Football background guide: Charlestown City Blues favourites when Weston Bears visit

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Competition: Australia Northern Nsw
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 04:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lisle Carr Oval (3000 seats)

A quick peek at the Northern Nsw standings shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Get our Charlestown City Blues - Weston Bears match guide!

Insights:
  • Charlestown City Blues have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Weston Bears have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Charlestown City Blues form and stats

15 points is a decent return from 7 Northern Nsw games here at Lisle Carr Oval for Charlestown City Blues. The data says 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

The regulars are hoping that Charlestown will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the game against Edgeworth Eagles (placed 6th). This team enjoyed a 21 league rounds long run without a loss until that game! As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Adamstown Rosebuds.

An interesting fact: 13 of the most recent 14 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.

Charlestown City Blues always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Lisle Carr Oval with 22 goals in 7 league games. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Weston Bears form and stats

4-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Weston Bears in their Northern Nsw matches away. The fact that Weston have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

The followers enjoyed Weston Bears's previous fixture versus Broadmeadow Magic (placed 3rd), a 1-0 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Maitland at their stadium, the result 3-2.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Weston Bears are regular goalscorers on their travels. Weston's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Weston Bears - Charlestown City Blues 2-3 was the story when these two teams previously played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Charlestown City Blues wins - draws - Weston Bears wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Charlestown City Blues missing players

Weston Bears missing players

Charlestown City Blues Weston Bears
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
8 4 2 Won W 1 4 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 5
40 22 9 Scored S 3 17 28
22 10 3 Conceded C 5 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 86%
79% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 64%
64% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 57% 50%
43% 43% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 57% 36%
93% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 57%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 29%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 14%
 
7.9 8.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 6.1 6.3
5.6 6.1 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.4 6.1
2.4 3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.8 13.2
5.6 6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 6.2 5.9
51% 52% 69% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 46% 36%
 
9.8 10 16 Shots against (avg) S A 12 9.5 11
4.6 4.7 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.5
Key stats in Northern Nsw this season:
  • All of Charlestown City Blues's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Charlestown City Blues have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Charlestown City Blues have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Charlestown City Blues have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Charlestown City Blues have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Charlestown City Blues haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Weston Bears have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Weston Bears 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 Charlestown City Blues 14 8 5 1 40 22 7 4 3 0 22 10 7 4 2 1 18 12 18 29
2 Maitland 14 9 2 3 42 25 7 4 0 3 23 15 7 5 2 0 19 10 17 29
3 Broadmeadow Magic 14 8 2 4 35 14 8 6 0 2 27 7 6 2 2 2 8 7 21 26
4 Lambton Jaffas 12 8 2 2 21 11 6 3 2 1 10 5 6 5 0 1 11 6 10 26
5 Weston Bears 14 7 2 5 28 21 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 4 1 2 17 11 7 23
6 Edgeworth Eagles 14 7 1 6 26 26 8 5 1 2 18 11 6 2 0 4 8 15 0 22
7 Hamilton Olympic 14 6 3 5 28 21 6 2 1 3 12 8 8 4 2 2 16 13 7 21
8 Valentine 13 6 1 6 18 25 6 2 1 3 8 12 7 4 0 3 10 13 -7 19
9 Cooks Hill United 12 2 3 7 20 32 6 1 2 3 9 13 6 1 1 4 11 19 -12 9
10 Lake Macquarie 14 2 1 11 14 44 6 0 1 5 8 18 8 2 0 6 6 26 -30 7
11 Adamstown Rosebuds 15 0 2 13 16 47 8 0 0 8 10 21 7 0 2 5 6 26 -31 2

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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.