It's still early in the New South Wales season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Manly United - Rockdale City Suns preview!
5-3-1 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Rockdale City Suns when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those nine matches are 15-11 (scored/conceded).
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Manly United form and stats
Only two New South Wales home games for Manly United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Manly's last game was hosting Sydney United (placed 7th) and winning 2-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Blacktown City that was lost 0-1.
Early season league goal statistics from Manly United's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Rockdale City Suns form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first New South Wales away game of the season. During their previous season 11 away games resulted in 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Rockdale City Suns's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus APIA Leichhardt Tigers that finished 1-1. A 1-1 draw at Sutherland Sharks's stadium before that.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Rockdale City Suns has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rockdale City Suns - Manly United 2-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's zero Manly United victories, one draw and six Rockdale City Suns wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Peterson 1 goals |   A. Urosevski 1 goals | S. Gulisano 1 goals |
Manly United missing players
Rockdale City Suns missing players
| Manly United | Rockdale City Suns | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | 22 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 19% | 20% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 17% | 29% |
- Rockdale City Suns has the most dropped points from leading position (4)
| Manly United | Last season | Rockdale City Suns | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 44 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 77% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 82% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 64% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 5% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | ||
| 59% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 23% | ||
| 27% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 27% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 244 | 117 | Total Shots | T S | 72 | 254 | ||
| 109 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 116 | ||
| 21% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 22% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | Blacktown City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Sydney II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Rockdale City Suns | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | North Shore Mariners | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 7 | Sydney United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Wollongong Wolves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Manly United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sutherland Sharks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 11 | Sydney Olympic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Mt Druitt Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wollongong Wolves | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 35 | 51 |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Blacktown City | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Sydney United | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Marconi Stallions | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 6 | Sydney Olympic | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Mt Druitt Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sutherland Sharks | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Manly United | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 10 | Rockdale City Suns | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -16 | 26 |
| 11 | Sydney II | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 12 | Hakoah Sydney City | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -25 | 11 |