Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Manly United in 8th and Blacktown City in 7th place.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Manly United form and stats
Manly United, who have the most clean sheets (3) at home in New South Wales, have played 7 New South Wales games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Manly's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus North Shore Mariners (placed 9th). Before that, Manly United had a home game versus APIA Leichhardt Tigers which ended with a victory 5-2.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Manly's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn one and lost zero.
Manly are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Manly have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Blacktown City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their New South Wales travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Blacktown City are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in Blacktown City's previous match, a New South Wales home game that ended 1-1 vs Sydney II (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Wollongong Wolves's place.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Blacktown playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
The attacking power of Blacktown when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Blacktown have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Manly United - Blacktown City 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - one - four (Manly United wins - draws - Blacktown City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Lewis 3 goals | L. Jennings 2 goals |  B. Cholakian 1 goals |
Manly United missing players
Blacktown City missing players
| Manly United | Blacktown City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 70% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 29% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 20% | 29% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 30% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | 86 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 39 | 92 |
| 52 | 36 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 12 | 36 |
| 23% | 28% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 25% |
- Blacktown City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Manly United has the most clean sheets (3) at home in New South Wales
- Manly United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blacktown City have scored away.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Rockdale City Suns | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Sydney II | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Sydney United | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Wollongong Wolves | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Blacktown City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 8 | Manly United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | North Shore Mariners | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 10 | Mt Druitt Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 8 |
| 11 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 12 | Western Sydney W. II | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Sutherland Sharks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |