Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: Kitchee 2nd with 10, April 25 1st with 15. Kitchee had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.59 goals per team per game, Kitchee ran at 1.83 scored and 1.67 conceded, April 25 at 2.83 and 0.33.
Kitchee were unbeaten in 6, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Momentum sat with April 25, winners of their last five, having scored in 14 consecutive games.
Mong Kok Stadium in Hong Kong staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,664. On the scoreboard, Kitchee led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.