Pathum United vs Police Tero

BG Stadium is the venue as Pathum United and Police Tero go head-to-head in a handsomely-looking Thai FA Cup quarter-final tie.

Pathum United’s Thai FA Cup campaign has been an utter success thus far, with Matt Smith’s high-flyers winning their three matches in the tournament by an aggregate score of 11-1. Though the last one was the least impressive one, seeing them squeeze past fellow top-flight rivals Lumphun Warriors 1-0, the ‘Rabbits’ are still in the driver’s seat to reach the semi-finals. Since a 1-0 extra-time defeat in their last Thai FA Cup H2H, they’ve gone unbeaten in three consecutive meetings with Police Tero (W1, D2), conceding under 1.5 goals on each occasion. But Pathum’s patchy four-match form in the build-up cannot inspire much confidence (W2, L2), with three of the four fixtures (won/lost) in this sequence seeing the winner on the day keep a clean sheet.

Unlike their hosts, Police Tero haven’t waltzed their way through to this stage, edging out Kabin United 1-0 in the opening Thai FA Cup clash before eking out a penalty shootout win over Sisaket United last time out. Consistency hasn’t been Police’s strong suit in the aftermath by any stretch of the imagination, with Rangsan Viwatchaichok’s team blowing hot and cold across three league outings in the follow-up (W1, D1, L1). With three of Police’s last five competitive games seeing over 3.5 goals and both teams on the scoresheet, a high-scoring could be the order of the day. Adding to this sentiment, each of the last nine H2Hs between Pathum and Police at the BG Stadium has contained 3+ total goals.