Npl South Australian preview: Can Adelaide Olympic edge out victory against Sturt Lions?

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Competition: Australia Npl South Australian
Competition: Sat 01.Jul
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Elite Systems Football Centre (1500 seats)

Adelaide Olympic are longing to add to their points total at home in this fixture against Sturt Lions.

Insights:
  • Adelaide Olympic have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Npl South Australian

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.

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Adelaide Olympic form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Npl South Australian numbers at home for Adelaide Olympic so far this season. When Adelaide Olympic hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Adelaide, Adelaide Olympic and South Adelaide Panthers), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Adelaide Olympic shared the glory with Adelaide Comets in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Adelaide City (1-5).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Adelaide have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

A decent goal production from Adelaide Olympic in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Adelaide Olympic have conceded 17 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sturt Lions form and stats

There's been little loot from Sturt Lions's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Npl South Australian. Sturt Lions only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

There were no winners in Sturt's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Adelaide City (placed 5th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Adelaide United ||.

We have checked recent matches where Sturt Lions have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Both teams to score? This club's fresh fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.

The visiting Sturt Lions have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sturt Lions have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Adelaide.

Sturt Lions - Adelaide Olympic 1-1 was the score in these contenders' latest head to head fixture, played this season.

Adelaide Olympic missing players

Sturt Lions missing players

Adelaide Olympic Sturt Lions
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
4 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
6 2 0 Drew D 2 3 7
7 3 1 Lost L 0 4 8
19 13 4 Scored S 2 9 18
35 17 3 Conceded C 2 16 34
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
76% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 82%
59% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 53%
47% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 41%
29% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 24%
41% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 65%
24% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
47% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 29%
 
3.6 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.8 4.1
5.1 4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 5.6 5.5
2.5 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 12 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.4 7.8
4.5 5.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 2.9
25% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 41% 36%
 
11.5 10.1 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.5 12.7
4.6 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 5.2
Key stats in Npl South Australian this season:
  • Adelaide Olympic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Adelaide Olympic have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Npl South Australian
  • Adelaide Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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

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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.