Rockdale City Suns vs Bulls Academy preview: Away side face a strenuous task at Illinden Sports Centre

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Illinden Sports Centre (5000 seats)

Welcome to Illinden Sports Centre and this fixture between Rockdale City Suns and Bulls Academy in the New South Wales. Here's everything you must know!

Insights:
  • Rockdale City Suns have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in New South Wales
  • Bulls Academy have the the worst goal difference (-27) in New South Wales

This promises to be an entertaining game with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Rockdale City Suns form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 11 New South Wales games here at Illinden Sports Centre for Rockdale City Suns. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Rockdale City Suns drew their last game, 3-3 away at Sydney United (placed 9th). A disappointing finish for Rockdale in their match versus Sydney United as their 3-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score.

Ahead of that match, Rockdale City Suns won a home game hosting Mt Druitt Town (1-0).

Observe: 12 of the most recent 16 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.

The Rockdale City Suns manager Dee has got the team scoring with 24 from 11 home games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Bulls Academy form and stats

There's been little loot from Bulls Academy's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 12 away games in the New South Wales. Bulls Academy only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. Recent form does not give Academy much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Rockdale City Suns will be a tough nut to crack.

The manager Kalac was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Bulls Academy suffered a 1-3 loss to Sydney Olympic (placed 11th).

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting St George City FA's place.

Observe that 11 of this team's 14 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

The attacking power of Bulls Academy when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Academy, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Bulls Academy has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Bulls Academy - Rockdale City Suns 2-1 was the product when these contenders previously did battle, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

Rockdale City SunsA. Urosevski
A. Urosevski
19 goals
RockdaleB. Antoniou
B. Antoniou
5 goals
Rockdale City SunsJ. Cassella
J. Cassella
5 goals

Rockdale City Suns missing players

Bulls Academy missing players

Rockdale City Suns Bulls Academy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 5 Played P 3 12 24
14 7 5 Won W 0 1 2
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 6
6 3 0 Lost L 2 9 16
50 24 13 Scored S 4 11 22
40 16 2 Conceded C 10 28 49
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
88% 91% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 79%
75% 73% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 58%
58% 64% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 38%
25% 18% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 42% 25%
62% 64% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 71%
29% 27% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 12%
8% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4.8 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.7 5.3
5.8 6.4 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 7.8 7.2
1.9 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.3 10.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.6 9.6
5.3 5.9 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4
39% 37% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 23% 23%
 
12.5 12.8 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 14.8 13.3
5.8 5.5 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 7 6.2
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • Bulls Academy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bulls Academy have the fewest points (5) away in New South Wales
  • Bulls Academy have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in New South Wales
  • Bulls Academy have the most conceded goals (28) away in New South Wales
  • Bulls Academy have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in New South Wales
  • Bulls Academy have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in New South Wales
  • Bulls Academy have the the worst goal difference (-27) in New South Wales
  • Rockdale City Suns have scored more than double the goals of Bulls Academy.
  • Rockdale City Suns have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in New South Wales
  • Rockdale City Suns 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 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 24 17 5 2 52 23 12 9 2 1 29 6 12 8 3 1 23 17 29 56
2 Rockdale City Suns 24 14 4 6 50 40 11 7 1 3 24 16 13 7 3 3 26 24 10 46
3 Marconi Stallions 24 13 5 6 47 26 11 6 2 3 22 13 13 7 3 3 25 13 21 44
4 Blacktown City 24 13 4 7 46 26 12 7 2 3 30 14 12 6 2 4 16 12 20 43
5 Sydney II 24 12 3 9 40 37 12 8 1 3 26 14 12 4 2 6 14 23 3 39
6 St George City FA 24 10 8 6 46 35 13 5 3 5 28 23 11 5 5 1 18 12 11 38
7 Central Coast II 24 9 6 9 35 40 12 5 3 4 23 22 12 4 3 5 12 18 -5 33
8 Wollongong Wolves 24 8 8 8 39 35 12 5 4 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 25 23 4 32
9 Sydney United 24 9 5 10 32 35 12 5 3 4 20 20 12 4 2 6 12 15 -3 32
10 NWS Spirit 24 9 5 10 31 39 13 6 3 4 20 18 11 3 2 6 11 21 -8 32
11 Sydney Olympic 24 8 6 10 34 39 11 4 3 4 17 16 13 4 3 6 17 23 -5 30
12 Manly United 24 8 5 11 30 38 12 6 2 4 17 17 12 2 3 7 13 21 -8 29
13 Sutherland Sharks 24 7 6 11 15 26 12 3 4 5 3 8 12 4 2 6 12 18 -11 27
14 Mt Druitt Town 24 6 3 15 25 42 13 3 2 8 11 21 11 3 1 7 14 21 -17 21
15 Western Sydney W. II 24 5 5 14 38 52 12 2 3 7 19 27 12 3 2 7 19 25 -14 20
16 Bulls Academy 24 2 6 16 22 49 12 1 4 7 11 21 12 1 2 9 11 28 -27 12

Read more about New South Wales

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.