Thai League Two preview: Can Ranong United edge out victory against Udon Thani?

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Competition: Thailand Thai League Two
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ranong Stadium (7000 seats)

Ranong United are opening their away dressing room to Udon Thani for another important game after their 1-0 result vs 13th-placed Chainat Hornbill.

Insights:
  • Ranong United have the fewest scored goals (21) in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have the most conceded goals (61) in Thai League Two

Udon Thani have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ranong United and Udon Thani.

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Ranong United form and stats

When playing at home in the Thai League Two, Ranong United have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games. When Ranong United hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Kasetsart, Chainat Hornbill, Samut Prakan City, Ranong United and Raj Pracha), they have won 3 of 4 matches! Two home wins in a row for Ranong bring valid hopes of a third.

The Ranong United followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Chainat Hornbill (after extra-time) and win 1-0.

Heartbreak before that as Ranong United lost 0-6 at Trat (after extra-time)'s place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ranong handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ranong United here at Ranong Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). 15 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Ranong United has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Udon Thani form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Udon Thani so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-11 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.

Matheus was the last player to score for the away team. Thani haven't scored a league goal in the last 225 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Udon Thani in their previous game as they lost hosting Trat (after extra-time), 0-8. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Trat was particularly ugly (0-8). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A 0-1 defeat away at Raj Pracha (after extra-time) before that.

We have checked recent matches where Udon Thani have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Udon Thani as they have only managed to score 8 times from 13 away games in the league. Thani have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest past match between these sides is the Udon Thani - Ranong United 2-1 played not long ago this season. Numbers for the last five meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Ranong, one draw and one win for Udon Thani. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Ranong UnitedJ. Ononiwu
J. Ononiwu
7 goals
Udon ThaniM. Vieira da Silva
M. Vieira da Silva
3 goals
Ranong UnitedC. Jomkoh
C. Jomkoh
2 goals

Ranong United missing players

Udon Thani missing players

Ranong United Udon Thani
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 27
5 4 3 Won W 0 0 4
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 3
15 6 0 Lost L 2 11 20
21 13 5 Scored S 1 8 22
49 15 1 Conceded C 3 24 61
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 77% 78%
36% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 46% 59%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 30%
18% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 19%
46% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 54% 56%
21% 36% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
39% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 46% 44%
 
3.3 3.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.8 4.9
6 5.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 6.3 5.4
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.5 7.7 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 5.1 7.3
2.2 2.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.7 2 2.6
34% 34% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 26%
 
10.7 9.8 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.8 13.2
4.5 3.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 6
Key stats in Thai League Two this season:
  • Ranong United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ranong United have the fewest scored goals (21) in Thai League Two
  • Ranong United have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Udon Thani have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Udon Thani have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have the fewest points (2) away in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have the most conceded goals (61) in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have the the worst goal difference (-39) in Thai League Two
  • Udon Thani have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Udon Thani have yet to win a game away.
  • Udon Thani 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 Suphanburi 28 15 4 9 33 26 14 9 3 2 21 9 14 6 1 7 12 17 7 49
2 Trat 28 13 8 7 45 27 13 8 4 1 19 4 15 5 4 6 26 23 18 47
3 Nakhon Si Thammarat 28 13 8 7 43 29 14 10 3 1 28 10 14 3 5 6 15 19 14 47
4 Nakhon Pathom 28 12 11 5 25 18 14 6 6 2 16 12 14 6 5 3 9 6 7 47
5 Chiangmai United 28 13 8 7 32 28 14 8 2 4 17 16 14 5 6 3 15 12 4 47
6 Uthai Thani 28 12 10 6 49 29 14 6 6 2 25 11 14 6 4 4 24 18 20 46
7 Ayutthaya United 28 13 5 10 38 33 14 7 3 4 17 17 14 6 2 6 21 16 5 44
8 Rayong 28 11 10 7 30 21 15 7 6 2 17 8 13 4 4 5 13 13 9 43
9 Customs United 28 12 7 9 35 28 14 8 3 3 18 13 14 4 4 6 17 15 7 43
10 Phrae United 28 10 9 9 45 42 14 6 5 3 25 18 14 4 4 6 20 24 3 39
11 Chiangmai 28 9 7 12 33 35 14 5 5 4 18 17 14 4 2 8 15 18 -2 34
12 Krabi 28 8 9 11 37 38 14 6 5 3 22 14 14 2 4 8 15 24 -1 33
13 Chainat Hornbill 28 9 6 13 34 37 14 6 4 4 17 14 14 3 2 9 17 23 -3 33
14 Samut Prakan City 28 7 12 9 24 30 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 8 3 12 11 -6 33
15 Raj Pracha 28 8 8 12 25 31 14 6 3 5 16 15 14 2 5 7 9 16 -6 32
16 Kasetsart 27 5 11 11 25 34 13 4 5 4 18 14 14 1 6 7 7 20 -9 26
17 Ranong United 28 5 8 15 21 49 14 4 4 6 13 15 14 1 4 9 8 34 -28 23
18 Udon Thani 27 4 3 20 22 61 14 4 1 9 14 37 13 0 2 11 8 24 -39 15

Read more about Thai League Two

The Thai League 2, commonly known as the T2, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. It has 18 teams playing a season from February to October. Each team plays 34 fixtures. The top three in the league table are promoted while the bottom two are relegated.