Football tips: Blacktown City vs Sydney II - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lilly Homes Stadium (7500 seats)

The league table in New South Wales tells a story about these teams so far, with Blacktown City leading Sydney II by 5 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Blacktown City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sydney II have the most conceded goals (17) in New South Wales

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!

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Blacktown City form and stats

Blacktown City have played 4 New South Wales games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Blacktown are returning here after visiting Wollongong Wolves in a New South Wales game and winning with a 5-0 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Mt Druitt Town with the scoreline 0-1.

As mentioned above, Blacktown City "killed" Wollongong Wolves in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The Blacktown City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively Blacktown have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sydney II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (17) in New South Wales, on their New South Wales travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Home advantage was not enough for Sydney II in their previous game, as they lost their New South Wales-match, hosting APIA Leichhardt Tigers, 2-3. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Sutherland Sharks.

Sydney find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. The Sydney manager J. van Weeren has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Blacktown, one draw and zero wins for Sydney II. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Blacktown CityT. Major
T. Major
4 goals
BlacktownM. Shabow
M. Shabow
3 goals
Sydney IIJ. Kucharski
J. Kucharski
2 goals

Blacktown City missing players

Sydney II missing players

Blacktown City Sydney II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 2 2 4
14 6 2 Scored S 2 4 12
7 2 0 Conceded C 7 8 17
88% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 88%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 62%
38% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 50%
38% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 38%
25% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 75%
50% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 12%
38% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.7 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.6 16 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.3 8.6
5.6 7.3 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 4
31% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 27% 39%
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • Blacktown City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Sydney II have the most conceded goals (17) in New South Wales
  • Sydney II have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in New South Wales
  • Sydney II have the most dropped points from leading position (7) in New South Wales
  • Sydney II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rockdale City Suns 8 5 2 1 17 8 4 3 1 0 8 1 4 2 1 1 9 7 9 17
2 Manly United 8 4 3 1 12 9 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 2 0 8 6 3 15
3 Sydney United 8 4 2 2 13 10 4 2 1 1 10 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 3 14
4 Blacktown City 8 4 1 3 14 7 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 2 0 2 8 5 7 13
5 Mt Druitt Town 8 3 3 2 9 11 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3 8 -2 12
6 Sydney Olympic 8 3 1 4 6 6 3 1 0 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 5 4 0 10
7 Marconi Stallions 8 1 6 1 12 11 5 1 3 1 7 6 3 0 3 0 5 5 1 9
8 Wollongong Wolves 8 2 3 3 7 13 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 1 2 1 3 6 -6 9
9 North Shore Mariners 8 2 2 4 16 16 4 0 2 2 8 10 4 2 0 2 8 6 0 8
10 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 8 2 2 4 7 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 1 1 3 4 8 -4 8
11 Sydney II 8 2 2 4 12 17 4 1 1 2 8 9 4 1 1 2 4 8 -5 8
12 Sutherland Sharks 8 1 3 4 9 15 5 1 1 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 4 5 -6 6

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.