The season is still fairly new and the New South Wales table has to be read with caution. So far Rockdale City Suns find themselves in 5th position and Marconi Stallions are placed 1st.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Rockdale City Suns form and stats
Only two New South Wales home games for Rockdale City Suns so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. The last three games played by Rockdale, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The home team returns to Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre after being equal after 90 minutes with Manly United (placed 8th) on their last time out; the New South Wales game ended 0-0. Before that, Rockdale City Suns drew at home versus APIA Leichhardt Tigers.
Rockdale City Suns has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Marconi Stallions form and stats
Marconi Stallions, who have the most scored goals (12) in New South Wales, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the New South Wales.
Stallions play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting APIA Leichhardt Tigers (placed 6th). Before that, Stallions secured a home win against Sydney Olympic with the score 2-0.
6 goals so far away for Marconi Stallions, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Rockdale City Suns-Marconi Stallions H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Rockdale one win, Marconi Stallions two wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Frangie 4 goals |   A. Urosevski 1 goals | S. Gulisano 1 goals |
Rockdale City Suns missing players
Marconi Stallions missing players
| Rockdale City Suns | Marconi Stallions | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 5.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 28 | 53 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 55% |
- Marconi Stallions has the most matches over the total-line (3)
- Marconi Stallions has the most scored goals (12)
- Marconi Stallions has the most scored goals in the second half (8)
- Marconi Stallions has the the best goal difference (+10)
- Marconi Stallions is in the best form (4-0-0)
- Rockdale City Suns has the most dropped points from leading position (4)
| Rockdale City Suns | Last season | Marconi Stallions | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 23 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 42 | ||
| 44 | 32 | Conceded | C | 12 | 32 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 70% | ||
| 64% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 57% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 43% | ||
| 23% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 26% | ||
| 55% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 48% | ||
| 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 26% | ||
| 27% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 30% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 254 | 182 | Total Shots | T S | 174 | 326 | ||
| 116 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 156 | ||
| 22% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Blacktown City | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Sydney II | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Wollongong Wolves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Rockdale City Suns | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | North Shore Mariners | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Manly United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Sydney United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sydney Olympic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Western Sydney W. II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sutherland Sharks | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 13 | Mt Druitt Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 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 |