New South Wales match prediction: Little separates Manly United and Sydney Olympic in quality

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Fri 20.May
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cromer Park (5000 seats)

Cromer Park: Get set for a football celebration when Manly United tie their boots for Sydney Olympic. Get the latest info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Manly United have the fewest conceded goals (11) in New South Wales
  • Sydney Olympic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in New South Wales

This field has artifical turf, which is not Sydney Olympic's usual surface at their own field. When playing on artifical turf Sydney Olympic have performed like this: Played eleven matches with the outcome 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats with the goal difference 18-14 (scored/conceded).

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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.

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Manly United form and stats

Perfect New South Wales season at home so far for Manly United 3 wins from 3 appearances. Manly United are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Manly United, as their goalkeeper Jack Greenwood has completely shut out the opponents for 183 minutes in the New South Wales.

It's back home for Manly, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Rockdale City Suns away with the result 1-0. Mendes found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sydney United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Manly United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manly United at home in the league. 6 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 3 matches.

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Sydney Olympic form and stats

Sydney Olympic have an excellent away record in the New South Wales so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.

It's the second away game in a row for Sydney Olympic, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Blacktown City (placed 7th) last time out. The end of the last match, against Blacktown City, was very satisfying as O'Donovan scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Mt Druitt Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Olympic in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Sydney Olympic, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sydney Olympic are regular goalscorers on their travels. 8 goals have been conceded by Sydney Olympic in these games.

Head 2 Head

The newest past meeting featuring both these teams is the Sydney Olympic - Manly United 0-1 played previously this season. Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Manly won four games, one match ended with a tie and Sydney Olympic have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Sydney OlympicR. O'Donovan
R. O'Donovan
9 goals
Sydney OlympicD. Burgess
D. Burgess
4 goals
Sydney OlympicO. Puflett
O. Puflett
3 goals

Manly United missing players

Sydney Olympic missing players

Manly United Sydney Olympic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 3 0 Played P 3 6 11
6 3 0 Won W 2 4 6
2 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
16 6 0 Scored S 7 13 20
11 0 0 Conceded C 5 8 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
36% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 64%
27% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 9%
36% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 45%
45% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 36%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 18%
 
7 6.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.8 6
4.9 3.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.2 5.1
2.3 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 11.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.8 11.8
4 5.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.5
36% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 53% 38%
 
11.9 9.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.4 9.7
4.2 4.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.3
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • All of Sydney Olympic's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Manly United have the fewest conceded goals (11) in New South Wales
  • Manly United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in New South Wales
  • Manly United have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in New South Wales
  • Manly United have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Manly United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sydney Olympic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sydney Olympic have scored at least twice as many goals away as Manly United have scored home.
  • Sydney Olympic have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sydney Olympic have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in New South Wales
  • Sydney Olympic have the most points (13) away in New South Wales
  • Sydney Olympic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sydney II 11 6 3 2 31 23 6 4 1 1 16 12 5 2 2 1 15 11 8 21
2 Rockdale City Suns 11 6 3 2 22 14 5 3 1 1 10 7 6 3 2 1 12 7 8 21
3 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 11 6 2 3 26 18 4 4 0 0 7 0 7 2 2 3 19 18 8 20
4 Sydney Olympic 11 6 2 3 20 14 5 2 1 2 7 6 6 4 1 1 13 8 6 20
5 Manly United 11 6 2 3 16 11 3 3 0 0 6 0 8 3 2 3 10 11 5 20
6 Marconi Stallions 11 5 4 2 25 17 7 3 3 1 16 10 4 2 1 1 9 7 8 19
7 Blacktown City 11 6 1 4 21 16 8 5 1 2 17 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 5 19
8 Wollongong Wolves 11 4 2 5 17 15 4 2 2 0 11 6 7 2 0 5 6 9 2 14
9 Sydney United 11 3 2 6 15 27 6 1 2 3 6 15 5 2 0 3 9 12 -12 11
10 Sutherland Sharks 11 3 0 8 14 23 7 1 0 6 9 16 4 2 0 2 5 7 -9 9
11 Mt Druitt Town 11 1 3 7 20 34 6 1 1 4 14 19 5 0 2 3 6 15 -14 6
12 North Shore Mariners 11 1 2 8 17 32 5 1 1 3 9 14 6 0 1 5 8 18 -15 5

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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.