Adelaide Comets manager Tsiounis looking for three points in Croydon Kings showdown

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Competition: Australia Npl South Australian
Competition: Sat 01.Jul
Match begins: 05:30 (UTC)
Venue: SA Athletics Stadium (8000 seats)

Lots of loss and gain for these participants so far, situated in positions near the center of the Npl South Australian table. Here's the Adelaide Comets - Croydon Kings latest:

Insights:
  • Adelaide Comets have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Npl South Australian
  • Croydon Kings have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Npl South Australian

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Adelaide Comets form and stats

When playing at home in the Npl South Australian, Adelaide Comets have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. Adelaide Comets are slowly digging their own grave here at SA Athletics Stadium with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.

Adelaide drew their last game, also a home match. Adelaide Olympic (placed 9th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Prior to that, an away loss at Campbelltown City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Adelaide Comets handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Adelaide Comets are not conceding a lot of goals here at SA Athletics Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Croydon Kings form and stats

There's been little loot from Croydon Kings's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Npl South Australian. Croydon Kings only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

Two away games in a row for Croydon, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Campbelltown City. That loss was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against White City Woodville.

Croydon Kings are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Take note! Both sides have scored at least once in 14 of this club's latest 17 league games.

Croydon Kings have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Croydon struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Adelaide Comets and Croydon Kings have met already this season: Croydon Kings - Adelaide Comets 2-2. Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Adelaide Comets won four, Croydon Kings were winners in three and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Adelaide Comets missing players

Croydon Kings missing players

Adelaide Comets Croydon Kings
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 9 17
5 2 1 Won W 0 0 4
7 5 1 Drew D 2 5 6
5 2 0 Lost L 0 4 7
25 9 5 Scored S 3 11 28
25 8 2 Conceded C 3 16 33
88% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 88%
47% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 65%
35% 11% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 59%
24% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 24%
53% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 82%
29% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
29% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 18%
 
4.8 4.7 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.3 5.5
5.1 5.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 10.5 7.6 6.5
1.9 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 8.3 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 12.6 11.3
4.3 3.1 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.9 4.1
34% 32% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 41%
 
10.7 10.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.7 11.1
4.2 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5 5.6
Key stats in Npl South Australian this season:
  • Adelaide Comets have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Npl South Australian
  • Croydon Kings have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Croydon Kings have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Npl South Australian
  • Croydon Kings have yet to win a game away.
  • Croydon Kings 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 NE MetroStars 17 13 2 2 49 14 9 6 1 2 25 10 8 7 1 0 24 4 35 41
2 Campbelltown City 17 12 2 3 42 15 10 7 1 2 25 8 7 5 1 1 17 7 27 38
3 Adelaide United || 17 8 4 5 33 26 8 3 2 3 17 13 9 5 2 2 16 13 7 28
4 Modbury Jets 17 8 3 6 42 39 9 5 3 1 25 15 8 3 0 5 17 24 3 27
5 Adelaide City 17 6 7 4 32 25 8 4 3 1 18 9 9 2 4 3 14 16 7 25
6 Adelaide Comets 17 5 7 5 25 25 9 2 5 2 9 8 8 3 2 3 16 17 0 22
7 White City Woodville 17 6 3 8 24 35 9 3 2 4 17 20 8 3 1 4 7 15 -11 21
8 Croydon Kings 17 4 6 7 28 33 8 4 1 3 17 17 9 0 5 4 11 16 -5 18
9 Adelaide Olympic 17 4 6 7 19 35 8 3 2 3 13 17 9 1 4 4 6 18 -16 18
10 West Adelaide 17 3 5 9 16 31 8 3 2 3 11 10 9 0 3 6 5 21 -15 14
11 Sturt Lions 17 2 7 8 18 34 9 1 4 4 9 18 8 1 3 4 9 16 -16 13
12 South Adelaide Panthers 17 2 6 9 27 43 7 1 3 3 11 13 10 1 3 6 16 30 -16 12

Read more about Npl South Australian

The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.