With the tense opening game finished it’s time for the second New South Wales duel of the season. NWS Spirit look forward to welcoming St George City FA in front of their home support.
NWS Spirit and St George City FA 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.
NWS Spirit form and stats
The previous season, NWS Spirit's league stats were 13 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, providing 4th spot in the New South Wales NPL 2. Over these 22 matches they scored {41 goals} and gave away 19. Performing as the host team in the former season NWS Spirit produced 5-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 12 conceded. The hosts won their first New South Wales game here at Christie Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for NWS Spirit last season were 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses from 11 games.
A nice win for Spirit last time playing, versus Bulls Academy. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Cahill scoring for the victors.
Preceding that match was a New South Wales NPL 2 defeat to Northern Tigers (1-2).Early season league goal statistics from NWS Spirit's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 0 conceded.
St George City FA form and stats
Let's have a look at how St George City FA performed last season in the New South Wales NPL 2: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {24 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 1 with 22/10 goals scored/conceded.
St George City FA's previous game was their home loss versus Rockdale City Suns (3-4). A mental fixture with heaps of goals last time out for St George City FA, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that game, will this match be as refreshing?
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Central Coast II.Head 2 Head
Spirit-St George City FA H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: NWS Spirit one win, St George City FA zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
NWS Spirit missing players
St George City FA missing players
| NWS Spirit | St George City FA | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| NWS Spirit | Last season | St George City FA | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 23 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 24 | Scored | S | 24 | 52 | ||
| 21 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | ||
| 91% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 65% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 35% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 39% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 17% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 7.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 14 | ||
| 5.5 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | ||
| 18% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 50% | ||
| 10.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 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 United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Blacktown City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sydney Olympic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Sydney II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | NWS Spirit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Western Sydney W. II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Rockdale City Suns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wollongong Wolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Manly United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | St George City FA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Marconi Stallions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Central Coast II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Bulls Academy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Mt Druitt Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Sutherland Sharks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | Central Coast II | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 47 |
| 2 | St George City FA | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 47 |
| 3 | Western Sydney W. II | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 37 | 45 |
| 4 | NWS Spirit | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 22 | 45 |
| 5 | Northern Tigers | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 6 | Hakoah Sydney City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 7 | Blacktown Spartans | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | -9 | 25 |
| 8 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | St. George Saints | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | Mounties Wanderers | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -26 | 20 |
| 11 | SD Raiders | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -25 | 17 |
| 12 | Hills Brumbies | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 23 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 34 | -39 | 10 |
