HONG KONG (Interstat) — Eastern opened its Hong Kong Premier League season with a 2-1 victory over Tai Po FC at Mong Kok Stadium on Sunday. The home side’s win closely followed a pregame projection. Lucas Silva opened the scoring for Eastern in the 42nd minute. Tai Po FC equalized through Yu Ōkubo in the 59th, but Eastern’s Gondra netted the decisive goal just eight minutes later. The result leaves Eastern with a perfect start to its league campaign, while Tai Po FC begins with a defeat. The final score matched the prediction from Interstat’s game simulator, which gave Eastern an 89.6% probability to win.