It's early days in the New South Wales and both APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Wollongong Wolves are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
2 - 1 - 1 with 9-4. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Wollongong Wolves when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Wollongong Wolves play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
APIA Leichhardt Tigers form and stats
Only two New South Wales home games for APIA Leichhardt Tigers so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Leichhardt's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Marconi Stallions (placed 1st). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Rockdale City Suns the opponent.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the APIA Leichhardt Tigers at home in the league. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Wollongong Wolves form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the New South Wales, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 11 matches.
The supporters enjoyed Wollongong's previous game versus Mt Druitt Town (placed 13th), a New South Wales 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus North Shore Mariners.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Wollongong Wolves has managed 2 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): APIA Leichhardt Tigers one win, zero draws and Wollongong Wolves two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. D'Apuzzo 1 goals | A. Ucchino 1 goals | C. Payne 1 goals |
APIA Leichhardt Tigers missing players
Wollongong Wolves missing players
| APIA Leichhardt Tigers | Wollongong Wolves | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 7 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 40 |
| 20 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 25% | 75% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| APIA Leichhardt Tigers | Last season | Wollongong Wolves | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 46 | 24 | Scored | S | 28 | 53 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 62% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 42% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 42% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 46% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 277 | 146 | Total Shots | T S | 115 | 274 | ||
| 117 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 63 | 122 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Marconi Stallions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Blacktown City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Sydney II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Wollongong Wolves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Rockdale City Suns | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | North Shore Mariners | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Manly United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Sydney United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sydney Olympic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Western Sydney W. II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sutherland Sharks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 13 | Mt Druitt Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 |