A cursory glance at the New South Wales standings indicate an advantage to Blacktown City when they arrive at Wollongong Wolves. Yet; let's await the match before select a winner!
- Wollongong Wolves have not yet lost a game at home.
- Blacktown City have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in New South Wales
Wollongong's stadium, WIN Stadium, has a grass surface. Blacktown City have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Blacktown City when playing on grass; 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from seven matches. They have scored 13 goals in these games and conceded 12.
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a NSW FFA Cup Preliminary match only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Granville Rage, was also a home game here at WIN Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Wollongong Wolves form and stats
Wollongong Wolves have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the New South Wales. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Wollongong Wolves's previous match was a NSW FFA Cup Preliminary game also played at home, finishing 6-2 vs Granville Rage. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
A New South Wales defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Marconi Stallions.Wollongong Wolves are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Blacktown City form and stats
Blacktown City are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the New South Wales, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
The regulars enjoyed Blacktown City's previous match versus Sutherland Sharks (placed 10th), a 1-0 win played at home.
3 goals so far away for Blacktown City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Wollongong victories, two draws and six Blacktown City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Smylie 8 goals |   L. Scott 5 goals |  H. Aoyama 3 goals |
Wollongong Wolves missing players
Blacktown City missing players
| Wollongong Wolves | Blacktown City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 56% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 11% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
| 5.9 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 14.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 15.5 | 12.1 |
| 3.6 | 5.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 34% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 44% |
| 5.8 | 7.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.5 | 9.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
- All of Wollongong Wolves's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Blacktown City have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in New South Wales
- Blacktown City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wollongong Wolves have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 | Sydney II | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Blacktown City | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Rockdale City Suns | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Marconi Stallions | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Manly United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Sydney Olympic | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Sydney United | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -11 | 10 |
| 9 | Wollongong Wolves | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Sutherland Sharks | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 6 |
| 11 | Mt Druitt Town | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | North Shore Mariners | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 4 |
