New South Wales prediction and preview: Sydney United modest favorites to beat Wollongong Wolves

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sun 11.April
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sydney United Sports Center (12000 seats)

Sydney United will battle it out with Wollongong Wolves in this New South Wales game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

Insights:
  • Sydney United is in the best form (4-0-2)
  • Wollongong Wolves have yet to win a game away.

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!

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Sydney United form and stats

Sydney United, who have the most scored goals (10) at home in New South Wales, must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three New South Wales games here at Sydney United Sports Center.

The Sydney United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-5 to North Shore Mariners here at Sydney United Sports Center in a New South Wales match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Marconi Stallions (0-2).

Sydney were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sydney United handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, zero draws and one defeat.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Sydney is on fire here. A stunning 10 from 3 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Sydney having conceded 8 goals here at Sydney United Sports Center so far.

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Wollongong Wolves form and stats

The New South Wales season is young and Wollongong Wolves have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Wollongong are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Marconi Stallions (placed 8th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against North Shore Mariners.

A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Marconi Stallions. Wollongong were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with S. Dimoski scoring the equalizer.

Wollongong are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

Wollongong has another fixture away, a New South Wales game, against Sydney Olympic in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

It's early days yet, but Wollongong Wolves has scored 2 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Sydney, one draw and zero wins for Wollongong Wolves. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

Sydney UnitedP. Antelmi
P. Antelmi
5 goals
Sydney UnitedC. Payne
C. Payne
4 goals
SydneyM. Sim
M. Sim
3 goals

Sydney United missing players

Wollongong Wolves missing players

Sydney United Wollongong Wolves
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 2 5
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
13 10 5 Scored S 0 2 6
10 8 2 Conceded C 4 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 60%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 40%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 16 19 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 9.2
6 9.3 13 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4
36% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 38%
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • All of Sydney United's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • All of Wollongong Wolves's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Sydney United have scored more than double the goals of Wollongong Wolves.
  • Sydney United have the most conceded goals (8) at home in New South Wales
  • Sydney United have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in New South Wales
  • Sydney United have the most scored goals (10) at home in New South Wales
  • Sydney United have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in New South Wales
  • Sydney United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sydney United is in the best form (4-0-2)
  • Wollongong Wolves have yet to win a game away.
  • Wollongong Wolves 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

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.