Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Kitchee (1st, 50 pts) held a 43-point advantage over Eastern (2nd, 7 pts). The last five rounds placed Kitchee no better than 16th for form, against 1st in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 2.61/0.83 for Kitchee and 2.5/2.25 for Eastern (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.65.
The sides have met 15 times in the GioScore results database: 7 wins for Kitchee, 6 draws and 2 for Eastern, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. In 67% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Mong Kok Stadium, capacity 6,664, hosted the game. Eastern led 3-2 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 4-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Kitchee: Ruslan Mingazov (25'), Ruslan Mingazov (7'), Adrian Revilla (80'), Martín Merquelanz (73') · Eastern: Yu Okubo (24'), Marcos Gondra Krug (36'), Yu Okubo (40'), Yu Okubo (90')
Key stats
Possession: Kitchee 61% · Eastern 39% · Total shots: 12-15 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 6-3