Cessnock City will cross fingers that their home advantage is enough to get a good result from this hard meeting, versus frisky Kahibah.
- Cessnock City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kahibah have scored in all their matches so far.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cessnock City form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Cessnock City have to build on here at Turner Park in the Northern NSW State League 1. Cessnock City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Turner Park, having lost their two previous games here.
The Cessnock City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Belmont Swansea here at Turner Park.
In the game before, an away victory match versus West Wallsend with a 3-2 scoreline.Goal fest? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 13 of the 16 most recent league games with this team has had at least three goals.
Cessnock has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches.
Kahibah form and stats
As the visiting team in Northern NSW State League 1 matches, Kahibah have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far.
Kahibah lost away at South Cardiff (4-6) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That loss was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points. As you can tell from the result, the match against South Cardiff was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 10 goals, will the fun continue today?
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Thornton Redbacks.Observe that 12 of this team's 14 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting West Wallsend in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Kahibah's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Kahibah have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Kahibah - Cessnock City 3-2. Numbers for the preceeding three meetings between these two contenders are: zero wins for Cessnock City, zero draws and three wins for Kahibah. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Cessnock City missing players
Kahibah missing players
| Cessnock City | Kahibah | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 21 | 32 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 38% | 43% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Cessnock City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kahibah have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kahibah haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New Lambton | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | Belmont Swansea | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Kahibah | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Toronto Awaba | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| 5 | Singleton Strikers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | West Wallsend | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 7 | Thornton Redbacks | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | South Cardiff | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 9 | Cessnock City | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 10 | Wallsend | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | -29 | 4 |