The New South Wales league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Blacktown City and Sydney Olympic are placed 2nd and 10th respectively.
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.
It should be mentioned that Sydney Olympic play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Sydney Olympic on artifical turf are 3 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats from nine games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 12-16. You can compare this with overall results below.
Blacktown City form and stats
Blacktown City have collected seven points from their first three New South Wales games here at Lilly Homes Stadium, a promising start.
Blacktown drew their last game, 2-2 away at Mt Druitt Town (placed 13th). In the match before that, Blacktown hosted North Shore Mariners and drew the game 0-0.
Blacktown are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Defensively Blacktown City have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sydney Olympic form and stats
Sydney Olympic are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the New South Wales, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
It's the second away game in a row for Olympic, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Sydney United (placed 6th) in the New South Wales last time out. A 0-2 defeat away at Marconi Stallions before that.
Olympic find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Sydney Olympic in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Blacktown won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Sydney Olympic has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / twoTop Goalscorers
  M. Lewis 3 goals | L. Jennings 1 goals |   B. Antoniou 1 goals |
Blacktown City missing players
Sydney Olympic missing players
| Blacktown City | Sydney Olympic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 80% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 6.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | 33 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 23 | 14 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 30% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 27% |
- Blacktown City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
| Blacktown City | Last season | Sydney Olympic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 35 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 77% | ||
| 33% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 59% | ||
| 29% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 41% | ||
| 21% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 14% | ||
| 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 14% | ||
| 21% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 23% | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 300 | 131 | Total Shots | T S | 151 | 279 | ||
| 131 | 52 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 114 | ||
| 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | Blacktown City | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Wollongong Wolves | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Sydney II | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Rockdale City Suns | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Sydney United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Manly United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | North Shore Mariners | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 1 |