Floreat Athena will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get at least a point from this back-breaking encounter, versus frisky Balcatta.
- Floreat Athena have the fewest scored goals (17) in Npl Western Australia
- Balcatta have the most points (19) away in Npl Western Australia
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!
Floreat Athena form and stats
Floreat Athena's struggle is real here at E & D Litis Stadium with only 3 points collected from 6 Npl Western Australia games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-5. It's been an uphill battle for Floreat Athena in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Stirling Lions game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.
The Floreat Athena crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Perth RedStar here at E & D Litis Stadium.
Prior to that, an away loss at Stirling Lions.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Floreat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Floreat Athena have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here at E & D Litis Stadium. When Floreat Athena hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Perth Glory II, Cockburn City and Inglewood United), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Balcatta form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Npl Western Australia.
Balcatta have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 203 minutes ago. Yamamoto was the goal scorer.
There were no winners in Balcatta's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Stirling Lions (placed 2nd).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Olympic Kingsway.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Balcatta in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Balcatta, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Take note that 12 of this side's 15 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
The Balcatta manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 20 away goals in 8 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Balcatta have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Floreat have put together a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (6-1-0) when playing Balcatta.These opponents have battled previously this season: Balcatta - Floreat Athena 0-0.
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| Floreat Athena | Balcatta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 25 |
| 25 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 62% | 40% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 53% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 27% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 37% |
| 10.1 | 10.3 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
- All of Balcatta's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Floreat Athena's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Balcatta have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Balcatta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Balcatta have scored at least twice as many goals away as Floreat Athena have scored home.
- Balcatta have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Balcatta have the most points (19) away in Npl Western Australia
- Balcatta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Floreat Athena have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Floreat Athena have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Floreat Athena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Floreat Athena have the fewest points (3) at home in Npl Western Australia
- Floreat Athena have the fewest scored goals (17) in Npl Western Australia
- Floreat Athena have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Npl Western Australia
- Floreat Athena have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Npl Western Australia
- Floreat Athena 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 | Perth RedStar | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 21 | 26 |
| 2 | Stirling Lions | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Balcatta | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | -1 | 24 |
| 4 | Armadale | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Olympic Kingsway | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Perth | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Bayswater City | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 25 | -6 | 21 |
| 8 | Sorrento | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Cockburn City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 20 |
| 10 | Perth Glory II | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | Floreat Athena | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Inglewood United | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 15 |
