Soccer match preview: Taringa Rovers confident before travelling to The Gap

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Competition: Australia Brisbane Premier League
Competition: Sat 15.August
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Walton Bridge Reserve (1000 seats)

The Brisbane Premier League league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. The Gap and Taringa Rovers are placed 8th and 6th respectively.

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 The and Taringa Rovers.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Taringa Rovers, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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The Gap form and stats

The story so far in the Brisbane Premier League for The Gap at their home stadium (Walton Bridge Reserve) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The's last game was hosting Taringa Rovers (placed 6th) and winning 3-2. Heartbreak before that as The lost 0-2 at Toowong's place.

A decent goal production from The in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. The have conceded 5 from these games.

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Taringa Rovers form and stats

No Brisbane Premier League points yet away for Taringa Rovers, from their first 2 matches. Taringa has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Taringa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus The Gap in the Brisbane Premier League. Prior to that match, a home win 6-1 against Caboolture.

Late heartbreak for Taringa in the The Gap match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.

Taringa Rovers have the goal stats of 2-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the The Gap - Taringa Rovers 3-2 played earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one The victory, one draw and three Taringa Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

The Gap missing players

Taringa Rovers missing players

The Gap Taringa Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 3 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
5 5 0 Scored S 0 2 16
7 5 0 Conceded C 4 7 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 80%
75% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 40%
 
3.2 3.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 11 8.2
14.5 16.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.5 3.4
2.8 3.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
48 40 0 Total Shots T S 6 25 58
22 18 0 Shots on Target S O 3 9 29
23% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 55%
Key stats in Brisbane Premier League this season:
  • Taringa Rovers has the most scored goals (16)
  • Taringa Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (10)
The Gap Last season Taringa Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   11 23
9 4   Won W   7 14
5 2   Drew D   2 4
8 5   Lost L   2 5
54 27   Scored S   22 54
52 34   Conceded C   11 25
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
91% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 87%
82% 91%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 61%
59% 82%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 48%
50% 73%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 30%
68% 82%   BTTS BTTS   55% 57%
14% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 30%
23% 18%   Failed to Score F T   18% 13%
 
5.9 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.7
5.2 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.5
1.4 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 0.9
4 2   Red cards R C   0 1
 
234 127   Total Shots T S   126 268
109 57   Shots on Target S O   57 121
39% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Centenary Stormers 5 3 1 1 11 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 2 1 0 7 3 6 10
2 Grange Thistle 3 3 0 0 13 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 8 2 11 9
3 Bayside United 4 3 0 1 15 6 3 2 0 1 11 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 9
4 Toowong 3 2 1 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 7
5 St George Willawong 3 2 1 0 9 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 7
6 Taringa Rovers 5 2 0 3 16 14 3 2 0 1 14 7 2 0 0 2 2 7 2 6
7 Albany Creek Excelsior 3 1 1 1 10 7 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 4
8 The Gap 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 4
9 Brisbane Knights 4 1 1 2 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 5 12 -10 4
10 Acacia Ridge 4 1 0 3 7 10 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 6 5 -3 3
11 North Star 4 0 1 3 2 13 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 8 -11 1
12 Caboolture 4 0 1 3 2 16 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 10 -14 1

Read more about Brisbane Premier League

The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is the second level of football in Australia. It has eight regional divisions in which the number of teams vary. In total close to 100 teams compete in the NPL. It is currently not possible to promote to the A-League, but there is a relegation system in most divisions.