Only three points good enough for Charlestown City Blues in Valentine game

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Charlestown City Blues form and stats

Charlestown City Blues have collected 9 points from their home games so far after 3-0-4. Ever since the Weston Bears game Charlestown City Blues has been unbeatable here at Lisle Carr Oval producing four straight wins.

Charlestown City Blues's previous game was a Northern Nsw match also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Valentine. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a win away at Adamstown Rosebuds.

The Charlestown City Blues fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

Valentine form and stats

Valentine have only collected 5 points from their away games after 1-2-3 (6 played). Valentine are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 9 days since they avoided defeat. (The Hamilton Olympic game.) The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Valentine have lost on their last two travels.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Valentine, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Charlestown City Blues. Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Adamstown Rosebuds.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any point(s) for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Valentine as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. The outsiders lost 4 of these games by at least two goals.

Valentine are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games. Valentine are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 8 goals in these matches. Valentine can't defend away. 18 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Charlestown City Blues - Valentine 4-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last eight meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Charlestown City Blues, 1 draw and 3 wins for Valentine. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Charlestown City Blues missing players

Valentine missing players