Open game expected: Nongbua Pitchaya FC vs SCG Muangthong United preview

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Competition: Thailand Thai Premier League
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)

SCG Muangthong United visit Nongbua Pitchaya FC loaded with hope and confidence, but the hosting team is not a walk in the park. More news on the match here!

Insights:
  • Nongbua Pitchaya FC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Thai Premier League
  • SCG Muangthong United have the most points from losing position (13) in Thai Premier League

Nongbua Pitchaya FC have less rest than SCG Muangthong United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Uthai Thani.

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Nongbua Pitchaya FC form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as Nongbua Pitchaya FC have scored 17 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Thai Premier League are 8-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Pitchaya after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Before that, Nongbua Pitchaya FC played out a Thai Premier League draw 1-1 when visiting BEC Tero Sasana.

This is expected to be a close game, with Pitchaya perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nongbua Pitchaya FC as a small favourite), we find eight games. Nongbua Pitchaya FC has won six of these, drawn zero and lost two.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nongbua Pitchaya FC as they are travelling to their away game against Buriram United in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Nongbua Pitchaya FC in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Pitchaya have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SCG Muangthong United form and stats

SCG Muangthong United have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Thai Premier League, after 2-3-4 (9 played).

The fans enjoyed SCG Muangthong United's previous game versus Port (placed 7th), a 2-1 win played at home.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by SCG Muangthong United in our archives, and the results are: four wins for SCG Muangthong United, one draw and four defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. SCG Muangthong United have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: SCG Muangthong United - Pitchaya 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Nongbua Pitchaya FC zero wins, one draw and SCG Muangthong United one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PitchayaH. Soares de Sá
H. Soares de Sá
12 goals
SCG Muangthong UnitedW. Popp
W. Popp
12 goals
SCG Muangthong UnitedS. Mirzayev
S. Mirzayev
7 goals

Nongbua Pitchaya FC missing players

SCG Muangthong United missing players

Nongbua Pitchaya FC SCG Muangthong United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 11 3 Played P 2 9 20
8 8 3 Won W 1 2 9
6 0 0 Drew D 0 3 6
6 3 0 Lost L 1 4 5
26 17 7 Scored S 1 7 30
22 9 3 Conceded C 1 11 24
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
65% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 75%
40% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 55%
30% 27% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 30%
10% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 65%
25% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 20%
20% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 20%
 
4.4 4.8 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.4 6.1
5.2 4.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.7 4
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.7 9.6 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.6 9.1
3.8 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4
33% 39% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 22% 37%
 
8.9 7.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9.8 8.7
3.5 2.9 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.8
Key stats in Thai Premier League this season:
  • Nongbua Pitchaya FC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nongbua Pitchaya FC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SCG Muangthong United have scored away.
  • Nongbua Pitchaya FC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Thai Premier League
  • Nongbua Pitchaya FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SCG Muangthong United have the most points from losing position (13) in Thai Premier League

  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 Bangkok United 20 11 4 5 30 15 9 6 3 0 17 4 11 5 1 5 13 11 15 37
3 Chonburi 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 SCG Muangthong 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 Port 20 9 5 6 29 21 10 6 2 2 14 8 10 3 3 4 15 13 8 32
8 Nongbua Pitchaya FC 20 8 6 6 26 22 11 8 0 3 17 9 9 0 6 3 9 13 4 30
9 Nakhonratchasima Mazda FC 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 BEC Tero Sasana 20 5 9 6 24 27 9 4 4 1 13 9 11 1 5 5 11 18 -3 24
12 Suphanburi 20 6 4 10 22 28 9 3 3 3 13 13 11 3 1 7 9 15 -6 22
13 Ratchaburi 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 Prachuap 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

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.