The Gap will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Grange Thistle.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The Gap form and stats
The Gap have collected 6 points from their Brisbane Premier League home games so far after 2-0-3. The has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager and the players. The The manager might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The The crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to St George Willawong here at Walton Bridge Reserve in a Brisbane Premier League match. Heartbreak before that as The Gap lost 3-5 at Caboolture's place.
A decent goal production from The in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as The have allowed the opposition to score 13 goals here at Walton Bridge Reserve.
Grange Thistle form and stats
Grange Thistle are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Brisbane Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
The supporters enjoyed Thistle's previous game versus Caboolture (placed 11th), a Brisbane Premier League 5-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Albany Creek Excelsior wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.
As mentioned above, Thistle was the only team on the pitch versus Caboolture in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Grange Thistle find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. The Thistle manager has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's zero The Gap victories, one draw and four Grange Thistle wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.The Gap missing players
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| The Gap | Grange Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 27 |
| 22 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 67% | 78% |
| 44% | 60% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 56% |
| 67% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 33% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | 61 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 39 | 49 | 160 |
| 44 | 28 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 26 | 80 |
| 32% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 15% | 34% |
- All of Grange Thistle's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of The Gap's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Grange Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Grange Thistle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- The Gap have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- The Gap have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- The Gap have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grange Thistle have scored away.
- The Gap 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 | St George Willawong | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Grange Thistle | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Albany Creek Excelsior | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Toowong | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 5 | Taringa Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
| 6 | Centenary Stormers | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Bayside United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | The Gap | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 9 | North Star | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 7 |
| 10 | Acacia Ridge | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 6 |
| 11 | Caboolture | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | -26 | 6 |
| 12 | Brisbane Knights | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 34 | -21 | 3 |