Sydney II v Sydney United betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 01:25 (UTC)
Venue: Illinden Sports Centre (5000 seats)

Sydney II are placed 4th, while Sydney United are loitering 9 points behind in the standings. Will they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Sydney II have the most scored goals (52) in New South Wales
  • Sydney United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Sydney United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a New South Wales game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Sydney Olympic, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sydney United.

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Sydney II form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Sydney II, who have the most scored goals (52) in New South Wales, have to build on here at Illinden Sports Centre in the New South Wales. Three draws in a row here at Illinden Sports Centre for Sydney, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

A strong away win for Sydney II against Sydney Olympic the last match, as Gibson and Kucharski (2) were on target. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league win after failing to win six fixtures in a row.

In the match before that, Sydney II hosted Blacktown City and drew the game 2-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sydney have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Observe: 15 of the latest 17 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

Goals are plentiful at Illinden Sports Centre in the league this season as Sydney II has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games. Sydney II are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (20 from 9 played).

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Sydney United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their New South Wales travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Sydney, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The attacking players of Sydney United have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 184 minutes.

Sydney United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Sydney Olympic (placed 6th).

A loss against Marconi Stallions was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sydney United playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 5 Sydney United wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Sydney have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Sydney United - Sydney II 1-6. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Sydney, zero draws and eight wins for Sydney United. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game. Antelmi loves to meet Sydney II and have scored 7 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Sydney IIJ. Kucharski
J. Kucharski
17 goals
Sydney IIA. Segecic
A. Segecic
7 goals
Sydney UnitedP. Antelmi
P. Antelmi
7 goals

Sydney II missing players

Sydney United missing players

Sydney II Sydney United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
8 4 2 Won W 1 3 6
8 4 0 Drew D 0 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 2 3 8
52 24 10 Scored S 4 18 26
39 20 8 Conceded C 6 20 37
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 63%
79% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 58%
74% 89% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 67% 47%
53% 56% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 56% 32%
84% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 53%
16% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 32%
 
5 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.2
7.1 8.6 10 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 7 6.4
0.8 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 13.5 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14.7 11.2
5.9 6.2 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.9 4.8
46% 42% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 29% 28%
 
14.2 13 15.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 17 14.4
5.4 5.8 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 7 6.6
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • Sydney II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sydney II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sydney II have the most scored goals (52) in New South Wales
  • Sydney II have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in New South Wales
  • Sydney II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sydney United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 20 10 7 3 40 28 11 5 5 1 25 16 9 5 2 2 15 12 12 37
2 Manly United 20 10 5 5 29 21 10 6 2 2 15 9 10 4 3 3 14 12 8 35
3 Blacktown City 19 10 4 5 38 22 10 6 1 3 20 12 9 4 3 2 18 10 16 34
4 Sydney II 19 8 8 3 52 39 9 4 4 1 24 20 10 4 4 2 28 19 13 32
5 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 19 9 5 5 38 29 8 6 1 1 14 4 11 3 4 4 24 25 9 32
6 Sydney Olympic 19 9 5 5 34 25 10 3 3 4 14 14 9 6 2 1 20 11 9 32
7 Rockdale City Suns 19 9 5 5 35 30 10 5 2 3 20 19 9 4 3 2 15 11 5 32
8 Sydney United 19 6 5 8 26 37 10 3 2 5 8 17 9 3 3 3 18 20 -11 23
9 Wollongong Wolves 20 4 7 9 33 35 10 2 5 3 20 18 10 2 2 6 13 17 -2 19
10 Mt Druitt Town 20 3 7 10 32 49 10 2 4 4 22 26 10 1 3 6 10 23 -17 16
11 North Shore Mariners 19 4 2 13 27 51 9 2 1 6 14 27 10 2 1 7 13 24 -24 14
12 Sutherland Sharks 19 3 2 14 23 41 9 1 1 7 10 19 10 2 1 7 13 22 -18 11

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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.