Brisbane Premier League match preview: Acacia Ridge believed to be the weaker party when Grange Thistle pays a visit

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Competition: Australia Brisbane Premier League
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ron Proud Field 1 (1000 seats)

Acacia Ridge will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Grange Thistle.

It's no vacation for neither Acacia Ridge nor Grange Thistle as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's quite the trip for Grange Thistle when visiting Acacia Ridge as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

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Acacia Ridge form and stats

Acacia Ridge's results here at Ron Proud Field 1 in the Brisbane Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The Acacia Ridge crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Grange Thistle here at Ron Proud Field 1 in a Brisbane match. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Centenary Stormers the opponent.

Acacia Ridge are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Acacia Ridge defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Grange Thistle form and stats

Grange Thistle's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Grange Thistle collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Brisbane Premier League. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Toowong game have they lost an away game, meaning Grange Thistle has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

It's the second away game in a row for Grange Thistle, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Acacia Ridge in the Brisbane last time out. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Taringa Rovers.

Grange Thistle create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 20 goals in 7 travels. Grange Thistle have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Acacia Ridge and Grange Thistle have met before this season: Acacia Ridge - Grange Thistle 1-3. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Acacia Ridge, 0 draws and 2 wins for Grange Thistle. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

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Acacia Ridge Grange Thistle
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played 3 11 22
6 2 0 Won 2 7 13
2 1 0 Drew 1 3 5
14 8 3 Lost 0 1 4
27 14 2 Scored 9 29 56
43 22 7 Conceded 4 18 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 91% 95%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 91% 91%
77% 82% 67% Over 2.5 67% 82% 77%
45% 45% 33% Over 3.5 67% 64% 55%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 67% 55% 41%
64% 73% 67% BTTS 100% 82% 73%
14% 18% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 18% 27%
23% 9% 33% Failed To Score 0% 9% 5%
 
3.1 3.9 4 Corners For (avg) 7.5 7.9 6.4
8.4 7.6 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 4.5 4 3.9
1.4 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.4 1.1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 2
Key stats this season:
  • Acacia Ridge have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Acacia Ridge have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Acacia Ridge have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Acacia Ridge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Acacia Ridge's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Grange Thistle have created more than twice as many corners as Acacia Ridge.
  • Grange Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grange Thistle have scored more than double the goals of Acacia Ridge.
  • Grange Thistle have won significantly more corners away than at home.

Acacia Ridge
08-06-19 BR Acacia Ridge 1 - 3 Brisbane Knights
15-06-19 BR North Pine 1 - 3 Acacia Ridge
22-06-19 BR Acacia Ridge 1 - 3 Albany Creek Excelsior
29-06-19 BR Caboolture 4 - 1 Acacia Ridge
13-07-19 BR Acacia Ridge 1 - 3 Taringa Rovers
20-07-19 BR Bayside United 1 - 0 Acacia Ridge
27-07-19 BR Toowong 3 - 0 Acacia Ridge
10-08-19 BR Acacia Ridge 3 - 0 Univ. Queensland
16-08-19 BR Centenary Stormers 2 - 2 Acacia Ridge
24-08-19 BR Acacia Ridge 1 - 3 Grange Thistle
Grange Thistle
28-06-19 BR Brisbane Knights 2 - 5 Grange Thistle
02-07-19 BR Grange Thistle 3 - 1 Toowong
13-07-19 BR Grange Thistle 3 - 0 North Pine
20-07-19 BR Albany Creek Excelsior 0 - 0 Grange Thistle
27-07-19 BR Grange Thistle 3 - 0 Caboolture
03-08-19 BR Grange Thistle 3 - 4 Brisbane Knights
10-08-19 BR Taringa Rovers 1 - 1 Grange Thistle
17-08-19 BR Grange Thistle 2 - 3 Bayside United
21-08-19 BR Grange Thistle 1 - 1 Taringa Rovers
24-08-19 BR Acacia Ridge 1 - 3 Grange Thistle

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Albany Creek Excelsior 14 10 2 2 37 15 7 6 0 1 21 5 7 4 2 1 16 10 22 32
2 Toowong 13 8 3 2 38 22 8 5 2 1 26 15 5 3 1 1 12 7 16 27
3 Bayside United 12 8 2 2 37 18 5 2 1 2 15 10 7 6 1 0 22 8 19 26
4 Grange Thistle 11 8 1 2 30 18 4 3 0 1 10 4 7 5 1 1 20 14 12 25
5 Taringa Rovers 11 7 1 3 26 15 7 4 1 2 19 10 4 3 0 1 7 5 11 22
6 The Gap 14 6 3 5 33 33 7 3 2 2 19 18 7 3 1 3 14 15 0 21
7 Caboolture 12 5 1 6 26 25 4 1 0 3 6 7 8 4 1 3 20 18 1 16
8 Acacia Ridge 14 5 1 8 18 23 7 1 1 5 8 13 7 4 0 3 10 10 -5 16
9 Brisbane Knights 12 4 1 7 22 31 6 0 1 5 7 21 6 4 0 2 15 10 -9 13
10 Univ. Queensland 14 3 3 8 17 24 8 2 1 5 8 10 6 1 2 3 9 14 -7 12
11 North Pine 13 2 0 11 11 42 7 0 0 7 5 21 6 2 0 4 6 21 -31 6
12 Centenary Stormers 12 0 2 10 18 47 6 0 1 5 11 24 6 0 1 5 7 23 -29 2