Soccer match preview: Grange Thistle confident before travelling to Brisbane Knights

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Competition: Australia Brisbane Premier League
Date: Fri 28.June
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Brisbane Knights Sports Complex 1 (1000 seats)

Struggling Brisbane Knights will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Grange Thistle in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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

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Brisbane Knights form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Brisbane Knights have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses so far from their games here at Brisbane Knights Sports Complex 1. Brisbane Knights are slowly digging their own grave here at Brisbane Knights Sports Complex 1 with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the The Gap match.

Brisbane Knights's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-5 versus Grange Thistle. In the game before, an away victory match versus Centenary Stormers with a 5-2 scoreline.

Brisbane Knights are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 7 goals in 6 matches. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Brisbane Knights have let the opposition score 21 times, an average of more than three per game.

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Grange Thistle form and stats

Grange Thistle have an excellent away record so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Grange Thistle, as they have won on their previous two travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Grange Thistle, but there's smiles all around after the 5-2 victory versus Brisbane Knights in the Brisbane last time out. A draw for Grange Thistle before that, at their own venue hosting The Gap (2-2).

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 20 goals in 7 away games this season. Grange Thistle have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Brisbane Knights and Grange Thistle have met before this season: Brisbane Knights - Grange Thistle 2-5. Last three meetings between the teams: Brisbane Knights won 0, Grange Thistle won 3 and 0 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 1 match with two goals or less.

Brisbane Knights missing players

Grange Thistle missing players

Brisbane Knights Grange Thistle
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played 3 8 14
5 0 0 Won 3 6 9
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 3
8 6 2 Lost 0 1 2
29 9 2 Scored 8 25 38
38 26 9 Conceded 3 16 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 100% 100% Over 2.5 100% 100% 79%
79% 86% 100% Over 3.5 33% 75% 57%
50% 43% 50% Over 4.5 33% 75% 50%
79% 86% 100% BTTS 67% 88% 79%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 12% 21%
14% 14% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4.4 5 1 Corners For (avg) 10 8.6 7.9
6.6 6 10 Corners Against (avg) 2 4.6 4.8
1.6 1.8 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.5 2 1.4
1 1 1 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Brisbane Knights's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Grange Thistle's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Brisbane Knights have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Brisbane Knights have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Brisbane Knights have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Brisbane Knights have yet to win a game at home.
  • Brisbane Knights haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Grange Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grange Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals away as Brisbane Knights have scored home.
  • Grange Thistle have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Grange Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Brisbane Knights
02-06-19 BR Brisbane Knights 1 - 3 Bayside United
08-06-19 BR Acacia Ridge 1 - 3 Brisbane Knights
15-06-19 BR Brisbane Knights 2 - 2 Univ. Queensland
22-06-19 BR Centenary Stormers 2 - 5 Brisbane Knights
28-06-19 BR Brisbane Knights 2 - 5 Grange Thistle
13-07-19 BR The Gap 07:00 Brisbane Knights
19-07-19 BR Brisbane Knights 10:30 Toowong
28-07-19 BR Brisbane Knights 08:00 North Pine
03-08-19 BR Brisbane Knights 08:00 Centenary Stormers
11-08-19 BR Albany Creek Excelsior 07:00 Brisbane Knights
Grange Thistle
01-06-19 BR Grange Thistle 1 - 0 Univ. Queensland
08-06-19 BR Centenary Stormers 0 - 3 Grange Thistle
16-06-19 BR Grange Thistle 1 - 1 Toowong
22-06-19 BR Grange Thistle 2 - 2 The Gap
28-06-19 BR Brisbane Knights 2 - 5 Grange Thistle
13-07-19 BR Grange Thistle 07:30 North Pine
20-07-19 BR Albany Creek Excelsior 08:00 Grange Thistle
27-07-19 BR Grange Thistle 07:30 Caboolture
03-08-19 BR Grange Thistle 07:15 Taringa Rovers
10-08-19 BR Taringa Rovers 07:00 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