The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Manly United are in the 7th position while the guesting North Shore Mariners worry at 11th.
Manly United and North Shore Mariners should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
0 - 2 - 0 with 0-0. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for North Shore Mariners when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. North Shore Mariners play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Manly United form and stats
Manly United, who have the most clean sheets (3) at home in New South Wales, have played 6 New South Wales games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Cromer Park.
Manly's previous game was a New South Wales match also played at home, ending 5-2 versus APIA Leichhardt Tigers (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Sydney II.
A goal frenzy last time out for Manly United, with a total of 7 goals in the match against APIA Leichhardt Tigers. Fun stuff to watch!
Manly have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cromer Park with 10 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Manly have conceded only 5 goals.
North Shore Mariners form and stats
There's been little loot from North Shore Mariners's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the New South Wales. North Shore Mariners, who have the most conceded goals (19) in New South Wales, only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Two points from the last two away games for Mariners, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Mariners has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Mt Druitt Town for a New South Wales game that ended a draw (1-1). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus APIA Leichhardt Tigers that ended 0-0.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Mariners, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Peterson 1 goals |  Mitchell Smith 1 goals | P. Nikas 1 goals |
Manly United missing players
North Shore Mariners missing players
| Manly United | North Shore Mariners | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 78% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 78% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 67% |
| 44% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 44% |
| 22% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 44% |
| 22% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 43% | 33% |
| 44% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 56% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 22% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 44% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 120 | 77 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 74 | 94 |
| 50 | 34 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 30 | 42 |
| 24% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 20% | 17% |
- Manly United has the most clean sheets (3) at home
- North Shore Mariners has the most conceded goals (14) away
- North Shore Mariners has the most conceded goals (19)
- North Shore Mariners has the most conceded goals in the first half (10)
- North Shore Mariners has the the worst goal difference (-12)
- North Shore Mariners has the the worst goal difference (-8) away
- North Shore Mariners have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- North Shore Mariners have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Sydney II | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Rockdale City Suns | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Sydney United | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Wollongong Wolves | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Sydney Olympic | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Manly United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Blacktown City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Mt Druitt Town | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 8 |
| 10 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 11 | North Shore Mariners | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 7 |
| 12 | Western Sydney W. II | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Sutherland Sharks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |