Blacktown City vs Sydney United preview: Guests face a gruelling task at London Stadium

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: London Stadium (66000 seats)

4th spot in the New South Wales table for Blacktown City so far, a great performance. The home team ticketholders hope for more joy as 9th-placed Sydney United visit London Stadium.

Insights:
  • Blacktown City have the most scored goals (30) at home in New South Wales
  • Sydney United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in New South Wales

This football stadium has artifical turf, unlike Sydney United's home stadium. The latest 14 games by the guests on artifical turf have seen 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Blacktown City form and stats

The story so far in the New South Wales for Blacktown City at their home stadium (London Stadium) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.

The Blacktown City goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the New South Wales.

A strong away win for Blacktown City against Sutherland Sharks the last match.

Ahead of that match, Blacktown won a home game hosting Sydney II (3-0).

Blacktown City can score goals in their home matches. After 12 league matches they have found the net 30 times. Blacktown's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sydney United form and stats

As the visiting team in New South Wales matches, Sydney United have produced an overall stat of 4-2-6 so far. Sydney United has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Sydney United's last game was the home draw against Rockdale City Suns (3-3). A stark raving crazy fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Sydney United, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this game be as gleeful?

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Sutherland Sharks.

As opposed to that, Sydney have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head meeting ended Sydney United - Blacktown City 1-0, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Blacktown City won four, Sydney United were winners in six and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BlacktownJ. O'Brien
J. O'Brien
17 goals
Sydney UnitedP. Antelmi
P. Antelmi
10 goals
Blacktown CityT. Major
T. Major
9 goals

Blacktown City missing players

Sydney United missing players

Blacktown City Sydney United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 4 12 24
13 7 1 Won W 1 4 9
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
7 3 1 Lost L 3 6 10
46 30 5 Scored S 4 12 32
26 14 3 Conceded C 7 15 35
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
75% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 58%
54% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 54%
42% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 33%
29% 42% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 17%
54% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 54%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
21% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 29%
 
6.8 8 13 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.5 5.7
4 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.6 5.4
1.8 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12 13.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.1 10
5.7 7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 4.5
34% 36% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 25% 30%
 
8.7 9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 9.5 9.7
3.5 3.5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.2 4.1
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • Blacktown City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blacktown City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Blacktown City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sydney United have scored away.
  • Blacktown City have the most scored goals (30) at home in New South Wales
  • Blacktown City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Blacktown City is in the best form (6-0-0) in New South Wales
  • Sydney United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 24 17 5 2 52 23 12 9 2 1 29 6 12 8 3 1 23 17 29 56
2 Rockdale City Suns 24 14 4 6 50 40 11 7 1 3 24 16 13 7 3 3 26 24 10 46
3 Marconi Stallions 24 13 5 6 47 26 11 6 2 3 22 13 13 7 3 3 25 13 21 44
4 Blacktown City 24 13 4 7 46 26 12 7 2 3 30 14 12 6 2 4 16 12 20 43
5 Sydney II 24 12 3 9 40 37 12 8 1 3 26 14 12 4 2 6 14 23 3 39
6 St George City FA 24 10 8 6 46 35 13 5 3 5 28 23 11 5 5 1 18 12 11 38
7 Central Coast II 24 9 6 9 35 40 12 5 3 4 23 22 12 4 3 5 12 18 -5 33
8 Wollongong Wolves 24 8 8 8 39 35 12 5 4 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 25 23 4 32
9 Sydney United 24 9 5 10 32 35 12 5 3 4 20 20 12 4 2 6 12 15 -3 32
10 NWS Spirit 24 9 5 10 31 39 13 6 3 4 20 18 11 3 2 6 11 21 -8 32
11 Sydney Olympic 24 8 6 10 34 39 11 4 3 4 17 16 13 4 3 6 17 23 -5 30
12 Manly United 24 8 5 11 30 38 12 6 2 4 17 17 12 2 3 7 13 21 -8 29
13 Sutherland Sharks 24 7 6 11 15 26 12 3 4 5 3 8 12 4 2 6 12 18 -11 27
14 Mt Druitt Town 24 6 3 15 25 42 13 3 2 8 11 21 11 3 1 7 14 21 -17 21
15 Western Sydney W. II 24 5 5 14 38 52 12 2 3 7 19 27 12 3 2 7 19 25 -14 20
16 Bulls Academy 24 2 6 16 22 49 12 1 4 7 11 21 12 1 2 9 11 28 -27 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.