Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Buriram United & Samut Prakan City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 final last season in the League 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).
The Buriram United supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Chang Arena: A 1-2 defeat against PT Prachuap FC.
A 2-2 draw away in the Thai Premier League before that, with Police Tero FC the opponent.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Buriram United home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Buriram United as they are travelling to their away game against Samut Prakan City in the Thai Premier League. That match is three days after this one.
The Buriram United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Buriram have only let in 4 goals at home.
Samut Prakan City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Samut Prakan City so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-7 (win-draw-lose).
Samut Prakan City have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 276 minutes ago. Srinawong was the goal scorer.
Samut Prakan City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Chiangmai United.
A 0-2 defeat away at True Bangkok United before that.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Samut Prakan City played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
A quick return to home after this game, as Samut Prakan City are hosting Buriram United in the Thai Premier League only three days away.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Samut Prakan City's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 12 matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Prakan in these games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding three meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Buriram United, zero draws and one win for Samut Prakan City. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Jaided 9 goals | S. Sarachart 4 goals |  D. Sakai 4 goals |
Buriram United missing players
Samut Prakan City missing players
| Buriram United | Samut Prakan City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 48 | 28 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 32% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 34% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | True Bangkok United | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Chonburi FC | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | BG Pathum United | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | Muang Thong United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Singha Chiangrai United | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | -1 | 33 |
| 7 | Nongbua Pitchaya FC | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Port | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 9 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Khonkaen United | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 25 |
| 11 | Police Tero FC | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Suphanburi | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Ratchaburi Mitrphol FC | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Samut Prakan City | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 17 |
| 15 | PT Prachuap FC | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Chiangmai United | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 10 |
