New South Wales preview: Can APIA Leichhardt Tigers edge out victory against Blacktown City?

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 07:45 (UTC)
Venue: Lambert Park (25000 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's starring roles are APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Blacktown City, 3 points is the prize and 90 minutes the length.

Insights:
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in New South Wales
  • Blacktown City have the most points from losing position (12) in New South Wales

APIA Leichhardt Tigers have less rest than Blacktown City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a New South Wales Waratah Cup game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Mt Druitt Town, was also a home game here at Lambert Park. The away team is better rested.

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APIA Leichhardt Tigers form and stats

APIA Leichhardt Tigers have performed here at Lambert Park this season with 9 wins from 12 New South Wales matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Leichhardt here at Lambert Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

APIA Leichhardt Tigers's previous match was a New South Wales Waratah Cup game also played at their home, finishing 2-1 versus Mt Druitt Town. The home side are looking to build on that result.

Prior to that, an away loss at Manly United in the New South Wales.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does APIA Leichhardt Tigers handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Goal party? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 16 of the 19 most recent league matches with this club has seen at least three goals.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 12 games), Leichhardt's attacking play is working. From these home matches, APIA Leichhardt Tigers have conceded only 6 goals.

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Blacktown City form and stats

The visitors are W6-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the New South Wales. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus APIA Leichhardt Tigers.

Blacktown go into this game after a win, the home game against Sydney United that ended 3-1.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sutherland Sharks with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Blacktown City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

The visiting Blacktown City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported match featuring both these teams is the Blacktown City - Leichhardt 2-4 played not long ago this season. APIA Leichhardt Tigers-Blacktown City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: APIA Leichhardt Tigers three wins, Blacktown City four wins, three draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Blacktown CityJ. O'Brien
J. O'Brien
17 goals
APIA Leichhardt TigersJ. Armson
J. Armson
12 goals
Blacktown CityT. Major
T. Major
9 goals

APIA Leichhardt Tigers missing players

Blacktown City missing players

APIA Leichhardt Tigers Blacktown City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 2 12 25
17 9 1 Won W 0 6 14
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
52 29 6 Scored S 2 16 49
27 6 0 Conceded C 4 12 27
96% 92% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
84% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 58% 76%
76% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 56%
40% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 44%
12% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 28%
56% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 56%
36% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 32%
12% 8% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 20%
 
6.4 6.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5.5 6.8
4.1 2.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 3.9
2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.7 14.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 10.2 11.8
6.7 6.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 4.3 5.6
31% 36% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 35%
 
7.2 5.8 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.4 8.4
3.2 2.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.4
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in New South Wales
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in New South Wales
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have the most matches over the total-line (19) in New South Wales
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have the most points (29) at home in New South Wales
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in New South Wales
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in New South Wales
  • APIA Leichhardt Tigers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Blacktown City have the most points from losing position (12) in New South Wales
  • Blacktown City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blacktown City is in the best form (6-0-0) in New South Wales

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 25 17 5 3 52 27 12 9 2 1 29 6 13 8 3 2 23 21 25 56
2 Rockdale City Suns 25 15 4 6 52 40 12 8 1 3 26 16 13 7 3 3 26 24 12 49
3 Marconi Stallions 25 14 5 6 52 27 12 7 2 3 27 14 13 7 3 3 25 13 25 47
4 Blacktown City 25 14 4 7 49 27 13 8 2 3 33 15 12 6 2 4 16 12 22 46
5 St George City FA 25 11 8 6 48 35 13 5 3 5 28 23 12 6 5 1 20 12 13 41
6 Sydney II 25 12 3 10 42 43 12 8 1 3 26 14 13 4 2 7 16 29 -1 39
7 Wollongong Wolves 25 9 8 8 45 37 13 6 4 3 20 14 12 3 4 5 25 23 8 35
8 Central Coast II 25 9 6 10 35 42 13 5 3 5 23 24 12 4 3 5 12 18 -7 33
9 Manly United 25 9 5 11 34 38 13 7 2 4 21 17 12 2 3 7 13 21 -4 32
10 Sydney United 25 9 5 11 33 38 12 5 3 4 20 20 13 4 2 7 13 18 -5 32
11 NWS Spirit 25 9 5 11 32 44 13 6 3 4 20 18 12 3 2 7 12 26 -12 32
12 Sydney Olympic 25 8 7 10 37 42 12 4 4 4 20 19 13 4 3 6 17 23 -5 31
13 Sutherland Sharks 25 8 6 11 17 26 13 4 4 5 5 8 12 4 2 6 12 18 -9 30
14 Mt Druitt Town 25 6 4 15 28 45 13 3 2 8 11 21 12 3 2 7 17 24 -17 22
15 Western Sydney W. II 25 5 5 15 38 54 12 2 3 7 19 27 13 3 2 8 19 27 -16 20
16 Bulls Academy 25 2 6 17 22 51 12 1 4 7 11 21 13 1 2 10 11 30 -29 12

Read more about New South Wales

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.