Thai Premier League preview: Can Khonkaen United edge out victory against Sukhothai?

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Competition: Thailand Thai Premier League
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Khon Kaen Stadium (5000 seats)

Sukhothai know they have a gruelling visit to Khonkaen United and their Khon Kaen Stadium. This guide has all the details you need before the match.

Insights:
  • Khonkaen United have the fewest scored goals (9) in Thai Premier League
  • Sukhothai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

The hosts Khonkaen United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Chiangmai.

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Khonkaen United form and stats

Khonkaen United's results here at Khon Kaen Stadium in the Thai Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 2 defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though Khonkaen United have been steadily collecting points here at Khon Kaen Stadium through three straight draws.

The club members are hoping that Khonkaen will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League Cup fixture against Chiangmai.

Before that match, a Thai Premier League win away at Ratchaburi Mitrphol FC.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Khonkaen United handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 11 league games, 10 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

The lack of attacking qualities in Khonkaen United means that they have only scored {3 goals} in 7 league home games, less than half a goal per match.

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Sukhothai form and stats

As the visiting team in Thai Premier League matches, Sukhothai have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.

Sukhothai failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Buriram United (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-3.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lamphun Warrior wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Sukhothai are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sukhothai as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. As for defending, Sukhothai rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other previously this season, with the result Sukhothai - Khonkaen United 0-0 registered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

KhonkaenH. Jung
H. Jung
4 goals
SukhothaiO. Sow
O. Sow
3 goals
Khonkaen UnitedT. Butsombut
T. Butsombut
2 goals

Khonkaen United missing players

Sukhothai missing players

Khonkaen United Sukhothai
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 3 8 16
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
8 4 3 Drew D 1 3 6
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 6
9 3 1 Scored S 3 7 10
19 7 1 Conceded C 4 14 23
81% 71% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 81%
69% 57% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 56%
12% 14% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
38% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 38%
31% 43% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 44%
50% 57% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 38%
 
4.8 4.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 3.4 3.9
4.7 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 8.4 6.8
2.8 2.7 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 2.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
6.8 6.3 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7 8.4
3.1 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.5 2.9
18% 13% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 22%
 
8.9 8 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.5 11.3
4.1 3.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5.5 5
Key stats in Thai Premier League this season:
  • Khonkaen United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Khonkaen United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Khonkaen United have the fewest scored goals (9) in Thai Premier League
  • Khonkaen United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Thai Premier League
  • Sukhothai have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sukhothai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sukhothai have scored at least twice as many goals away as Khonkaen United have scored home.
  • Sukhothai haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 16 13 3 0 42 13 8 6 2 0 21 7 8 7 1 0 21 6 29 42
2 Chonburi FC 16 10 3 3 31 13 9 6 1 2 17 9 7 4 2 1 14 4 18 33
3 Bangkok United 16 9 4 3 26 9 8 6 1 1 17 5 8 3 3 2 9 4 17 31
4 Ratchaburi Mitrphol FC 16 8 5 3 21 10 9 4 4 1 10 6 7 4 1 2 11 4 11 29
5 Port 16 6 7 3 26 19 9 5 3 1 18 10 7 1 4 2 8 9 7 25
6 BG Pathum United 16 7 3 6 27 20 8 6 1 1 18 7 8 1 2 5 9 13 7 24
7 Chiangrai United 16 6 6 4 23 20 8 5 3 0 15 5 8 1 3 4 8 15 3 24
8 Police Tero FC 16 6 4 6 21 24 8 4 2 2 9 10 8 2 2 4 12 14 -3 22
9 Muang Thong United 16 4 7 5 28 23 6 2 3 1 11 8 10 2 4 4 17 15 5 19
10 Sukhothai 16 4 6 6 10 23 8 2 3 3 3 9 8 2 3 3 7 14 -13 18
11 Nakhon Ratchasima 16 4 4 8 13 23 10 3 4 3 11 14 6 1 0 5 2 9 -10 16
12 Prachuap 16 4 4 8 20 34 8 2 3 3 10 15 8 2 1 5 10 19 -14 16
13 Khonkaen United 16 2 8 6 9 19 7 1 4 2 3 7 9 1 4 4 6 12 -10 14
14 Lamphun Warrior 16 3 5 8 10 21 6 1 1 4 4 12 10 2 4 4 6 9 -11 14
15 Nong Bua Pitchaya 16 2 4 10 12 23 8 2 3 3 7 8 8 0 1 7 5 15 -11 10
16 Lampang 16 2 3 11 13 38 8 2 0 6 6 20 8 0 3 5 7 18 -25 9

Read more about Thai Premier League

The Thai League 1, also known as the T1 or the Toyota Thai League, is the top level of football in Thailand. It was recently known as the Thai Premier League but was rebranded in 2017. It has 16 teams who each play 30 fixtures to make up the final league table. The winner is crowned champion while the bottom three are relegated.