Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kitchee 4th with 45 points, Sham Shui Po 9th with 12, 33 apart. Per game in the league, Sham Shui Po were scoring 0.9 and conceding 2.6, Kitchee 3 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.71 goals per team per game.
Kitchee came in having won eight on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Sham Shui Po 5/15, Kitchee 15/15.
Sham Shui Po Sports Ground in Kowloon staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. On the scoreboard, Kitchee led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.