Very important shoot-out in the bottom part of the New South Wales NPL Youth League, with both Sutherland Sharks U20 and APIA Leichhardt U20 enduring more concern than happiness. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the home team positioned 10th and the visitors in 9th spot.
Sutherland Sharks U20 and APIA Leichhardt U20 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sutherland Sharks U20 form and stats
Sutherland Sharks U20's results here at Seymour Shaw Park in the New South Wales NPL Youth League have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. When Sutherland Sharks U20 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Rockdale Ilinden U20, Sydney United U20 and Sutherland Sharks U20), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With Sutherland Sharks U20 having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager .
Sutherland Sharks U20 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sydney Olympic U20 (1-4).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Manly United U20.A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Sutherland Sharks U20 has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
APIA Leichhardt U20 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for APIA Leichhardt U20 so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
Leichhardt failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Sydney U20 (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-4.
A 3-6 defeat away at Mt Druitt Town U20 before that.Observe that 11 of this club's 13 most recent league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
APIA Leichhardt U20 have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Leichhardt, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have met before this season: APIA Leichhardt U20 - Sutherland Sharks U20 6-0. Sutherland Sharks U20-APIA Leichhardt U20 H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Sutherland one win, APIA Leichhardt U20 one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Sutherland Sharks U20 missing players
APIA Leichhardt U20 missing players
| Sutherland Sharks U20 | APIA Leichhardt U20 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 36 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 35 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 88% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 82% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 71% |
| 35% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 59% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 29% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 24% |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6.9 | 8.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.8 | 8.4 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 36% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 44% |
| 13.1 | 10.1 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 11.5 | 9.4 |
| 5.7 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blacktown City U20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 36 |
| 2 | Sydney U20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 25 | 32 |
| 3 | Mt Druitt Town U20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 32 |
| 4 | Wollongong Wolves U20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic U20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Marconi Stallions U20 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Northbridge Bulls U20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Manly United U20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | APIA Leichhardt U20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 17 |
| 10 | Sutherland Sharks U20 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 26 | -18 | 17 |
| 11 | Rockdale Ilinden U20 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 12 | Sydney United U20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -30 | 9 |
