | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | -2 | 26 |
| 4 | Tampines Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Hougang United | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 21 |
| 6 | Geylang International | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 17 |
| 7 | Balestier Khalsa | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -23 | 14 |
| 8 | Young Lions | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 4 |
