New South Wales forecast and preview: Rockdale City Suns small favourite to overpower Wollongong Wolves

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sun 25.Jun
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Illinden Sports Centre (5000 seats)

Rockdale City Suns have been superior to Wollongong Wolves this season, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Rockdale City Suns have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in New South Wales
  • Wollongong Wolves have the most clean sheets (9) in New South Wales

Rockdale City Suns and Wollongong Wolves 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.

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Rockdale City Suns form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Illinden Sports Centre as Rockdale City Suns have scored 23 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the New South Wales are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Rockdale City Suns in their previous game, a fixture away at Sutherland Sharks (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sydney Olympic in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rockdale handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 10 of them had goals from both teams.

Rockdale City Suns are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 9 games). 12 goals have been conceded.

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Wollongong Wolves form and stats

Wollongong Wolves have only collected 9 points from their away games in the New South Wales, after 2-3-5 (10 played).

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Western Sydney W. II (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. Wollongong Wolves's last match (vs Western Sydney W. II) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 83rd minute equalizer by Scott. The draw against Western Sydney W. II came from a losing position. The Wollongong manager Carney brought on Scott as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Before that, Wollongong Wolves secured a home win against Bulls Academy with the score 2-0.

Wollongong Wolves are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Highlight this: 8 of the last 10 league fixtures featuring this side have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The travelling fans enjoy Wollongong Wolves's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Wollongong manager Carney has some worries about the defense as 21 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Rockdale City Suns have avoided defeat in the last 6 games (5-1-0) versus Wollongong Wolves.

The newest recorded match between these teams is the Wollongong Wolves - Rockdale 1-3 played previously this season. Urosevski loves to face Wollongong Wolves and have scored 7 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Rockdale City SunsA. Urosevski
A. Urosevski
16 goals
Rockdale City SunsJ. Cassella
J. Cassella
5 goals
Rockdale City SunsB. Antoniou
B. Antoniou
3 goals

Rockdale City Suns missing players

Wollongong Wolves missing players

Rockdale City Suns Wollongong Wolves
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 4 Played P 3 10 20
13 6 2 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 3 7
5 2 1 Lost L 3 5 7
43 23 8 Scored S 1 19 30
30 12 6 Conceded C 6 21 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 90% 75%
75% 78% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 80% 60%
55% 67% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 35%
20% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 10%
65% 78% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 60% 40%
30% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 45%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 20% 30%
 
4.6 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.3 5.5
5.8 6.4 8.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.8 5.2
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.4 10.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.6 9.7
5.3 6 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.6 4.3
41% 43% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 41% 34%
 
12.2 12.4 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 9.6 9.4
5.5 5.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 3.8 3.6
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • All of Rockdale City Suns's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rockdale City Suns have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rockdale City Suns have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rockdale City Suns have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in New South Wales
  • Rockdale City Suns haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wollongong Wolves have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wollongong Wolves have the most clean sheets (9) in New South Wales
  • Wollongong Wolves haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 19 12 5 2 44 20 9 6 2 1 25 5 10 6 3 1 19 15 24 41
2 Marconi Stallions 20 13 2 5 42 19 10 6 1 3 19 10 10 7 1 2 23 9 23 41
3 Rockdale City Suns 20 13 2 5 43 30 9 6 1 2 23 12 11 7 1 3 20 18 13 41
4 Sydney II 20 10 3 7 34 29 11 7 1 3 25 14 9 3 2 4 9 15 5 33
5 Blacktown City 20 9 4 7 36 24 10 5 2 3 24 13 10 4 2 4 12 11 12 31
6 St George City FA 20 8 7 5 36 28 10 4 2 4 20 17 10 4 5 1 16 11 8 31
7 Sydney United 20 8 3 9 27 30 9 4 1 4 15 16 11 4 2 5 12 14 -3 27
8 Central Coast II 20 7 5 8 29 35 10 4 2 4 19 19 10 3 3 4 10 16 -6 26
9 Sutherland Sharks 20 7 5 8 14 22 10 3 3 4 3 7 10 4 2 4 11 15 -8 26
10 Wollongong Wolves 20 6 7 7 30 30 10 4 4 2 11 9 10 2 3 5 19 21 0 25
11 NWS Spirit 20 7 4 9 25 36 11 5 2 4 17 17 9 2 2 5 8 19 -11 25
12 Manly United 20 7 3 10 26 33 10 6 1 3 16 14 10 1 2 7 10 19 -7 24
13 Sydney Olympic 20 6 5 9 27 34 9 3 3 3 13 12 11 3 2 6 14 22 -7 23
14 Mt Druitt Town 19 6 3 10 21 32 10 3 2 5 8 15 9 3 1 5 13 17 -11 21
15 Western Sydney W. II 20 5 3 12 30 41 11 2 2 7 16 24 9 3 1 5 14 17 -11 18
16 Bulls Academy 20 2 5 13 19 40 10 1 4 5 9 16 10 1 1 8 10 24 -21 11

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