National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Buriram United or Nongbua Pitchaya FC that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Buriram United form and stats
Buriram United was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the FA Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Chang Arena as Buriram United have scored 19 goals to get 23 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Thai Premier League are 7-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Buriram United, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Samut Prakan City away with the result 1-0. Bolingi found the net in that victory.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Buriram, as the Thai Premier League home game vs Port is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Buriram United in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Buriram United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 4 goals.
Nongbua Pitchaya FC form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Nongbua Pitchaya FC have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Thai Premier League, after 0-6-3 (9 played).
Pitchaya's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Muang Thong United that finished 0-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nongbua Pitchaya FC manager Damrong-Ongtrakul as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Chiangrai United.
Nongbua Pitchaya FC have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Buriram wins - draws - Nongbua Pitchaya FC wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be from the last two duels.Top Goalscorers
  H. Soares de Sá 12 goals |  S. Jaided 9 goals | S. Sarachart 4 goals |
Buriram United missing players
Nongbua Pitchaya FC missing players
| Buriram United | Nongbua Pitchaya FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 32 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 8.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Buriram United | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | Bangkok United | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 37 |
| 3 | BG Pathum United | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 4 | Chonburi | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Muang Thong United | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Chiangrai United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | -2 | 33 |
| 7 | Port | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | Nongbua Pitchaya FC | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 9 | Khon Kaen United | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 28 |
| 10 | Police Tero FC | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 11 | Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Ratchaburi | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | Suphanburi Football Club | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Prachuap | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Samut Prakan City | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Chiangmai United | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -22 | 13 |
