Tanjong Pagar vs Hougang United

The 2023 Singapore Premier League season is picking up steam as Tanjong Pagar and Hougang United meet at the Jurong East Stadium.
It’s been ‘all or nothing’ for Tanjong Pagar since the start of the season, with none of their 11 Singapore Premier League fixtures ending as a draw (W4, L7), suggesting this encounter could go either way. Tanjong netted three first-half goals in a goal-glutted 3-2 win at Geylang International last time out to halt a four-game losing league streak. However, manager HasrinJailani is seemingly unable to address his side’s growing defensive woes, with the ‘Jaguars’ conceding at least twice in each of their last five league outings. Since they take the field on a nine-game H2H run without a clean sheet in the Singapore Premier League, Tanjong may have to wait for a better opportunity to resolve their leaks at the back.
Like their hosts, Hougang United dispatched Geylang 3-2 in their most recent league outing to put an underwhelming eight-game winless run to bed (D1, L7), scoring twice beyond the 80-minute mark to take an all-important three points. However, to make it two wins in a row for the first time in 2023, they must avoid a slow start as they’ve lost all four league matches after conceding first this calendar year. That may not be as arduous as it looks, considering seven of Hougang’s eight goals conceded on the road this season have come in the second half of play. Yet it’s worth noting that they’ve netted the league’s second-low five goals on their travels thus far.