The league table in Northern Nsw tells a story about these teams so far, with Edgeworth Eagles leading Valentine by 13 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Edgeworth Eagles form and stats
4-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Northern Nsw numbers at home for Edgeworth Eagles, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Northern Nsw, so far this season.
No payout for Edgeworth Eagles in their previous match, an away game at Lambton Jaffas that ended in defeat 1-3. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Hamilton Olympic.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Edgeworth Eagles's attacking play is working. Edgeworth have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Valentine form and stats
Playing away, Valentine have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Northern Nsw this season. Valentine has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Valentine's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Weston Bears that finished 2-2. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Lake Macquarie at their stadium, the result 1-0.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Valentine as the away team, we found five results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and five defeats. The outsiders lost four of these games by at least two goals.
The visiting Valentine have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. In the opposite end, Valentine have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Edgeworth and Valentine have met before this season: Valentine - Edgeworth Eagles 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - zero - one (Edgeworth wins - draws - Valentine wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Edgeworth Eagles missing players
Valentine missing players
| Edgeworth Eagles | Valentine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 44% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 6.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 151 | 54 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 53 | 70 |
| 82 | 30 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 17 | 26 |
| 21% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 29% | 27% |
- Edgeworth Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Northern Nsw
- Edgeworth Eagles has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Northern Nsw
- Edgeworth Eagles has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Northern Nsw
- Edgeworth Eagles has the most clean sheets (5) in Northern Nsw
- Edgeworth Eagles has the most matches under the total-line (4) in Northern Nsw
- Edgeworth Eagles has the most points (12) at home in Northern Nsw
- Edgeworth Eagles has the the best goal difference (+13) in Northern Nsw
- Edgeworth Eagles have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Edgeworth Eagles have scored in all their matches so far.
- Edgeworth Eagles have won all their matches at home so far.
- Edgeworth Eagles have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Edgeworth Eagles haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Edgeworth Eagles is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Valentine has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Northern Nsw
- Valentine has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Northern Nsw
- Valentine have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Valentine have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Valentine have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Valentine 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 | Edgeworth Eagles | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Broadmeadow Magic | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 3 | Hamilton Olympic | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Weston Bears | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Lambton Jaffas | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Maitland | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Charlestown City Blues | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Valentine | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 9 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 4 |
| 10 | Lake Macquarie | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 4 |