Delightful dogfight as daring Wollongong Wolves duel with determined NWS Spirit

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Competition: Australia New South Wales
Competition: Sun 16.Jul
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: WIN Stadium (23750 seats)

New South Wales: The average league table positions tell a story of the journey Wollongong Wolves and NWS Spirit have been on uptil now. Both sides are up for it; bring it!

Insights:
  • Wollongong Wolves have the most clean sheets (10) in New South Wales
  • NWS Spirit have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic match!

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Wollongong Wolves form and stats

When playing at home in the New South Wales, Wollongong Wolves have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.

Wollongong drew their last game, 2-2 away at Central Coast II (placed 7th).

Before that game, the home loss against St George City FA with the scoreline 1-2.

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 Wollongong Wolves have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Wollongong are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games.

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NWS Spirit form and stats

Playing away, NWS Spirit have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the New South Wales this season.

NWS Spirit have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 211 minutes since they last conceded in New South Wales.

NWS Spirit's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sydney Olympic that finished 0-0.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Manly United with the score of 2-0.

In the opposite end, NWS Spirit have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

NWS Spirit - Wollongong 5-4 was the story when these two participants last played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Wollongong Wolves zero wins, one draw and NWS Spirit one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NWS SpiritR. Darko
R. Darko
5 goals
NWS SpiritM. Cahill
M. Cahill
5 goals
NWS SpiritM. Davidson
M. Davidson
3 goals

Wollongong Wolves missing players

NWS Spirit missing players

Wollongong Wolves NWS Spirit
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 2 10 23
7 4 1 Won W 0 3 9
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 5 9
37 12 3 Scored S 4 10 30
34 11 0 Conceded C 6 19 37
87% 73% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
78% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
65% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 52%
39% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 30% 39%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 17%
43% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 43%
43% 64% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 26%
26% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 39%
 
5.6 5.9 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.4 5.8
4.8 5.2 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.8
2 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 9.1 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 11
4.4 3.9 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.1 5
36% 28% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 24% 26%
 
9.3 9.2 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.4 10.9
3.7 3.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.8 5
Key stats in New South Wales this season:
  • NWS Spirit have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • NWS Spirit have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wollongong Wolves have the most clean sheets (10) in New South Wales

  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 23 16 5 2 51 23 11 8 2 1 28 6 12 8 3 1 23 17 28 53
2 Rockdale City Suns 23 14 3 6 47 37 11 7 1 3 24 16 12 7 2 3 23 21 10 45
3 Marconi Stallions 23 13 4 6 44 23 10 6 1 3 19 10 13 7 3 3 25 13 21 43
4 Blacktown City 23 12 4 7 45 26 12 7 2 3 30 14 11 5 2 4 15 12 19 40
5 St George City FA 23 10 8 5 43 31 12 5 3 4 25 19 11 5 5 1 18 12 12 38
6 Sydney II 23 11 3 9 36 34 12 8 1 3 26 14 11 3 2 6 10 20 2 36
7 Central Coast II 23 9 6 8 35 39 12 5 3 4 23 22 11 4 3 4 12 17 -4 33
8 NWS Spirit 23 9 5 9 30 37 13 6 3 4 20 18 10 3 2 5 10 19 -7 32
9 Sydney United 23 9 4 10 29 32 11 5 2 4 17 17 12 4 2 6 12 15 -3 31
10 Wollongong Wolves 23 7 8 8 37 34 11 4 4 3 12 11 12 3 4 5 25 23 3 29
11 Sydney Olympic 23 7 6 10 31 38 11 4 3 4 17 16 12 3 3 6 14 22 -7 27
12 Sutherland Sharks 23 7 6 10 15 25 11 3 4 4 3 7 12 4 2 6 12 18 -10 27
13 Manly United 23 7 5 11 28 37 12 6 2 4 17 17 11 1 3 7 11 20 -9 26
14 Mt Druitt Town 23 6 3 14 24 40 12 3 2 7 10 19 11 3 1 7 14 21 -16 21
15 Western Sydney W. II 23 5 4 14 35 49 12 2 3 7 19 27 11 3 1 7 16 22 -14 19
16 Bulls Academy 23 2 6 15 21 46 11 1 4 6 10 18 12 1 2 9 11 28 -25 12

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.