It's the second chance for points this season as Hamilton Olympic and Valentine battle it out at Darling Street Oval.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Hamilton Olympic form and stats
Hamilton Olympic are returning here after visiting Weston Bears in a Northern Nsw game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Valentine with a 4-0 scoreline.
Last season, Hamilton Olympic's league statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Northern Nsw. Over these 20 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Hamilton Olympic managed 4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 17 conceded.
Valentine form and stats
Valentine aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 283 league minutes without a goal.
Valentine failed to get anything from their last game, a Northern Nsw home match vs Broadmeadow Magic (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-5. A 0-4 loss hosting Hamilton Olympic before that.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Broadmeadow Magic was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Let's have a look at how Valentine performed last season in the Northern Nsw: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 3 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 13/30 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Hamilton won four, Valentine won zero and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Hamilton Olympic missing players
Valentine missing players
| Hamilton Olympic | Valentine | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Hamilton Olympic | Last season | Valentine | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 20 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 14 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 30 | 60 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 95% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 85% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 70% | ||
| 20% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 45% | ||
| 55% | 70% | BTTS | BTTS | 90% | 80% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 5% | ||
| 25% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 6.6 | 6.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 251 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 91 | 187 | ||
| 108 | 65 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 84 | ||
| 26% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Broadmeadow Magic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Edgeworth Eagles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Hamilton Olympic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Lambton Jaffas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Weston Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Charlestown City Blues | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Lake Macquarie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Maitland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Valentine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maitland | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Lambton Jaffas | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 3 | Edgeworth Eagles | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Broadmeadow Magic | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | Weston Bears | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 37 |
| 6 | Charlestown City Blues | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 7 | Hamilton Olympic | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Newcastle Jets II | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 9 | Lake Macquarie | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 34 | -31 | 12 |
| 10 | Valentine | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | -32 | 12 |
| 11 | Adamstown Rosebuds | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -23 | 11 |