Perhaps a welcome break from league football as West Torrens Birkalla & NE MetroStars face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the South Australia FFA Cup Preliminary. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Birkalla and NE MetroStars.
West Torrens Birkalla form and stats
West Torrens Birkalla was eliminated in the 5th round last season in the South Australia FFA Cup Preliminary.West Torrens Birkalla have played 7 South Australia State League 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Birkalla fans got no joy from their last match, a South Australia FFA Cup Preliminary duel also played here at Distinctive Homes Park: A 0-5 defeat against NE MetroStars.
Previous to that game, a South Australia State League 1 home match hosting Vipers in a game that was won 3-1.West Torrens Birkalla have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Distinctive Homes Park with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
NE MetroStars form and stats
MetroStars's mission in South Australia FFA Cup Preliminary last season failed in the 5th round.NE MetroStars have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 19 points collected from 7 Npl South Australian games. 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far.
The NE MetroStars goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 346 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two trips in a row for NE MetroStars, whose coach Saraceno could celebrate last time after the South Australia FFA Cup Preliminary win against West Torrens Birkalla.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Campbelltown City.MetroStars's manager Saraceno has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {2 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The 7 latest matches involving these sides have all finished as NE MetroStars victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.West Torrens Birkalla missing players
NE MetroStars missing players
| West Torrens Birkalla | NE MetroStars | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Scored | S | 35 | 67 | ||
| 52 | 23 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9.5 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.6 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 40% | ||
| 13.4 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adelaide Raiders | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Adelaide Cobras | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Adelaide Blue Eagles | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | West Torrens Birkalla | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 5 | Adelaide Victory | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Para Hills Knights | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Playford City Patriots | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Cumberland United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Fulham United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Eastern United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Vipers | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide Lion | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 9 |
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 34 |
| 2 | Campbelltown City | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Adelaide United || | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Adelaide Comets | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Adelaide City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Modbury Jets | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -5 | 18 |
| 7 | White City Woodville | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Adelaide Olympic | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 16 |
| 9 | Croydon Kings | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 10 | West Adelaide | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 11 | South Adelaide Panthers | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Sturt Lions | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -19 | 8 |
