This match features two teams living in the basement of the New South Wales, Sydney II holding 9th place and Sutherland Sharks lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- All of Sydney II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sutherland Sharks have the most points from losing position (4) in New South Wales
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.
Sydney II form and stats
Only two New South Wales home games for Sydney II so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Sydney lost their last game at Manly United (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Sydney lost 1-2 at home to Sydney Olympic.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sydney have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found two games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost zero.
At Illinden Sports Centre, Sydney II has the goal stats of 4-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Sutherland Sharks form and stats
Still no away game victory in the New South Wales for Sutherland Sharks with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The attacking players of Sutherland have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 203 minutes.
The manager N. Dimovski was unhappy after their last game, a New South Wales match played at their home ground Seymour Shaw Park. Sutherland suffered a 0-2 loss to Blacktown City (placed 4th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against APIA Leichhardt Tigers wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Sutherland are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of one match.
2 goals so far away for Sutherland Sharks, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Sydney zero wins, one draw and Sutherland Sharks one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Andrew 4 goals |  J. Kucharski 2 goals | C. Fong 1 goals |
Sydney II missing players
Sutherland Sharks missing players
| Sydney II | Sutherland Sharks | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 83% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 12.5 | 10.3 |
| 4.8 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 6.5 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 15% | 25% |
- All of Sydney II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sutherland Sharks have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sutherland Sharks have the most points from losing position (4) in New South Wales
- Sutherland Sharks have yet to win a game away.
- Sutherland Sharks haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sydney II 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 | Rockdale City Suns | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Sydney United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Manly United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Blacktown City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Sydney Olympic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | North Shore Mariners | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Mt Druitt Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Marconi Stallions | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Sydney II | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | Sutherland Sharks | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Wollongong Wolves | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 4 |